Biography
Taylor Gara is a PhD student in the School of Education. Her research interests include children’s learning through the arts, creativity and informal reasoning, adolescent involvement in the arts, and child development. Her epistemological approach to examining child and adolescent development is taken through a qualitative and quantitative lens.
Taylor received her B.S. in Psychology from Old Dominion University, and her M.A in Applied Developmental Psychology from George Mason University. Her previous research, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, examined adolescents’ persistence, self-selection, and outcomes of engaging in music, visual art, drama, and dance elective courses.
Taylor has danced for over 12 years, and served as a dance instructor teaching Pointe and Jazz to early elementary and middle school children. In addition to dance, Taylor obtained her 200hr yoga teacher certification in 2016, and enjoys practicing yoga in her free time.
Publications
Gara, T., & Winsler, A. (in preparation). Art. In M. Bornstein (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development. New York: Sage Publications.
Taylor Gara is a PhD student in the School of Education. Her research interests include children’s learning through the arts, creativity and informal reasoning, adolescent involvement in the arts, and child development. Her epistemological approach to examining child and adolescent development is taken through a qualitative and quantitative lens.
Taylor received her B.S. in Psychology from Old Dominion University, and her M.A in Applied Developmental Psychology from George Mason University. Her previous research, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, examined adolescents’ persistence, self-selection, and outcomes of engaging in music, visual art, drama, and dance elective courses.
Taylor has danced for over 12 years, and served as a dance instructor teaching Pointe and Jazz to early elementary and middle school children. In addition to dance, Taylor obtained her 200hr yoga teacher certification in 2016, and enjoys practicing yoga in her free time.
Publications
Gara, T., & Winsler, A. (in preparation). Art. In M. Bornstein (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development. New York: Sage Publications.
