Casey Y. Myers

Casey Y. Myers an Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education at Kent State University, Ohio, where she teaches courses focusing on the integration of social studies and expressive arts, the relational elements of teacher practice, theories of child/hoods and the role of the humanities in early years classrooms. She also serves as the Coordinator of Studio and Research Arts for the Child Development Center, an early years laboratory school on the Kent campus. Her research interests...See more

Casey Y. Myers an Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education at Kent State University, Ohio, where she teaches courses focusing on the integration of social studies and expressive arts, the relational elements of teacher practice, theories of child/hoods and the role of the humanities in early years classrooms. She also serves as the Coordinator of Studio and Research Arts for the Child Development Center, an early years laboratory school on the Kent campus. Her research interests revolve around the everyday materialities of young children's school lives and the complexities of inquiring into and representing those relations. She was the inaugural recipient of the Jeanette Rhedding-Jones outstanding dissertation award from the International Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education organization in 2015. She currently lives in Northeastern Ohio with her husband, son, and various animal companions. See less