Brian Edmiston

Brian Edmiston is Professor of Drama in Education at The Ohio State University where he teaches classes for graduate students and has directed the professional development of teachers as part of the partnership between the Royal Shakespeare Company and the university. Born in Ireland, Brian was a classroom teacher for eight years: he taught English and drama in secondary schools in England and was an elementary school teacher in the U.S. He is a past winner of the Outstanding Research Award by the American Alliance for Theatre and Education and recently received the Distinguished Teaching Award at Ohio State. His scholarship focuses on drama in literacy, language, and literature teaching, dramatic inquiry as a P-12 cross-curricular pedagogy, and drama as ethical education. He is the author of over forty publications including four books: Imagining to Learn: Inquiry, Integration, and Ethics Through Drama (1998), Forming Ethical Identities in Early Childhood Play (2008), and Literacy Tools in the Classroom: Teaching Through Critical Inquiry, Grades 5-12 (2010); Transforming Teaching and Learning with Active and Dramatic Approaches: Engaging Students Across the Curriculum is published September 2013.