Daniel T. Barney, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Art Education and Director of the Master of Arts in Teaching II program at George Mason University in the School of Art. Dr. Barney’s scholarly efforts include a complex web of curriculum theory, artistic play, and fiddling with rules of engagement. He is trained in printmaking, drawing, painting, photography, bookbinding, jewelry, lampworking, and fiber arts. Barney publishes widely and is a Distinguished Fellow of the NAEA. For Barney, art has become less of a commercial endeavor and more of an approach to sense and interact with the world. This conceptualization of art as a way of knowing and catalyst for becoming orients his research and philosophies of teaching.