Education
Doctorate Degree
PhD in Art Education
The Ohio State Univ Main Campus, 2010
Master's Degree
MA in Education
The Ohio State Univ Main Campus, 2002
Bachelor's Degree
BA in Art Education
Univ of Cincinnati Main Campus, 1992
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Thomas, B. A. (2020). Traditional Futures: Prospective Art Teachers’ Possible Future Selves. Art Education, 73(5), 32–37. https://doi.org/10.1080/00043125.2020.1766923
- Thomas, B. A. (2017). Language policy, language ideology, and visual art education for emergent bilingual students. Arts Education Policy Review, 118(4), 228–239. https://doi.org/10.1080/10632913.2017.1287802
- Thomas, B. A. (2012). Psychologizing and the Anti-Psychologist: Dewey, Lacan, and Contemporary Art Education. Studies in Art Education, 53(4), 330–346. https://doi.org/10.1080/00393541.2012.11518873
- Thomas, B. A. (2010). The Thames Is a Teacher: Lacanian Metaphor and Meaning in Writing About Art. Visual Arts Research, 36(2), 103–121. https://doi.org/10.1353/var.2010.0012
- Thomas, B. A. (2019). Education After Art: Review of Letting art teach: Art education after Joseph Beuys. Studies in Art Education.
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Council on Policy Studies in Art Education (Elected Member), Council on Policy Studies in Art Education. 2016 - Present
- Award / Honor Recipient: Higher Education Art Educator of the Year Award, New York State Art Association R7. 2017

Featured service activities
- Other
Council of Chairs and Directors
- Member
Presidential Commission on Student Success
- Member
College Council, College of Fine Arts and Communicaiton
- Member
College Review Group
- Member
Council of Chairs and Directors
- Chair
Personnel committee
