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- atroiano@uwm.edu
- 414-229-4724
- Enderis Hall 529
Aaria Troiano, PhD
- Teaching Faculty III, Educational Policy and Community Studies
Aaria Troiano teaches cultural foundations of education and urban education. Her research interests include the socio-political context of arts policy in large urban school systems and the influence of culture on creativity. She has taught in a variety of urban settings and served as consultant for the Greater Milwaukee Council of Arts for Children, the Wisconsin Arts Board, and Urban Gateways, a Chicago arts outreach agency. Troiano earned an MA in dance ethnology from UCLA and a PhD in urban education from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.