Christine Ballengee-Morris, professor, Department of Art Education, has been selected Distinguished Fellow of the National Art Education Association (NAEA) the largest creative community established exclusively for visual arts educators, college professors, researchers, administrators, and museum educators.

Distinguished Fellows of the National Art Education Association are members of the NAEA who are recognized for their service to the Association and to the profession. They demonstrate a reasonable profile of accomplishment that extends across several criteria including exemplary teaching, research, scholarship or professional service.

Ballengee-Morris is founding director of Ohio State's Multicultural Center. She currently serves as editor of Art Education and on the editorial board of The Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education and Journal of Social Theory in Art Education. Her co-authored book, Interdisciplinary Approaches to Art Education in High School, was published by the National Art Education Association in 2006. She is co-author of a new book, Standing up, with Kevin Tavin, associate professor, Department of Art Education.

Ballengee-Morris received a National Endowment for Humanities grant to develop a flash-based game about the Newark Earthworks in Ohio for elementary children. Her research and publications examine social justice, social reconstructivism, and post colonialism as they relate to arts policy, curricula development, integrated curriculum, pedagogy, and identity development. In 2006, Ballengee-Morris was awarded the J. Eugene Grigsby, Jr Award for her commitment to diversity and, in 2007, the Ziegfeld Award for her service to diversity. In 2008, she received the NAEA Higher Education Award Western Division.