I teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Art Education. I also teach qualitative research methods. In addition I oversee the Indiana University Saturday Art School. I have a range of research and writing interests that include the nature of art education within non-formal and informal settings; interdisciplinary approaches to art education, and the application of sociological analyses, especially those related to gender and class, to art education. I am primarily interested in qualitative and ethnographic research methodologies.

• Z531 ADV METHODS FOR ART TALENT
• Z500 ADVANCED ART EDUCATION
• M301 LABORATORY/FIELD EXPERIENCE
• Y611 QUALITATIVE INQUIRY IN EDUCATN
• Y650 TOPICS IN INQUIRY METHODOLOGY

• Lackey, L. (2008). What is exhibition for? Considering the purposes of art display in educational contexts. Art Education 61 (4), 33-39.
• Lackey, L.; Manifold, M.; & Zimmerman, E. (2007.)Exploring gender issues and resistance by some pre-service elementary education majors to art methods courses. Visual Culture & Gender.
• Lackey, L. (2005).Home sweet home: Decorating magazines as contexts for art education. Studies in Art Education.
• Lackey, L. (2005). Elementary classroom teachers, arts integration, and socially progressive curricula. In Mary Stokrocki (Ed.)Interdisciplinary art education: Building bridges to connect disciplines and cultures. National Art Education Association: Reston, VA.
• Lackey, L.M. (2004). Policy, rhetoric, and educational outcomes: Interpreting Skills Now. In Jane Gaskell and Kjell Rubenson (Eds.), Educational outcomes for the Canadian Workplace. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
• Lackey, L. (2009). Theorizing a network called art education: Re-envisioning and extending the field. In K. Freedman (Ed.), Looking back: Editor's selections from 50 years of Studies in Art Education (pp. 201-215). Reston, VA: National Art Education Association. (Reprinted from Studies in Art Education (2003) 44 (2), 101-116.

• Lackey, L.; Davidson, M.; & Albertson, C. (November 2008). Learning to teach after school: Exploring extra-school and community contexts as sites for pre-service art teacher training. Annual convention of the Canadian Association for Education Through Art, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.  
• Lackey, L. (June 2008)/ Making Classroom Connections. Presentation at the Picturing American Teacher's Workshop, Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN.
• Lackey, L.  ( May, 2008). Exploring Middleclass-ness in Art Education. Presentation for Celebrating Pluralism: Honoring the Work of F. Graeme Chalmers. The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
• Lackey, L. & Abowd, G. (March, 2008). Transforming Art Methods Courses for Pre-Service Elementary Generalists: Theory and Best Practice. Presentation at the Annual Convention of the National Art Education Association, New Orleans, LA.
• Stokrocki, M. with Smith-Shank, D.; Irwin, R.; Lackey, L. Ulbricht, J.et.al. (2006). Interdisciplinary Arts Education Connects Disciplines and Cultures. Presentation at the annual convention of the National Art Education Association, Chicago, IL.
• Lackey, L. (2004, April). Going to the Source: Elementary classroom teachers talk about Arts Integration. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the National Art Education Conference (NAEA), Denver, Colorado.
• Lackey, L.; Manifold, M.; and Lafferty, S. (2004, April). Out of school and everywhere: New research on non-formal and informal art education. Presentation at the annual conference of the National Art Education Association (NAEA), Denver, Colorado.