Megan G. Stutesman
meganstutesman.bsky.social
Megan G. Stutesman
@meganstutesman.bsky.social
Visiting Assistant Professor in Developmental Psychology at Mount Holyoke College | social cognition, the arts, context, mixed methods | dancer and dance teacher
My new manuscript just came out! Very excited about this one - methods methods methods! Co-authored with @thaliargoldstein.bsky.social and Divya Varier.

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Methodology for research on psychology of the Arts: A systematic review, critique, and argument for mixed methods
We present a systematic review covering the prevalence of research methodology published on psychology of the arts topics in the field's leading journ…
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September 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Reposted by Megan G. Stutesman
I'm sad, frustrated, angry, and hurt to announce that the Mason Arts Research Center, which had 8 years of continuous funding from the NEA, published more than 20 peer reviewed papers, ran multiple arts based interventions, and helped launch 4 PhDs and 6 MAs, was terminated late Friday night.
May 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
My paper on children's dance, wellbeing, and addressing systemic oppression is now out! Thanks to my PhD advisors and co-authors @thaliargoldstein.bsky.social and Kimberly Sheridan for their support on this one!
doi.org/10.1080/1743...

Also, hello Bluesky! This is my first post!
Promoting general well-being, self-knowledge and addressing oppression: a qualitative study of children’s dance participation
The arts have been connected to well-being by scientists, philosophers, and laypeople for thousands of years. However, studies focused on childhood dance participation as conduits for well-being ha...
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February 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM