Amy Jensen

Amy Jensen is a professor in Theater and Media Arts at BYU. She has served as the Theatre and Media Arts Department Chair and as an Associate Dean in the College of Fine Arts and Communications. She teaches education and critical studies courses in both theatre and media arts, where she works with undergraduate pre-service teachers and media arts students. Book publications include the co-edited volumes (Re)imagining Literacies for Content-area Classrooms (Teachers College Press, 2010), and Arts Literacies and Education (Routledge, 2015). Amy was also the executive producer of the web documentary series By Study, By Faith, which features stories about BYU faculty women, faith, and education. Dr. Jensen has served as the co-editor of the Journal of Media Literacy Education and the General Editor for the Youth Theatre Journal. She recently served as the chair of the College Board’s Arts Academic Advisory Committee and as a member of their Academic Assembly Council, where she consulted on the development of Advanced Placement Arts courses and other arts initiatives.