In her role with the Dublin Arts Council, Ava Truman Morgan manages Dublin's Art in Public Places program and facilitates opportunities for the community to engage with the creative practices of artists through direct participation in workshops, events, programs, artist residencies, commissions, and other emergent modalities. Ava teaches graduate courses as an adjunct lecturer for Goucher College's MA in arts administration program. She received her Ph.D. in arts education from The Ohio State University, an MA in arts administration from Goucher College, and a BA in philosophy from Earlham College.