My research interests include positive youth development, family learning in museum exhibitions and programs generally, and the use of technology and media in the pursuit of free-choice learning.
Adams, M., Foutz, S., Luke, J., & Stein, J. (2008, April) Thinking Through Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner School Partnership Program Year 3 Research Results. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Museums, Denver, CO.
Falk, J.H., Dierking, L.D., & Foutz, S., (Eds.). (2007). In principle, in practice: Museums as learning institutions. Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press.
Foutz, S., Beaumont, L., Kisiel, J., Reich, C. (2007, July). The ins and outs (or ups and downs) of case studies. Panel session presented at the Visitor Studies Association Annual Conference, Ottawa, Ontario.
Foutz, S., Kidwell, M., Kessler, C., & Burtnyk, K. (2005, August). Personal meaning mapping: Examples of methodological flexibility. Panel session presented at the Visitor Studies Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Foutz, S., & Stein, J. (2009). Visitor Studies. In M.J. Bates and M.N. Maack(Eds.) Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Third Edition. London: Taylor & Francis.
Luke, J.J, Stein, J., Foutz, S., & Adams, M. (2007). Research to practice: Testing a tool for assessing critical thinking in art museum programs. Journal of Museum Education, 32(2), 123-135.
Wenger, A., & Foutz, S. (2010). A journey with CAUSE: Putting Postive Youth Development into museum youth programs. ASTC Dimensions, March/April 2010, 3-4, 8.
