Edward P. Clapp has worked in the arts and arts education for the past decade. He is the editor and project director of 20UNDER40—a new anthology of critical discourse featuring twenty essays about the future of the arts and arts education by young leaders under the age of 40. In addition to his work with 20UNDER40, Edward is also a doctoral student at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education where his research interests include arts education, creativity, adult development, and the process of change that affect generational transitions of leadership. As an artist, Edward’s plays have been produced Off-Off-Broadway in New York, and his poetry and fiction have appeared in literary journals and anthologies throughout the United States and abroad