This qualitative case study examines the impact of Asian American-centered digital collage lived art curriculum on Asian American undergraduate students’ awareness of their racial/ethnic identities, systemic oppression, and critical agency to engage in social justice practices. Over the six-week long workshop with 10-15 East and Southeast Asian American undergraduate students, the participants will engage in sharing their lived experiences, learning about stories of Asian American artists, and artworks, and creating a collaborative digital collage that illustrates their lived experiences. In addition, the study will implement a participatory data collection and analysis methodology to prioritize and center the Asian American lived experiences and knowledge. The study will contribute to filling in the gaps in the literature in art education that intersects with Asian American studies and bringing in the voices and the experiences of Asian American undergraduate students deconstructing the dominant racial discourse where Asian American undergraduate student voices are marginalized and silenced. 

Advisor: Dr. Wanda B. Knight, Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Chancellor’s office, Professor of Art Education, African American Studies, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Bioethics

Bio: Eunjin Kim is a Ph.D. candidate in Art Education, minoring in Curriculum and Instruction, at the Pennsylvania State University. Eunjin received her B.Ed. and M.Ed. in Elementary Art Education from Gyeong-in National University of Education, South Korea. She worked as a public elementary school teacher before attending Penn State to pursue her Ph.D. Her master’s thesis focused on multisensory art education and elementary school art curriculum development. Her current research interests include Asian American arts, histories, and experiences in art curricula. Her current position at the Penn State Schreyer Institute of Teaching Excellence as a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) graduate assistant offers her the chance to pursue her passion for developing curricular materials for inclusive teaching practices.