Curriculum Vitae

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This page includes a condensed version of my C.V. // A more detailed PDF version is available upon request.

Eunkyung Hwang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Art Education
State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz

W-8, Faculty Office Building, New Paltz, NY.

hwange@newpaltz.edu

Education

Ph.D. (Dual-Titled)
Art Education and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2024

M.Ed.
Museum Education
Seoul National University of Education, Seoul, South Korea
2017

B.Ed.
Elementary Education
Seoul National University of Education, Seoul, South Korea
2013

Professional
Appointments

Assistant Professor of Art Education (Tenure-Track)
Art Department, School of Fine & Performing Arts
State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2024 – Present

Instructor of Record
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, College of Liberal Arts
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2023 – 2024

Instructor of Record
Art Education, School of Visual Arts, College of Arts and Architecture
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2022 – 2023

Graduate Assistant
Palmer Museum of Art
The Pennsylvania University, University Park, PA
2020 – 2022

Elementary School Teacher
Youngseo Elementary School, Seoul, South Korea
2013 – 2017

Areas of Expertise

Critical Disability Studies
Critical Access Studies
Decolonial/Postcolonial Praxis
Critical Asian Studies
Able-Nationalism/Colonialism in (Post)colonial Education
Feminist Pedagogy

Honors and Awards

Arts-Based Educational Research (ABER) Outstanding Dissertation Award
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
2025

1st Runner-Up Recognition
The Elliot Eisner Doctoral Research Award in Art Education
National Art Education Association (NAEA)
2025

Disability Studies in Art Education (DSAE) Doctoral Award
National Art Education Association (NAEA)
2025

The Harlan E. and Suzanne Dudley Hoffa Dissertation Award
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2024

FDC Teaching Innovation Award
The State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY.
2024

Dorothy Hughes Young Endowed Scholarship for Music and Art Education Award
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
2024

Clyde M. McGeary Scholarship
Pennsylvania State Art Education Association (PAEA), Erie, PA.
2023

Student Leader Scholarship
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
2022

John C. O’Connor Endowed Graduate Fellowship
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2022

John C. O’Connor Endowed Graduate Fellowship
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2020

Grants

Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Grant
K-12 Curriculum Development Project: Inclusive Portraits of Disability
State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz.
2025

Creating a Stronger New Paltz Together Grant
Pedagogy of Aesthetics Faculty Book Club
Co-PI (with Franklin-Phipps, A., Sheridan, R., Takie, H., & Brown, Z.)
State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz.
2024

Editorship

Review Board Member
Visual Culture & Gender
2026 –

Review Board Member
Art Education Journal
National Art Education Association (NAEA)
2025 – 2027

Review Board Member
Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education
United States Society for Education through Art (USSEA)
2024 – 2026

Invited Reviewer
Research in Arts and Education (RAE) Journal
2025

Invited Reviewer
Art Education Journal
National Art Education Association (NAEA)
2024 – 2025

Invited Reviewer
Educational Studies Journal
2024

Social Media Editor
Art Education Journal
National Art Education Association (NAEA)
2023 – 2024

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal

Hwang, E. (2025). Whose excellence in art education?: Interrogating ableism in neoliberal rebranding of “Inclusive Excellence.” Art Education, 78(6), 57–62.

Hwang, E. (2025). Woven memories: Arts-based autoethnography of scar stigma and body modification. Visual Culture & Gender, 20, 37–45.

Chen, C.-L., … Hwang, E., … (2025). Coalition for feminisms in art education 50th anniversary kite events: Rising against the winds of resistance. Visual Culture & Gender, 20, 84–106.

Hwang, E. (2023). Cripping online learning space designs for collective access. Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education, 40(1), 13–31.

Peer-Reviewed Book Chapter

Hwang, E. (2024). “Daddy is the first”: Between feelings of guilt and happiness of being a doctoral student mother. In S. Willis, A. Richards, & R. Shin (Eds.), Learning Through Art: The intersectionality of Critical Identities in Art Education (pp. 338–349). InSEA.

Hwang, E. (2022). Centering Asian women’s feminist anger using zines in art education. In I. Bailey, C.S. García, G. Reed, & L.C. Sotomayor II (Eds.), BIPOC Alliances: Building Communities and Curricula (pp. 103–113). IAP.

Book

Sohn, J., Nam, Y., & Hwang, E. (2021). Museums in the classroom: Theory and practice of museum education programs. Book Korea: Gyeonggi-do (In Korean).

Professional Columns

Hwang, E. (2025). Unlearning colonialism through art education in a time of climate injustice. Caucus of Social Theory in Art Education (CSTAE). NAEA News, Winter. National Art Education Association

Hwang, E. (2025). Pedagogy of unwellness: Reimagining care in art education. Disability Studies in Art Education (DSAE). NAEA News, Summer, 62–63. National Art Education Association

Curricular Resources

Chang, E., Hwang, E., Kim, S., Kim, E., & Hsieh, K. (2024). The art of samurai armor: Sword mountings and sword guards. Curriculum Resources of The Asian Art and Culture Interest Group,6(2), 10–26. National Art Education Association.

Chang, E., Hsieh, K., Kim, E., Hwang, E., Kim, S., & Zheng, Y. (2024). The art of samurai armor: Helmet, mask, and chest armor. Curriculum Resources of The Asian Art and Culture Interest Group,6(1), 11–27. National Art Education Association.

Service in Professional Organizations

Co-Chair Elect
Seminar for Research in Art Education (SRAE)
National Art Education Association (NAEA)
2025 – 2027

Elliott Eisner Doctoral Dissertation Award Review Board
Seminar for Research in Art Education (SRAE)
National Art Education Association (NAEA)
2025 – 2027

Treasurer
Caucus of Social Theory in Art Education (CSTAE)
National Art Education Association (NAEA)
2023 – 2025

Graduate Representative
Disability Studies in Art Education (DSAE)
National Art Education Association (NAEA)
2023 – 2025

Conference Presentation Review Boad
Disability Studies in Art Education (DSAE)
National Art Education Association (NAEA)
2023

Co-President
Graduate Art Education Association
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2022 – 2023

Invited
Lectures

Dismantling Ableist Thoughts in Self-Portraiture Lessons.
AEGO606: Intersectionality in Visual Arts Curricula
Art Education Graduate Course
Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
2024

Materializing Crip Knowledge in Tags and Arts-Based Research.
ARTE 600/800: Pedagogical Matterings: Art Making and Teaching with the Impossible
Art Education Graduate Course
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2023

Conference Presentations

Hwang, E., Krahe, A. M., Lewis, T., Wolfgang, C. N., Link, B., & Novak, L. (2026). Then and Now: Critical Reflection on Whiteness Through Embodied Knowledge and Practice, 2026 National Art Education Association (NAEA) Convention. Chicago, IL.

Sotomayor II, L. C., Reed-Conway, G., Hwang, E., & Omni, C. M. (2026). Transformational Cultural Narratives: BIPOC Lived Experiences & Arts-Based Practice (Sponcered by the Research Commission), 2026 National Art Education Association (NAEA) Convention. Chicago, IL.

Hwang, E., Hood, M., & Baldwin, E. (2025). Rethinking the portrait: Centering Disability in the Art Classroom, New York State Art Teachers Association (NYSATA) 2025 Conference. Binghamton, NY.

Hwang, E. (2025). Blue tarp resistance: Crip temporality against disaster colonialism, National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) 2025 Conference. San Juan, PR.

Hwang, E. (2025). When art speaks of unwellness: Pre-service art educators’ reflections on wellness burdens, Art Education Research Institute (AERI) 2025 Symposium. University Park, PA.

Hwang, E. (2025). Misfit Memory Work: Challenging Sexism and Ableism in K–12 Self-Portraiture Lessons, 2025 National Art Education Association (NAEA) Convention. Louisville, KY.

Powell, K., O’Hara, C., Hwang, E., Danner, I., & Holzwarth, C. (2025). Art as Social Practice: Research into Programs and Curricular Practices, 2025 National Art Education Association (NAEA) Convention. Louisville, KY.

Keifer-Boyd, K., Agbeze, R., Condit-Summerson, M., Huard, M., & Hwang, E. (2025). Pre- and Post assessment in a Multicase Study of Antiracism Toward Racial Justice Art Education Modules, 2025 National Art Education Association (NAEA) Convention. Louisville, KY.

Hwang, E. (2025). Crip Vitae: Navigating Crip Feelings and Time as an Art Educator in Academia. In Valyi-Nagy, Z. (chair). On Crip Time. College Art Association (CAA) 113th Annual Conference. New York, NY.

Hwang, E. (2024). Misfit Photo Album: Dismantling Able-bodied Futurity through Feminist Anti-Portraiture, National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) 2024 Conference. Detroit, MI.

Hwang, E. (2024). Where Are the Women's Scars?: Challenging Able-Bodied-Centered K-12 Self-Portraiture Lessons through Misfit Memory Work, Art Education Research Institute (AERI) 2024 Symposium. Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Hwang, E. (2024). Reinterpreting Childhood Family Drawing Throughout Korean Doctoral Student Mother Identity, In. S. Willis., A. Richards., & R. Shin. (chairs), The Intersectionality of Critical Identities in Art Education, 2024 National Art Education Association (NAEA) Convention. Minneapolis, MN.

Hwang, E., & Bhalla, S. (2024). Navigating Through Inequitable Terrains: Making Visible the Challenges of Asian Women Scholars with Disabilities, 2024 National Art Education Association (NAEA) Convention. Minneapolis, MN.

Hwang, E. (2023). Crafting the (forced) Invisible: Retelling Crip Time in Arts-based Memory Work, The International Journal of Art and Design Education (iJADE) 2023 Conference. Virtual Conference (Zoom).

Hwang, E. (2023). Misfit Memory Work: Challenges to K-12 Portraiture Lessons Stigmatizing Women with Scars and Illness, 19th Annual Graduate Research in Art Education (GRAE) Conference 2023. University Park, PA.

Lewis, B., Hwang, E., Condit-Summerson, M., Tseng, P., & Danner, I. (2023). Aesthetic Interventions: Approaches to Feminist Arts Pedagogy, National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) 2023 Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD.

Hwang, E. (2023). (Re)Memorying Silenced Scars: Gendered Body Normativity in South Korean K-12 Portraiture Lessons, Curriculum and Pedagogy (C&P) 24th Annual Conference. University Park, PA.

Hwang, E. (2023). Crip Feminist Arts-based Memory-work: Towards Anti-Ableist Art Pedagogy, The Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) 2023 National Conference. University Park, PA.

Hwang, E. (2023). Women’s Scars, Illness, and Memories in Ableist K-12 Portraiture Lessons, The Pennsylvania Art Education Association (PAEA) 2023 Conference. Erie, PA.

Hwang, E. (2023). Reconstructing Online Learning Spaces Toward Collective Access, 2023 National Art Education Association (NAEA) Convention. San Antonio, TX.

Hwang, E., Condit-Summerson, M., & Park, Y. (2023).Reframing Art Education Histories and Metanarratives Through Experimental Visual Un/mapping, 2023 National Art Education Association (NAEA) Convention. San Antonio, TX.

Hwang, E. (2023). Crip Couture: Remapping the Narratives of Bodies with Disabilities, Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.

Hwang, E. (2022). Interweaving Tags and Arts-Based Research as a Resistant Practice, The Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) 2022 National Conference. Ann Arbor, MI.

Hwang, E., Bailey, I., García, C.S., Reed, G., & Sotomayor II, L.C. (2022). Book Talk: BIPOC Alliances: Building communities and curricula, Curriculum and Pedagogy (C&P) 23rd Annual Conference. State College, PA.

Hwang, E. (2022). Crafting (Feminist) Anger: Anti-AAPI Racism Zines and the Pedagogy of Discomfort, Curriculum and Pedagogy (C&P) 23rd Annual Conference. State College, PA.

Hwang, E. (2022). Cripping Online Learning Spaces through the Disruption of Universal Designs, 2022 Digitally Engaged Learning Conference (DEL). Virtual Conference (Zoom).

Hwang, E. (2022). Gidra: Restiveness of Asian American Women Activists in the 1970s, Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. The Pennsylvania State University, Virtual Conference (Zoom).

Hwang, E. (2022). Centering Anger of AAPI: Restive Orientation toward Racial Justice, In R. Shin., & H. Kwon. (chairs). Addressing Anti-Asian Racism and Social Justice in Art Education. 2022 National Art Education Association (NAEA) Convention. New York, NY.

Hwang, E. (2022). Re-imagining AAPI Women’s Anger: Restive Orientation in Feminist Art Pedagogy, Graduate Students in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Conference. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.

Hwang, E. (2022). Beyond Boundaries: Re-Shaping Contemporary Asian Art through Community Network in Museum, 2022 National Art Education Association (NAEA) Research Preconvention. Virtual Conference (Zoom).

Hwang, E. (2022). Creating Scarred Avatars: Toward Skin-clusive Art Education, 2022 National Art Education Association (NAEA) Research Preconvention. Virtual Conference (Zoom).

Hwang, E. (2022). Addressing Critical Multiculturalism through Online Museum Education, Graduate Online Teaching Practicum (2022 Spring). Center for Pedagogy in Arts and Design (C-PAD), The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.

Hwang, E. (2021). Creating Scarred Avatars: Toward Skin-clusive Art Education, The Pennsylvania Art Education Association (PAEA) 2021 Conference. Philadelphia, PA. Virtual Conference (Zoom).

Hwang, E. (2021). Crip Temporalities: Collaborative Artmaking with Crip Time, The 3rd International Conference on Disability Studies Arts & Education (iDSAE). Virtual Conference (Zoom).

Hwang, E. (2021). Yun Suknam, First Generation Feminist in Korea: Eternal Maternal Ethical Counternarratives, Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. The Pennsylvania State University, Virtual Conference (Zoom).

Exhibitions

Artist
Alumni Exhibition (Group Exhibition)
Borland Project Space
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2025

Curator
Inclusive Architecture: Radical Reimagination of Built Environments and Access
McKenna Theatre Exhibition Space
State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2025

Artist
Expanding Capacities of Care (Group Exhibition)
Borland Project Space
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2024

Co-Curator & Designer
Penn State Creates 2022: A Virtual Exhibition of Design, Craft, and Makery
Palmer Museum of Art
The Pennsylvania University, University Park, PA
2022

Co-Curator & Designer
Penn State Creates 2021: A Virtual Exhibition of Design, Craft, and Makery
Palmer Museum of Art
The Pennsylvania University, University Park, PA
2021

Community Outreach

Project Lead & Faculty Advisor
Community Art Workshop for Children from Incarcerated Family
Shawangunk Correctional Facility, Wallkill, NY
2025

Project Lead & Faculty Advisor
Community Art Workshop for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
The Arc Greater Hudson Valley, Monticello, NY
2025

Faculty Advisor
Creative Corners at New Paltz Recreational Center
(student-led community center art workshop)
State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2025 –