EDUCATION
Ph. D in Art Education, The Pennsylvania State University
2014-2020, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Co-advisors: Dr. Kimberly A. Powell and Dr. Charles R. Garoian
Committee members: Dr. Janet Lyon Dr. Michelle Bae-Dimitriadis
Mentors: Dr. Graeme Sullivan, Dr. Christopher Schulte
Dissertation: The Pedagogy of Waiting: Rethinking Art Education with Disability Studies
M.F.A., Art Education|Chinese Ink Painting, Capital Normal University
2014, Beijing, China
Advisor: Dr. Shaochun Yin | 尹少淳教授
B.F.A., Art Education, Capital Normal University
2010, Beijing, China
GRANTS & AWARDS
2020 Penn State College of Arts and Architecture Creative Achievement Award
2019 Penn State Alumni Association Dissertation Award Nominated (Nominated as the only one candidate from School of Visual Art (SoVA) consideration by the SoVA faculty)
2018 The Dorothy Hughes Young Endowed Scholarship in Art Education
2018 Penn State Global Programs Graduate Student Travel Grant
2014-2018 Chinese Government Scholarship for Artists and Scholars in Arts (yishulei rencai peiyang tebie xiangmu); China Scholarship Council
PUBLICATIONS
Shin, R., Bae, J., Gu, M., Hsieh, K., Koo, A., Lee, O., Lim, E. (2022). Asian Critical Theory and Counter-Narratives of Asian American Art Educators in the U.S. Higher Education. Studies in Art Education. 63 (4). https://doi.org/10.1080/00393541.2022.2116680
Gu, M. (2022 Accepted). The Pedagogy of Waiting: A Reorientation to Time with Artists with Disabilities and Creative Growth Art Center. Disability Studies Quarterly.
Gu, M. (2022). Finding the elsewhere: Recreating spaces in academia through disability justice. National Art Education Association News.
Gu, M. (2022). Chuangzhaoxing de huiying: 2021 nian meiguo zhongxiaoxue meishu jiaoyu yiti gailan [Creatively responding: K-12 art educational issues in the United States in 2021] In Yin S. C. (Eds.), 2022nianZhongguo meishu jiaoyu niandu fazhan baogao [National Art Education Development in China in 2022] (pp. 221-226). Changsha: Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, China South Publishing.
Gu, M. (2019). Archiving Spaces: Walking, Murmuring, and Writing with Artist Nicole Storm. IMAG. The International Society for Education Through Art. DOI: 10.24981/2414-3332-7.2019-4
Sullivan, G., & Gu, M. (2017). The possibilities of research - the promise of practice. Art Education, 70(2), 49-57. Link to Taylor & Francis Online
Gu, M (2016). Yishu zhiliao quxiang de meishu jiaoyu huodong chutan: yi Beijingshi
danshuangqin jiating chuzhongsheng huihua xinli biaozheng fenxi de shiyan yanjiu
[Preliminary study of therapeutic art education:A comparative study of drawings, narratives, and quantitative data from students in Beijing, China] In Wei T. (Eds.), Dashuju shidai de chuangyi meishu jiaoyu: Diwujie shijie huaren meishu jiaoyu lunwenji [Creative Art Education in the Big Data Era: Proceedings of the 5th world Chinese art education symposium] (pp. 327-338). Shanghai: Huadong shifan daxue chubanshe [East China Normal University Press]. Link to Amazon; Preview at Amazon.cn
Gu, M. (2012). Qianfada diqu difang meishu kecheng ziyuan de kaifa yu liyong: yi
Sichuansheng Chongzhoushi Wenjingjiangzhen de jiaoxue shijian weili [Development and
utilization of the local resources for art classes: A case study in Wenjingjiang elementary school in Sichuan province] In Yin S. (Eds.), Jiaoyu xianchang xueyuan sikao: guojia guganjiaoshi “Yuandingban” lunwenji [Institute of education site and thinking: National art important teacher “The Gardener Class” proceedings] (pp. 363-384). Changsha: Hunan meishu chubanshe [Hunan Arts Press]. Link to Amazon.cn
PRESENTATIONS
Gu, M., Le, V. (2022). A Pinball Process: Designing Art Curricula in Digital Spaces. The California Art Education Association Conference. Long Beach, CA.
Thies, T., Gatlin, L., Gu, M., Trimble, B. (2022). Master of Visual and Performing Arts Education Degree: A Cross-Silo Collaborative Innovation. The College Music Society Sixty‑Fifth National Conference. Long Beach, CA .
Shin, R., Gu, M. Hsieh, K,. Kwon, H. (2022). Addressing Anti-Asian Racism and Social Justice in Art Education. National Art Education Association Convention. New York & Virtual.
Gu, M., (2022). A Reorientation to Time with Artist Latefa Noorzai and Creative Growth Art Center. SDS@OSU 2022-The Society for Disability Studies co-conference with The Ohio State University annual Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion, and Disability Conference. Virtual.
Gu, M., (2022). Embodied Differences in Duration: Living Time with Artists with Disabilities. The 18th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Urbana-Champaign, IL.
Gu, M.& Wexler, A. (2021). Who is An Outsider: The Complex Entanglement of Art and Disability. National Art Education Association Convention. Chicago, IL.
Gu, M., (2021). “I don’t need a [Chinese-English] Translator:” Defying the Dominant and Reconstructing the Stories. The 3rd International Conference on Disability Studies, Arts & Education. Virtual.
(2020, May). With Anna Divinsky, Ann Clements, Erica Fleming, Deborah Gulick, Zena Kirby. Benefits and challenges of arts assessment: How to implement effective evaluations of student processes and artistic outcomes, Presented at the Penn State Center for Pedagogy in Arts & Design (C-PAD) Academy.
(2019, Oct.). “You are so scratchy:” How might artists with disabilities reform pedagogical practice?, Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Disability Studies, Arts & Education, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.
(2019, May). With Dr. Kimberly Powell, Dr. Christen Sperry Garcia, Sue Uhlig and samantha shoppell. Reimagining Art Education with Disability Rhythmically in panel Unsettled, Uncertain, and Unstated: Four Studies in Resisting Art Pedagogical Borders. Presented at the 15th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, U.S.
(2018, June). Beyond Binaries: When Artists with Disabilities Experiment with Ink, Brush,
Water, and Xuan Paper, presented at the 2018 European regional InSEA Congress
(International Society for Education Through Art), Espoo, Finland
(2018, Mar). With Dr. Kimberly Powell. Bodies in Difference: Researching material embodiments of walking, moving, and making, Presented at the 2018 National Art Education Association Conference, Seattle, WA, U.S.
(2018, Mar). Changing Discourses of Disability in Art Education in the Past Five Decades, Presented at the 2018 National Art Education Association Conference, Seattle, WA, U.S.
(2017, Mar). With Dr. Graeme Sullivan. Re-positioning the Importance of Practitioner Research in Art Education, Presented at the 2017 National Art Education Association Conference, New York, U.S.
(2017, Mar). Children’s Sociocultural Negotiation in an Art Classroom, Presented at the 2017 National Art Education Association Conference, New York, U.S.
(2016, Aug). Documenting Teachers’ Beliefs about Disability and Art Teaching in Guangzhou and Beijing, China: An Ethnographic Pilot Study, Presented at the 2016 VSA Intersections: Arts and Special Education Conference, A Jean Kennedy Smith Arts and Disability Program, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.
(2016, Apr) Happenings and Systems: Re-situate Art Education in the Local Experience of Disability Cultures, Presented at Penn State Seminar @50 University Park, PA, U.S.
(2015, Nov). Between the voices and limitations: re-examining my preliminary research of therapeutic art education, Presented at the 5th World Chinese Art Education Symposium, East Normal University, Shanghai, China
(2014, July). Preliminary Study of Therapeutic Art Education-A Comparative Study, Presented at the Graduate Research in Art Education Conference, Shandong Normal University, Shandong, China
(2013, February). Thoughts on Art Museum Education, Presented at the Cross-Strait Exchange on Art Education Conference, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
(2008, July). Curriculum Design for Children of Migrant Laborers, Presented at Training Program for Rural Teachers, CAI's Talent Action (NGO), Beijing, China
TEACHING
LST404 Visual and Performing Arts Capstone, California State University Long Beach
Assistant Professor, 2020-present
LST111 Critical Thinking and Public Education, California State University Long Beach
Assistant Professor, 2020-2022
ART 10, Introduction to Visual Studies, World Campus, Penn State University
Teaching Assistant, 2019
ART 001, Introduction to Visual Arts, University Park, Penn State University
Adjunct Lecturer, 2018
ART ED 101s: Introduction to Art Education, University Park, Penn State University
Teaching Assistant, 2017
ART 001, Introduction to Visual Arts, World Campus, Penn State University
Teaching Assistant, 2017
ART ED 489: Advanced Practicum (Penn State Saturday Art School), University Park, Penn State University, The United States
Teaching Assistant, 2017
Creative Growth Art Center (NGO), Oakland, California, The United States
Visiting Artist, 2016
INVITED LECTURE
UDCP 402 Equity, Access, and Inclusive Education
Nov 3, 2020. College of Education, CSULB; By Dr. Lidiana Portales Blair
ART 407 Materials and Methods for k-12 classrooms
Sep 29, 2020. School of Art, CSULB; By Dr. Laurie Gatlin
CI 512 Contemporary Educational Ethnography
Apr 18, 2019, Penn State University; By Dr.Kimberly Powell
CI 597 Crafting the Literature Review
Jan 11, 2018, Penn State University; By Dr. Amy Crosson
ART ED 225: Diversity, Pedagogy, and Visual Culture
Nov 9, 2017, Penn State University; By Dr. Christen Sperry Garcia
ART ED 101s: Introduction to Art Education
Oct 23, 2017, Penn State University; By Dr. Christopher Schulte
Delta Program High School: Tao Te Ching & Chinese Art
Feb. 22, 2016, State College Area School District, Pennsylvania; By English Instructor Amy Allison
INTERNSHIPS
Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA, the United States
2016 Visiting Artist
Set up a Chinese Painting and Calligraphy workshop with artists with disabilities; Facilitated assistant for ceramic, wood, weaving, and quite studios
National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
2012 Project designer, Public Education Department
Planned public lectures and a child art museum education project
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
International Level
2018 US-China College Art Summit, Pennsylvania, US
Translator and Monitor, Translated presentations and gallery conversations for scholars and artists from China and from the U.S. who shared their practice in education program design, research, community development, and social impact.
2015 Sino-U.S. Visual Arts Standards Symposium, Beijing, China
Participated in organizing, Invited Prof. Olivia Gude and Dr. Marilyn Stewart to present on core values of new National Visual Arts standards of U.S.
National Level
2021-present, Delegate Representative
Disability Studies in Art Education Interest Group (DSAE), National Art Education Association (NAEA)
2019-2022, Secretary
Asian Art and Culture Interest Group (AACIG), NAEA
2019/2016 Proposal reviewer
Review conference proposal for Special Needs Art Education (SNAE), NAEA
2013, 2012, 2011, k-12 teachers from Mainland China
Journal Editor, Organizer for “National Training Plan (2011)”-Prominent Art Teachers Training; Sponsored by Ministry of Education of People’s Republic of China and executed by the School of Fine Arts, Capital Normal University, Beijing
2010 Art Education Professors and Educators from Mainland China
Participated in planning and organizing; The 4th Children's Art Committee of China Artists Association; Sponsored by China Artists Association and executed by the School of Fine Arts, Capital Normal University, Beijing