Borim Song

Conference Presentations Given in 2025

I gave presentations at the following conferences in 2025.

Invited Keynote Address

Song, B. (2025, June). New technologies in art education: Online education, XR, and AI. Colloquium on Contemporary Art and New Media, Korean Elementary Art Education Association, Virtual.

Refereed Presentations

International

Song, B., & Koo, A. (2025, May). Investigating human traits through AI-generated robotics: A case study of a contemporary artist for pedagogical implications. The 21st International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Virtual.

Song, B., Koo, A., & Lee, O. (2025, May). Blooming together: Female art educators’ renewal of researcher identities through collaborative autoethnography and visual storying. The 21st International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Virtual.

Song, B., & Kim, E. (2025, April). AI use in global digital pedagogy: Art education in the U.S. and South Korea. Virtual Participation. The 10th Global Digital Humanities Symposium, Lansing, Michigan.

Song, B. (2025, January). Exploring human traits playfully through AI technology: Implications of contemporary art for art education. Humanity Meets AI Session. The 8th European Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.

National

Song, B., & Koo, A. (2025, April). Exploring human traits and behaviors through creative machines: Implications of contemporary artists’ practices for AI use in art education. Critical Explorations of Identity, Racial Trauma, and Human Experience in Arts Education Roundtable Panel. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado.

Koo, A., & Song, B. (2025, April). AI or not AI: Cultivating inclusive art education in the era of intelligent machines. Voicing Experiences in Arts Education Roundtable Panel. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado.

Song, B., Koo, A., & Chang, E. (2025, April). Thriving together in a writing group: Stress and coping of Asian Immigrant female art educators. Coping Mechanisms and Well-Being in Asian and Asian American Communities Roundtable Panel. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado.

Koo, A., Song, B., & Chang, E. (2025, April). Renewing researcher identity: A collective journey of tenured female art educators through a virtual writing group. Roundtable Panel. Korean American Education Research Association Preconference, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado.

Koo, A., Song, B., & Chang, E. (2025, April). Female art educators’ collective renewal of researcher identities through a writing group. Arts and Innovative Methodologies Paper Session. Division K–Section 08: Teachers’ Lives, Identities, and Journeys. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado.

Lee, O., Chang, E., Koo, A., & Song, B. (2025, March). Blooming together: Female art educators’ collective renewal of researcher identities. Video Participation. Annual Convention of National Art Education Association, Louisville, Kentucky.

Chang, E., Koo, A., Song, B., & Lee, O. (2025, March). Coping with stress: Collaborative autoethnography of Asian immigrant female academics in a writing group. Video Participation. Annual Convention of National Art Education Association, Louisville, Kentucky.

Song, B., & Koo, A. (2025, March). Learning with robotics: Implications for Secondary Art Education. Video Participation. Annual Convention of National Art Education Association, Louisville, Kentucky.

State

Song, B. (2025, October). Exploring robotics through art: Lessons for art classrooms. North Carolina Art Education Association Conference, Asheboro, North Carolina.

Song, B. (2025, April). Investigating human traits through AI: Implications of contemporary art for art education in turbulent times. Art, Education, and AI Panel. Digital Humanities Collaborative of North Carolina Institute, Virtual.

“I Feel Like I Have Finally Begun Blooming!”: Female Art Educators’ Collective Renewal of Researcher Identities Through a Writing Group Published

Based on our three-year collaboration, the following article has been published in Studies in Art Education Journal:

Song, B., Lee, O., Chang, E., & Koo, A. (2026). “I feel like I have finally begun blooming!”: Female art educators’ collective renewal of researcher identities through a writing group. Studies in Art Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/00393541.2025.2590931

“Child Art, Motherhood, and Empty Nest Challenges: Art Education Research as a Reflexive Practice” Published

A chapter about my journey as a mother scholar has been published!

Song, B. (2025). Child art, motherhood, and empty nest challenges: Art education research as a reflexive practice. In G. Badoni, S. Cinquemani, E. Garber, & M. McClure (Eds.), Transformative motherscholarship and art: Public pedagogies of childhood (pp. 147–154). Bloomsbury. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/transformative-motherscholarship-and-art-9781350435735/

“Art and Math Integration: A Collaborative Journey of an Art Educator and a Mathematician” Published

An article I co-wrote with Dr. Jungmin Choi in the Mathematics Department of my university has been published in the Art Education Journal. This project was supported by the East Carolina University Interdisciplinary Research Grant. Special thanks to artists Jong Oh and George Hart!

Song, B., & Choi, J. (2025). Art and math integration: A collaborative journey of an art educator and a mathematician. Art Education, 78(5), 16–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/00043125.2025.2549964

“Exploring Privacy, Data Painting, and Hidden Biases: Lessons from Contemporary Artists for AI Use in Art Education” Published

The following article has been published in the Art Education journal!

Koo, A., & Song, B. (2025). Exploring privacy, data painting, and hidden biases: Lessons from contemporary artists for AI use in art education. Art Education, 78(2), 16–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/00043125.2025.2455359

“Belonging together through art: Reconstructing connections by deconstructing stories” Published

An article in the Multicultural Perspectives Journal has been published:

Koo, A., & Song, B. (2024). Belonging together through art: Reconstructing connections by deconstructing stories. Multicultural Perspectives, 26(1), 62–74. https://doi.org/10.1080/15210960.2024.2350073

Conference Presentations Given in 2024

I gave presentations at the following international and national conferences in 2024.

International

Song, B., Lee, O., Chang, E., & Koo, A. (2024, September). Thriving together: Collaborative autoethnography of Asian American female art educators in a writing group. Art Education Research Institute Annual Symposium, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom.

Song, B., & Koo, A. (2024, June). AI and art pedagogy. Video Participation. The 29th International Symposium on Electronic Art, Brisbane, Australia.

Koo, A., & Song, B. (2024, June). AI or not AI: The perspectives of artificial intelligence from contemporary artists in the U.S. Video Participation. The 29th International Symposium on Electronic Art, Brisbane, Australia.

Song, B., Lee, O., Chang, E., & Koo, A. (2024, May). Thriving together in a writing group: Collaborative autoethnography of Asian American female art educators. The 20th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Virtual.

Song, B., & Koo, A. (2024, March). AI in visual art education: Inspirations from contemporary artists. Global Digital Humanities Symposium, Virtual.

Song, B. (2024, January). Teaching about adoption through contemporary art: The work of JooYoung Choi. Arts & Humanities Education Session (Chair). The 22nd Hawaii International Conference on Education, Waikoloa, Hawaii.

National

Song, B., Chang, E., Koo, A., & Lee, O. (2024, April). Collaborative autoethnography of Korean American female art educators in a writing group. Roundtable Panel. Korean American Education Research Association Preconference, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Koo, A., & Song, B. (2024, April). Symbiosis? Uncertainties and possibilities of artificial intelligence in K-16 art education. Poster Session. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Song, B., & Bae, J. (2024, April). Student empowerment with critical conversations: Exploring child adoption through contemporary art. Annual Convention of National Art Education Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Liao, C., Song, B., Koo, A., & Leonard, N. (2024, April). Beyond generative images: Contemporary AI and media arts for critical and ethical art education. Annual Convention of National Art Education Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Song, B., Chang, E., Koo, A., & Lee, O. (2024, April). Becoming: Female art educators’ renewal and empowerment of researcher identities through collaborative autoethnography. Research Preconvention, Annual Convention of National Art Education Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Koo, A., & Song, B. (2024, April). AI or not AI: Pedagogical implications from the insights of contemporary artists and scholars. Research Preconvention, Annual Convention of National Art Education Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

“Wow, She’s Real!”: Re-Examining Pre-Service Art Teachers’ Online Learning Experiences Published

The following journal article has been published. I am so glad to publish a paper about our recent work on online art education in this prestigious academic journal.

Song, B., & Lim, K. (2024). “Wow, she’s real!”: Re-examining pre-service art teachers’ online learning experiences. Distance Education, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/01587919.2024.2347997

Mia Hussey, Virtual Helping Hands, Acrylics on Paper, 2020.

“Belonging Pedagogy: Revisiting Identity, Culture, and Difference” Published

A new co-authored article has been published in Studies in Art Education. I am thrilled about my first article published by this prestigious journal!

Koo, A., Lim, K., & Song, B. (2024). Belonging pedagogy: Revisiting identity, culture, and difference. Studies in Art Education, 65(1), 63-80. https://doi.org/10.1080/00393541.2023.2285206

“Moving From Me to We: Highlighting Collaborative Research in Art Education” Published

A co-authored article for Art Education Journal has been published!

Bain, C., Taylor, K. V., Song, B., Lim, K., Heller, H., Antonisse, M., Ripley, A. T., Fejeran, Z., Spiers, O., Zaia, A., Cesena, A., & Becerril, C. (2024). Moving from me to we: Highlighting collaborative research in art education. Art Education, 77(2), 21-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/00043125.2023.2292001

This paper was based on a panel for the Professional Leaning through Research Working Group of Research Commission at NAEA 2022 Annual Convention held in New York City. I am very grateful for the two organizers, Drs. Bain and Taylor, as well as my colleague Dr. Kyungeun Lim.