Maria Lim

Professor of Art Education

School of Art

Email Address: e_lim@uncg.edu

Phone: 336.256.1171

Education

Biography

Maria Lim’s current research focuses on the educational aspects of global perspectives, culturally responsive pedagogy, anti-racial discrimination, and the critical decolonization of Asian pedagogies to promote cultural diversity and social justice. In recent years, Maria has collaborated with other Asian American art education scholars to investigate how the counter-narratives of Asian American art educators can challenge dominant narratives in art education. Through various collaborative research projects, she has also explored how the counter-narratives of minorities can be integrated into art teacher education curricula, providing diverse and inclusive representations of art, history, and culture that extend beyond a Eurocentric perspective. 

Maria Lim’s teaching approach emphasizes culturally responsive pedagogy, equity, diversity, inclusion, social justice, and global perspectives. She believes that education should empower students to examine the world around them critically, challenge the status quo, and work towards a more just and equitable society. Maria’s goal as an educator is to prepare students with the skills and knowledge necessary for success in the 21st century by fostering collaboration between teachers and students in a safe and supportive environment. Maria Lim was honored by the North Carolina Art Education Association as the NCAEA Higher Education Art Educator of the Year in 2014. The National Art Education Association also recognized her as the Southeastern Regional Higher Education Division Art Educator of the Year 2015. 

Maria Lim has been the director and founder of the UNCG Summer Arts & Design Intensive (SADI) since 2014. This program offers high school students an advanced and engaging summer visual arts experience. Maria has developed the program to help students immerse themselves in the arts, enhance their creative skills, and explore potential art careers. As the camp director, Maria supervises a group of pre-service teachers who work as camp counselors and studio assistants. These roles allow them to complete their service-learning practicum hours required for the teaching licensure program. She provides guidance to help them gain practical experience in community art education and encourages them to reflect on classroom management, student motivation strategies, and creative teaching methods. Through this process, Maria helps develop art education students’ educational leadership and culturally responsive perspectives, making them more competent teaching candidates. 

Courses Taught

• Art Education Curriculum and Teaching Methods
• Contemporary Issues in Art Education
• Service-Learning, Internship
• Child Art and Teaching
• Design Methods for Crafts
• Student Teaching

Creative Scholarly/Research Activity

Publications 

 Shin, R., Lim, M., Lee, O., Chang, E., Bae, J., Song, B., Koo, A., Kwon, H., Park, H., Lee, S. (forthcoming). Teaching Contemporary Asian Art and Culture. Davis Publications.  

 Shin, R., Lim, M. Lee, O., Koo, A., Hsieh, K., Gu, M., Bae, J., (2024). A Critical Discourse on Asian American Stereotypes and Pedagogical Strategies against Anti-Asian Racism. The Journal of Social Theory in Art Education, 43.  

 Shin, R., Lim, M., Hsieh, K., An, S. (2024). Asian American Critical Pedagogy Framework and Principles in Art Education. The Studies in Art Education.  

Shin, R., Lim, M., Lee, O., Han, S. (Eds.), (2023). Counternarratives from Asian American Art Educators: Identities, Pedagogies, and Practice Beyond the Western Paradigm. New York: Routledge.  

 Song, B. and Lim, M. (2023). Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices for Asian Art and Culture. HICE-Hawaii International Conference on Education.  

 Lim, M., Song, B., Chang, E. (2023). Exploring Contemporary Chinese Artists in K-12 Classrooms. Hawaii International Conference on Education.  

 Song, B., Lim, M., Lim, K. (2023). Stories of Online Art Education: Transitions and Challenges During the Pandemic. Art Education Journal, 76(4), 40-48.  

 Shin, R., Lim, M., Hsieh, K. (2023). Engaging Students with Art-Based S-R-C (Sense of Belonging, Resistance, and Coalition Building) Strategies for Anti-Racism. The International Journal of Art & Design Education. 

 Shin, R., Bae, J., Gu, M., Hsieh, K., Koo, A., Lee, O., Lim, M. (2022). Asian critical theory and counter-narratives of Asian American art educators in the U. S. Higher Education. Studies in Art Education, 63(4), 313-329.  

 Lim, M., Song, B., Chang, E. (2022). Teaching about Contemporary Chinese Artists in Ceramics, New Media, and Installation Art. In K. Hsieh, Y. Cooper, & L. Lu (Eds.), Teaching Chinese Arts and Culture: Content, Context, and Pedagogy. International Society for Education through Art (InSEA) Publications.  

 Shin, R., Lim, M., Bae-Dimitriadis, M. & Lee, O. (Eds.). (2017). Pedagogical Globalization: Traditions, Contemporary Art, and Popular Culture of Korea. International Society for Education through Art Publications. 

Presentations  

 Lim, M., NAEA 2024 Annual Convention, “Culturally Responsive Pedagogical Strategies and Practices: Teaching Asian/Asian American and Pacific Islander Arts and Culture,” National Art Education Association, Minneapolis, MN, (April 2024).  

Lim, M., Shin, R., Lee, O., Mapping International Art Education Histories Conference 2023, “History of Asian Immigrant Art Educators in North America as a Counternarrative,” Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City, NY, (November 2023).  

 Lim, M., Shin, R., Lee, O., Song, B., Chang, E., Koo, A., Art Education Research Institute 2023 Annual Symposium, “Bang Social Gathering as Post-Qualitative Research,” University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, (October 2023).  

 Lim, M., NAEA-AACIG Forum I: I: Pedagogical practices of Asian/Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Arts and Culture in PK-12 Schools, “Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in PK-12 Classrooms,” National Art education Association National Convention, St. Antonio, TX, (April 2023).