Current Research Interests
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy
Technology-enhanced Pedagogy
Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development
Intercultural Engagement
Place-conscious Education
More-than-Human Perspective
Relational pedagogy
Publications
Wang, L. & Chou, L.-Y. (Accepted, 2025). Educators’ Art-Making Collaboration and Reflection: 3D Pop-Up Chinese Landscape Painting, Art Education.
Chou, L.-Y. (in press). Teaching tips to thrive #1.2: Bridging cultures through digital art. In D. C. Sickler-Voigt (Ed.), Teaching and learning in art education: Cultivating students’ potential from Pre-K through high school (2nd ed.), Routledge.
Chou, L.-Y. (in press). Online Lesson Snapshot: Bridging cultures through digital art. In D. C. Sickler-Voigt (Ed.), Teaching and learning in art education: Cultivating students’ potential from Pre-K through high school (2nd ed.). https://routledgelearning.com/teachlearnarted
Rottler, S., Green, J., & Chou, L.-Y. (In press, 2025). To gather is a gift: Reimagining cohort. Visual Arts Research, University of Illinois Press.
Chou, L.-Y. (In press, 2025). "Distilling" in Art Education: Bridging American Southwest landscapes through "Qi" in Asian art praxis. Visual Arts Research. University of Illinois Press.
Tseng, P.-H., Chou, L.-Y., & Chu, H.-C. (2024). Walking away from macro-institutional identity through curriculum as activism, Walking away: Refusing and resisting reactionary curriculum movements (pp. 39-58). Curriculum and Pedagogy Group.
Tseng, P.-H., Chou, L.-Y., & Chu, H.-C. (2024). Walking away from macro-institutional identity through curriculum as activism, Walking away: Refusing and resisting reactionary curriculum movements (pp. 39-58). Curriculum and Pedagogy Group.
Juried Presentations
Chou, L.-Y., Relational Pedagogy: Dynamic Interconnectedness for Transformative Art Teaching. To be presented at National Art Education Conference, Chicago, IL
Zhao, Y.-N., Chou, L.-Y., Guo, J., Encountering Intangible Heritage Art: VR, Embodiment, and Culturally Sustaining Practices in Art Education. To be presented at National Art Education Conference, Chicago, IL
Guo, J., Chou, L.-Y., Yang, P., Interacting Art with Nature: Pedagogy and Intervisions through Place-based Approaches. To be presented at National Art Education Conference, Chicago, IL
Chou, L.-Y., Wang, L., From Ink to Earth: Culturally Sustaining Practices in 3D Pop-Up Landscape Painting. To be presented at National Art Education Conference, Chicago, IL
Chou, L.-Y., Wang, L., Hiking into Art: Creative Pathways for Environmental Awareness and Sustainability through Outdoor Learning. To be presented at National Art Education Conference, Chicago, IL
Chou, L.-Y., Sickler-Voigt, D., Preservice Teaching Tips to Thrive! Cultivating Artistic Behaviors and Inculsuvity through Transformative Art Education. Presented at National Art Education Association at Louisville, KY
Xu, L., Chou, L.-Y., Guo, J., Yang, P., Engaging with Nature through Art: Eco-Pedagogy and Intervention From Non-Anthropocentric Perspectives. Presented at National Art Education Association at Louisville, KY
Chou, L.-Y., Wang, L., Promoting EDI through Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy: 3D Pop-Up Landscape Painting. Presented at National Art Education Association at Louisville, KY
Xu, L., Chou, L.-Y., Guo, J., Yang, P., Living with “Things”: A Possible Transformation from Everyday Life to Art. Presented at Conference of Research Center for Nature, Wildness, and Civilization at Suzhou, China
Chou, L.-Y., E-Scrap to Art: Creating Aesthetic Spaces in a STEM Community. Presented at Arizona Art Education Association at Tucson, AZ
Chou, L.-Y., Bridging cultures through art: When East Asian ink painting techniques meet American Southwest landscape. Presented at United States Society for Education through Art at Santa Fe, NM
Fang, H., Tseng, P.-H., Chou, L.-Y., & Cheng, A. Y.-C. Distilling Pedagogy: Arts-Based towards Gender, Place, Culture, and Teaching Reflection. Presented at International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry at Urbana, IL
Chou, L.-Y., Kim, S., Dialoguing Relationship(s) through Narrative Storytelling. Presented at International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry at Urbana, IL
Cheng, A., Chou, L.-Y., Tseng, P.-H, Hung, C.-C., From Palette to Activism: Reflecting and Teaching for Social Justice through Collaborative Art-Making. Presented at National Art Education Association at Minneapolis, MN
Chou, L.-Y., Art Education in the Tourism Industry. Presented at Arizona Art Education Association at Tempe, AZ
Chou, L.-Y., Bridging Cultures through Art: East Asian Ink Painting. Presented at Arizona Art Education Association at Tempe, AZ
Chou, L.-Y., Identity and Art-making: Foster Cultural Awareness in Art Education Through Peer Dialogue. Presented at Art Education Research Institute Symposium at Tucson, AZ
Chou, L.-Y., Project Experience in Taiwan: Art Education in Tourism Industries at Emerging Conversation Symposium at Tucson, AZ
Guest Lectures
Chou, L.-Y., Bridging “Qi” with American Southwest through East Asian Art Praxis. Guest lecture for Hamrah Arts Club at Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson, 2025
Chou, L.-Y., Bridging “Qi” with American Southwest through East Asian Art Praxis. Guest lecture for In-service teachers at Professional Learning Day of Tucson Unified School District, 2025
Chou, L.-Y., Exploring Japanese Visual Culture through Studio Ghibli Films. Guest lecture in ART 150B2: Asian art and visual culture, 2024
Shin, R., Chou, L.-Y., Music and Art Workshop with Native Music Coalition. Workshop Presenter at School of Music at University of Arizona, 2023
Chou, L.-Y., Aesthetic of Chinese Calligraphy. Guest lecture in ART 150B2: Asian art and visual culture, 2022