BIO
Nicole Lee
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, ART EDUCATION
DIVISION OF ART HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY CULTURE
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office Number: Seeds 401
Phone Number: 902-450-4316
Email: nlee@nscad.ca
Background
Dr. Nicole Lee is an Assistant Professor in Art Education at NSCAD University. She is a first-generation Chinese Canadian from Hong Kong who has lived across Turtle Island (Canada): first Tkaronto (Toronto, ON), the place in the water where the trees are standing; then K’emk’emeláy̓ (Vancouver, BC), the place of many maple trees; and currently Kjipuktuk (Halifax, NS), the great harbour. Dr. Lee holds a PhD in Curriculum Studies, with a concentration in Art Education, from The University of British Columbia. Her SSHRC-funded dissertation, Squares for Breathing, Becoming, and Beholding: Cultivating a Relationship with the Unknown, was awarded the Elliot Eisner Doctoral Research Award in Art Education, the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies Dissertation Award, and the Ted T. Aoki Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in Curriculum Studies. She earned a Master of Education, a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Arts, Studio), and a Bachelor of Education (Visual Arts and English in the Intermediate/Senior divisions) from York University. Now at NSCAD University, Dr. Lee teaches in the Master of Arts in Art Education (MAAE) program, Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program, and Visual Arts Certificate for Teachers (VACT) program.
CURRENT RESEARCH AND/OR CREATIVE PRACTICE
Dr. Nicole Lee is an a/r/tographer who engages in artmaking and philosophy in tandem to advance concepts. Her research practices are emergent, creative, and contemplative living inquiries into inspirited curricular moments that attune to the affective rhythms surrounding people, histories, and places. Dr. Lee’s works are meditations on what it means to live well. She is a published author and editor of anthologies in a/r/tography and curriculum studies. Her research interests are at the intersections of a/r/tography, curriculum theory, philosophy, writing, community, spirituality, thanatology, aesthetic education, and arts-based educational research.
Serving as Vice President of the Canadian Society for Education Through Art / Société canadienne d’éducation par l’art (CSEA/SCÉA; https://csea-scea.ca) and Chair of the 2024 CSEA/SCÉA Conference (https://2024.csea-scea.ca), Dr. Lee is committed to advancing art education in community.
SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS/EXHIBITIONS
Book Chapters and Journal Articles
Lee, N. Y. S. (2024). Critical softness in an a/r/tographic affective commonwealth. In A. Lasczik, A. Sinner, V. Triggs, & R. L. Irwin (Eds.), A/r/tography: Essential readings and conversations (pp. 114-119). Intellect. https://www.intellectbooks.com/artography
Lee, N. Y. S. (2023). Bring pieces of myself home to myself. Visual Arts Research Journal, 49(1), 58-72. https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/49203
Lee, N. Y. S. (2022). The many faces of art education across three cities. In R. Shin, M. Lim, O. Lee, & S. Han (Eds.), Counternarratives from Asian American Art Educators identities, pedagogies, and practice beyond the Western paradigm (pp. 156-163). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003222293
Lee, N. Y. S. (2021). Finding the human in the middle of (in)visible pandemics. In N. Y. S. Lee, J. M. Ursino, & L. E. Wong (Eds.), Lingering with the works of Ted T. Aoki: Historical and contemporary significance for curriculum research and practice (pp. 46-57). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003037248
Lee, N., & Morimoto, K. (2021). Walking curricular paths in the virtual: The Stanley Parable and Minecraft. In A. Lasczik, R. L. Irwin, A. Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles, D. Rousell, & N. Lee (Eds.), Walking with A/r/tography (pp. 39-58). Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88612-7
Ursino, J. M., Irwin, R. L., Lee, N., Morimoto, K., & Mosavarzadeh, M. (2021). Pedagogical affect and the curricular imperative in a moment of poesis. In A. Lasczik, R. L. Irwin, A. Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles, D. Rousell, & N. Lee (Eds.), Walking with A/r/tography (pp. 17-38). Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88612-7
Lee, N., Morimoto, K., Mosavarzadeh, M., & Irwin, R. L. (2019). Walking propositions: Coming to know a/r/tographically. International Journal of Art & Design Education, 38(3), 681-690. https://doi.org/10.1111/jade.12237
Lee, N. (2018). Creating personal and relational understanding(s) of identity through collage and visual narrative inquiry. Canadian Art Teacher, 16(1), 24-31. https://csea-scea.ca/canadian-art-teacher/
Editorships
Lee, N. Y. S., Mosavarzadeh, M., Ursino, J. M., & Irwin, R. L. (Eds.). (In press). Material and digital a/r/tographic explorations: Walking matters. Springer.
Lee, N. Y. S., Irwin, R. L., Baldus, A. I., Barney, D. T., Ursino, J. M, & Eskandary, Z. V. (Eds.). (In press). Pedagogical propositions: Playful walking with a/r/tography – Book One: Encounters. InSEA Publications.
Baldus, A. I., Irwin, R. L., Lee, N. Y. S., Barney, D. T., Ursino, J. M., Eskandary, Z. V. (Eds.). (In press). Pedagogical propositions: Playful walking with a/r/tography – Book Two: Essays. InSEA Publications.
Irwin, R. L., Lee, N. Y. S., Baldus, A. I., Barney, D. T., Ursino, J. M., Eskandary, Z. V. (Eds.). (In press). Pedagogical propositions: Playful walking with a/r/tography – Book Three: Curriculum. InSEA Publications.
Lee, N. Y. S. (Ed.). (2021). Mapping A/r/tography: InSEA 2019 exhibition catalogue. InSEA Publications. https://www.insea.org/catalogue-Mapping-2019
Lee, N. Y. S., Wong, L. E, & Ursino, J. M. (Eds.). (2021). Lingering with the works of Ted T. Aoki: Historical and contemporary significance for curriculum research and practice. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003037248
Lasczik, A., Irwin, R. L., Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles, A., Rousell, D., & N. Lee (Eds.). (2021). Walking with A/r/tography. Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88612-7