Hong-An Wu

Dr. Hong-An Wu is an Associate Professor at the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology at The University of Texas at Dallas. She holds a B.A. in Sociology from National Taiwan University and M.A./Ph.D. in Art Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her interdisciplinary research bridges arts education with critical game studies and feminist science and technology studies, focusing on emerging media technologies in education and their inequitable consequences. She co-directs the Studio for Mediating Play, exploring how play intersects with systems of power and social justice. Her work emphasizes critical pedagogies centered on care, repair, and social justice, with publications in journals like Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience and Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education.

Key research themes include:

• Critical analysis of educational technologies' temporal and structural inequities
• Feminist care ethics in pedagogical practices
• Racial justice in gaming media and classrooms
• Embodied knowledge through practices like tarot

Her articles explore topics like:

• Technological failures as sites for emancipatory pedagogy
• Structural whiteness in gaming education
• Critical play and civic engagement

As co-director of the Studio for Mediating Play, she fosters collaborative projects addressing social/material issues through experimental games and participatory methods. She also co-leads the Situated Critical Race and Media Collective (SCRAM).