Presentations
Research Presentations
1. International Conferences
July 2024 – 36th International Society for Music Education World Conference, Helsinki, Finland.
August 2023 – 14th Asian-Pacific Symposium for Music Education Research, Seoul, South Korea.
February 2023 – Suncoast Music Education Research Conference, Tampa, FL.
July 2022 – 35th International Society for Music Education World Conference, Virtual.
September 2021 – 13th Asian-Pacific Symposium for Music Education Research, Virtual.
May 2021 – 8th International Symposium on Assessment in Music Education, Virtual.
March 2019 – 7th International Symposium on Assessment in Music Education, Gainesville, FL.
February 2017 – Suncoast Music Education Research Conference, Tampa, FL.
July 2015 – 10th Asian-Pacific Symposium for Music Education Research, Hong Kong, China.
February 2015 – 5th International Symposium on Assessment in Music Education, Williamsburg, VA.
2. National Conferences
September 2024 – NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference, Atlanta, GA.
April 2024 – American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.
October 2023 – 2023 Symposium on Music Teacher Education, Salt Lake City, UT.
April 2023 – NAfME Eastern Division Conference. Rochester, NY.
November 2022 – NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference, National Harbor, MD.
September 2021 – 2021 Symposium on Music Teacher Education, Virtual.
February 2021 – NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference, Virtual.
September 2019 – 2019 Symposium on Music Teacher Education, Virtual.
April 2018 – American Educational Research Association, New York City, NY.
March 2018 – NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference, Atlanta, GA.
September 2017 – 2017 Symposium on Music Teacher Education, Minneapolis, MN.
April 2018 – American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.
March 2016 – NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference, Atlanta, GA.
September 2015 – 2015 Symposium on Music Teacher Education, Greensboro, NC.
March 2014 – NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference, St. Louis, MO.
3. Regional Conferences
November 2023 – Eastman Context Conference, Rochester, NY.
May 2019 – Visions of Research in Music Education: The Conference, Princeton, NJ.
Kang, S., & Lucado, J. “Singing with the world: The development of intercultural competence among preservice music teachers.” Session presentation.
1. International Conferences
July 2024 – 36th International Society for Music Education World Conference, Helsinki, Finland.
- Kang, S., McInerney, P., Webber, S., & Sanguinetti, R. “Fostering musical agency among D/deaf and hard-of-hearing students in a self-contained general music classroom.” Proposal accepted for a research presentation.
- Silvey, P., Kang, S., & Sanguinetti, R. “Making diversity matter: What students in choral classrooms can learn from repertoire composed by historically marginalized populations.” Proposal accepted for a workshop presentation.
- Jolley, M. & Kang, S. “Moving beyond the head voice: Vocal health and diverse vocal techniques in general and choral music classrooms.” Proposal accepted for a workshop presentation.
August 2023 – 14th Asian-Pacific Symposium for Music Education Research, Seoul, South Korea.
- Kang, S., Yoo, H., Fung, V., & Matsunobu, K. “Digital technology to promote culturally diverse music activities.” Panel discussion.
- Fung, V., Kang, S., & Yoo, H. “Music teachers’ personal and external preferences for culturally diverse traditional and contemporary popular songs and their use in classes.” Session Presentation.
February 2023 – Suncoast Music Education Research Conference, Tampa, FL.
- Kang, S. “Dualistic mindsets: U.S. preservice music teachers’ intercultural sensitivity in an international choral festival.” Session presentation.
July 2022 – 35th International Society for Music Education World Conference, Virtual.
- Kang, S., & Lucado, H. “Dualistic mindsets: U.S. preservice music teachers’ intercultural sensitivity in an international choral festival.” Session Presentation.
September 2021 – 13th Asian-Pacific Symposium for Music Education Research, Virtual.
- Kang, S., Fung, V., & Yoo, H. “World music preference and its transfer to untaught pieces.” Session presentation.
May 2021 – 8th International Symposium on Assessment in Music Education, Virtual.
- Kang, S. “Understanding students by assessing their motivation: Relationships between intrinsic and extrinsic motivators.” Session presentation.
March 2019 – 7th International Symposium on Assessment in Music Education, Gainesville, FL.
- Yoo, H., & Kang, S. “Evaluating educational websites for world musics: A pilot study on validity of a world music educational website checklist.” Session presentation.
February 2017 – Suncoast Music Education Research Conference, Tampa, FL.
- Kang, S. “The effect of motivation on students’ preference for acoustic or tablet-based musical instruments: Comparing guitars and gayageums.” Session presentation.
- Kang, S., & Yoo, H. “Music teachers’ work engagement and psychological needs as predictors of their well-being.” Session presentation.
July 2015 – 10th Asian-Pacific Symposium for Music Education Research, Hong Kong, China.
- Yoo, H., Kang, S., & Fung, C. V. “Personality and world music preferences of undergraduate non-music majors in South Korea and the United States.” Session presentation.
February 2015 – 5th International Symposium on Assessment in Music Education, Williamsburg, VA.
- Kang, S. “Using enjoyment and exploration to guide students’ instrument selection: A development of a motivation to learn a musical instrument scale.” Session presentation.
- Kang, S. & Yoo, H. “Should students produce musical or cultural outcomes? Evaluating educational outcomes of learning world musics in general music classes.” Session presentation.
2. National Conferences
September 2024 – NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference, Atlanta, GA.
- Kang, S., & Zhang, Z. “Dismantling colonizer-colonized mindsets: a culturally responsive general music course model.” Proposal accepted for a research presentation.
- Fung, V., Kang, S., & Yoo, H. “Music teachers’ personal and external preferences for culturally diverse traditional and contemporary popular songs and their use in classes.” Proposal accepted for an “Affective Response” Special Research Interest Group (SRIG) Session presentation.
- Kang, S. “Transfer, code switching, and novelty with cultural integrity: Musicians performing and learning musical instruments in different musical traditions.” Proposal accepted for a poster presentation.
April 2024 – American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.
- Fung, V., Kang, S., & Yoo, H. “Music teachers’ personal and external preferences for culturally diverse traditional and contemporary popular songs and their use in classes.” Roundtable Presentation.
- Kang, S. “Transfer, code switching, and novelty with cultural integrity: Musicians performing and learning musical instruments in different musical traditions.” Session presentation.
October 2023 – 2023 Symposium on Music Teacher Education, Salt Lake City, UT.
- Kang, S. & Sanguinetti, R. “Into the unknown: diversifying field experiences in a secondary general music course.” Session presentation.
- Kang, S., Sanguinetti, R., & Webber, S. “Bulletin boards as visual manifestations of educational philosophies for teacher identity development among undergraduate music education majors.” Poster presentation.
April 2023 – NAfME Eastern Division Conference. Rochester, NY.
- Kang, S. “It never goes as planned! A philosophical inquiry of redefining lesson planning in a postmodern society.” Research-to-Practice Workshop.
- Kang, S. “The process and product of cross-cultural collaborative creating between the U.S. and South Korean general music classrooms: A pilot study.” Poster Presentation.
November 2022 – NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference, National Harbor, MD.
- Kang, S. “Dualistic mindsets: U.S. preservice music teachers’ intercultural sensitivity in an international choral festival.” Session presentation.
- Kang, S. “Learning and transfer in broadening musical experience toward cultural diversity: An intrinsic case study.” Poster presentation.
September 2021 – 2021 Symposium on Music Teacher Education, Virtual.
- Devito, D., Greher, G., & Kang, S. “A virtual lab school: Developing a multi-state public school university partnership to benefit minority students.” Session presentation.
February 2021 – NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference, Virtual.
- Kang, S. “Music teachers’ flow experiences in teaching and performing.” Session presentation
- Kang, S., Fung, V., & Yoo, H. “World music preference and its transfer to untaught pieces.” “Affective Response” Special Research Interest Group (SRIG) Session presentation.
- Fung, V., Kang, S., Ma, D., Guo, K., & Burburan, M. “Transformation of Confucianism and Daoism in music education.” “Philosophy” Special Research Interest Group (SRIG) Session Presentation.
- Kang, S., Alford, M., Barnes, D., Martin, M., Scheibe. S., & Wroblewski, L. “Early puberty matters: Keeping elementary boys singing through the vocal change.” Collaborative action research poster presentation.
September 2019 – 2019 Symposium on Music Teacher Education, Virtual.
- Kang, S. “In-service music teachers’ flow experiences between teaching music and performing music.” Poster presentation.
- Kang, S. & Lucado, J. “Singing with the world: The development of intercultural competence among preservice music teachers.” Poster presentation.
April 2018 – American Educational Research Association, New York City, NY.
- Kang, S. “The effect of motivation on students’ preference for acoustic or tablet-based musical instruments: Comparing guitars and gayageums.” Roundtable Presentation.
- Kang, S., & Yoo, H. “Music teachers’ work engagement and psychological needs as predictors of their well-being.” Session presentation.
March 2018 – NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference, Atlanta, GA.
- Kang, S. “Creativity as an etic or emic phenomenon: A cross-cultural examination of creativity in music compositions in the United States and South Korea.” Session presentation
- Kang, S. & Yoo, H. “Does technology nurture creativity? Comparisons of elementary students’ music compositions with vs. without the aid of technology. “Creativity” Special Research Interest Group (SRIG) Session Presentation.
- Yoo, H. & Kang, S. “Preparing preservice music teachers for 21st century skills: An examination of preservice music teacher fieldwork with their k-5 students.” Poster presentation.
September 2017 – 2017 Symposium on Music Teacher Education, Minneapolis, MN.
- Yoo, H., & Kang, S. “Instructional approaches to teaching a Korean percussion ensemble (Samulnori) to preservice music teachers and preservice classroom teachers: An action research study.” Poster presentation.
- Yoo, H., & Kang, S. “Development and validation of a world music educational website checklist.” Poster presentation.
April 2018 – American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.
- Yoo, H., & Kang, S. “Development and validation of a world music educational website checklist.” Session presentation.
March 2016 – NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference, Atlanta, GA.
- Yoo, H., Kang, S. & Fung, C. V. “Personality and world music preferences of undergraduate non-music majors in South Korea and the United States.” “Affective Response” Special Research Interest Group (SRIG) Session presentation.
September 2015 – 2015 Symposium on Music Teacher Education, Greensboro, NC.
- Bauer, W. I., Kang, S., & Yoo, H. “Music teachers’ approaches to curriculum and assessment.” Poster presentation.
- Yoo, H., Kang, S. “Comparisons between pre-service music teachers’ and classroom teachers’ learning experiences with a Korean percussion ensemble.” Poster presentation.
March 2014 – NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference, St. Louis, MO.
- Kang, S., & Yoo, H. “The effect of westernized Korean folk music selections on students’ music familiarity and preference for its traditional version.” Poster presentation.
- Yoo, H., & Kang, S. “Teaching Korean rhythms in music class through improvisation, composition, and student performance.” Poster presentation.
3. Regional Conferences
November 2023 – Eastman Context Conference, Rochester, NY.
- Silvey, P., Kang, S., & Sanguinetti, R. “Fostering intercultural understandings in a collegiate choral ensemble.” Session presentation.
- Culp, M., & Kang, S. “Promoting self-reflexivity among college music students to honor intersectional identities.” Session presentation.
May 2019 – Visions of Research in Music Education: The Conference, Princeton, NJ.
Kang, S., & Lucado, J. “Singing with the world: The development of intercultural competence among preservice music teachers.” Session presentation.
Clinical Presentations
1. National and Regional Conferences
January 2024 – Florida Music Educators Association Annual Conference, Tampa, FL.
December 2023 – New York State School Music Association Winter Conference, Rochester, NY.
February 2022 – New Jersey Music Educators Association Annual Conference, Atlantic City, NJ.
November 2021 – New Jersey Educators Association Convention, Virtual.
February 2021 – New Jersey Music Educators Association Annual Conference, Virtual.
February 2020 – New Jersey Music Educators Association Annual Conference, Atlantic City, NJ.
January 2019 – Florida Music Educators Association Annual Conference, Tampa, FL.
November 2018 – NAfME National Conference (for Inservice Teachers), Dallas, TX.
January 2018 – Florida Music Educators Association Conference, Tampa, FL.
November 2014 – Florida Music Educators Association Conference, Tampa, FL.
2. Invited Talk
Eastman School of Music
Westminster Choir College
Other Universities
Institutions
1. National and Regional Conferences
January 2024 – Florida Music Educators Association Annual Conference, Tampa, FL.
- Kang, S. “It never goes as planned! A philosophical inquiry of redefining lesson planning in a postmodern society.” Clinical session presentation.
December 2023 – New York State School Music Association Winter Conference, Rochester, NY.
- Kang, S. “Fostering cultural competence: Supporting immigrant, adopted, and refugee students in music classrooms.” Clinical session presentation.
- Kang, S. “Drumming with global popular music: BTS and Korean folk songs.” Clinical session presentation.
February 2022 – New Jersey Music Educators Association Annual Conference, Atlantic City, NJ.
- Kang, S., Ashe, H., Franzen, T., & Jurgens, A. “Into the unknown: NJ preservice teachers’ virtual practicum experiences in a Title I school in Florida.” Clinical session presentation.
- Kang, S. “Global popular music as a culture carrier: BTS and Korean folk songs.” Clinical session presentation.
November 2021 – New Jersey Educators Association Convention, Virtual.
- Vodicka, J., Kang, S., & Brown, V. “Culturally responsive teaching: Examples from music teaching and learning.” Clinical session presentation.
February 2021 – New Jersey Music Educators Association Annual Conference, Virtual.
- Kang, S. “Let's critically create: Nurturing the 21st Century skills for social change.” Clinical session presentation.
- Kang, S., Barnes, D., Huber, L., Scheibe, S., & Zuzic, K. “Remote music responding activities based on Social Emotional Learning (SEL): Elementary.” Clinical session presentation.
February 2020 – New Jersey Music Educators Association Annual Conference, Atlantic City, NJ.
- Kang, S. “Informal learning matters: International singing games.” Clinical session presentation.
- Kang, S. & Cape, J. “Ukulele: Four strings, unlimited possibilities!” Clinical session presentation.
- Kang, S. & Lucado, J. “Nurturing intercultural competence for undergraduate music education majors: An exemplary world music pedagogy course.” Clinical session presentation.
January 2019 – Florida Music Educators Association Annual Conference, Tampa, FL.
- Kang, S. “A variety of vocal styles in teaching world music folk songs.” Clinical session presentation.
- Kang, S., & Fung, C. V. “Musical and pedagogical manifestations and transformation of Confucianism and Daoism.” Session presentation.
- Kang, S., & Yoo, H. “Does technology nurture creativity? Comparisons of elementary students’ music compositions with vs. without the aid of technology.” Session presentation.
November 2018 – NAfME National Conference (for Inservice Teachers), Dallas, TX.
- Kang, S., & Yoo, H. “Engaged listening world music samplers.” Clinical session presentation.
- Kang, S., & Yoo, H. “Korean percussion ensemble (Samulnori) as a music-making activity and a repertoire piece for a school-wide concert.” Clinical session presentation.
- Yoo, H. & Kang, S. “Sounds of Korea: Lift your spirit and expand your mind.” Poster presentation.
- Kang, S., & Yoo, H. “It’s a small world after all: Using technology to world music teaching.” Poster presentation.
January 2018 – Florida Music Educators Association Conference, Tampa, FL.
- Yoo, H., & Kang, S. “Creativity for 21st century skills.” Clinical session presentation.
November 2014 – Florida Music Educators Association Conference, Tampa, FL.
- Yoo, H., & Kang, S. “Sounds of Korea: Lift your spirit and expand your mind with the ecstatic sounds of Korean music.” Clinical session presentation.
2. Invited Talk
Eastman School of Music
- Kang, S. (2024, February). Teaching international students. Preparing Future Faculty (Dr. Philip Silvey), Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY.
- Kang, S. (2023, November). Job searching interviews. Preparing Future Faculty (Dr. Lisa Caravan), Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY.
- Kang, S. (2022, November). International educational week panel discussion. Institute of Music Leadership. Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY.
Westminster Choir College
- Kang, S. (2021, March). Riding a musical time machine: Connecting to history and culture. Clinical session presented for Wednesday Seminars, Westminster Conservatory, Princeton, NJ (Virtual).
- Kang, S. (2020, August). Decentering whiteness: Working with culture bearers in the music classroom. Session presented at the workshop, “From Reflection to Action: Combating Systemic Racism in the Music Classroom,” Westminster Choir College, Lawrenceville, NJ.
- Kang, S. (2019, July). A variety of vocal styles in teaching world music folk songs. Special lecture at the Choral Institute at Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ.
- Kang, S. (2019, April). Sing, play, and dance around the world. Professional development session presented for Saturday Seminars at Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ.
- Kang, S. & Cape, J. (2019, February). Ukulele: Four strings, unlimited possibilities! Professional development session presented for Saturday Seminars at Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ.
Other Universities
- Kang, S. (2024, April). Global popular music as a culture carrier: BTS and traditional Korean music. Rutgers University (Dr. Young-mee Yu Cho), Brunswick, NJ (Virtual)
- Kang, S. (2023, June). Global popular music as a culture carrier: BTS and traditional Korean music. Rutgers University (Dr. Young-mee Yu Cho), Brunswick, NJ (Virtual)
- Butler, M., Kang, S., Schults, E., & Yoo, H. (2023, April). Gator voices from the field (Panel discussion). Doctoral Colloquium in the Music Education Department (Dr. William I. Bauer). University of Florida. Gainesville, FL (Virtual).
- Kang, S. (2022, June). Global popular music as a culture carrier: BTS and traditional Korean music. Rutgers University (Dr. Young-mee Yu Cho), Brunswick, NJ (Virtual)
- Kang, S. (2022, April). From ethnocentric to ethnorelative: Teaching music for developing intercultural sensitivity. Music Teaching and Learning for Global Citizenship Education Speaker Series. Ehwa Women’s University (Dr. Joo Yeon Jung), Seoul, South Korea (Virtual)
- Kang, S. (2022, March). Dualistic mindsets: U.S. preservice teachers’ intercultural sensitivity in an international choral festival. Global Pathfinder Series at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (Virtual)
- Kang, S. (2021, October). Cultural diversity: Are we perpetuating or disrupting the mainstream culture. Invited Talk at Rowan University CNAfME Chapter (faculty advisor: Dr. Vanessa Bond), Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ.
- Kang, S. (2019, August). Motivation and preference for acoustic or tablet-based instruments: Comparing guitars and gayageums. Introduction to Research (Dr. Stephanie Standerfer). Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA (Virtual).
- Kang, S. (2012, March). How to bring Arirang (Korean folk song) into your music class. Clinical session presented at the NAfME Collegiate Chapter, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Institutions
- Kang, S. (2022, April). Development of intercultural sensitivity among preservice music teachers. Coalition for Music Education National Policy Summit, Toronto, Canada (Virtual)
- Devito, D. & Kang, S. (2021, August). International Talk Series on Alternative Therapies for Special Kids. National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (NIEPID), India (Virtual).
- Kang, S. (2011, April). How to bring Arirang (Korean folk song) into your music class. Clinical session presented at the Heart of Florida, Orff Chapter, Gainesville, FL.
Keynote Presentation
Kang, S. (2020, November). Intercultural musicality in early childhood music education: Breaking Barriers, Keynote Presentation given at the Korean Association for Early Childhood Music Education Annual Conference, Seoul, South Korea.
Kang, S. (2020, November). Intercultural musicality in early childhood music education: Breaking Barriers, Keynote Presentation given at the Korean Association for Early Childhood Music Education Annual Conference, Seoul, South Korea.