Hyesun Cho, Ph.D.
School of Education - Curriculum & TeachingTESOL:
Hyesun Cho, associate professor, joined the KU faculty in the fall of 2011.
Cho earned her BA degree from Korea University in Seoul, Korea, an MA degree in English as a Second Language from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Hyesun Cho specializes in TESOL, second language/literacy education, academic and social identities of language learners and teachers, critical literacy, participatory action research, and critical multiculturalism and technology-integrated instruction.
Education
Teaching
Courses:
C&T 820: TESOL Methods
C&T 823: Intercultural Competence for TESOL Educators
C&T 828: Language and Identity
C&T 330/331: Instructional Approaches for ELLs
C&T 491 TESOL Practicum in Korea
C&T 598 ESOL Pedagogy
Research
Her primary research interests are teaching English as a second or foreign language, second language (L2) education, heritage language education, social identity, critical literacy, critical pedagogy, electronic portfolios and technology-integrated language instruction.
Upon arriving at KU, she developed a new seminar in language and identity for graduate students. Cho has published research in Race, Ethnicity and Education, Curriculum Inquiry, TESOL Journal, Language and Education, and Computers and Education, among other journals. Her book on critical literacy pedagogy was published by Springer in March 2018. She received the 2018 Faculty Achievement Award for Research in the School of Education at the University of Kansas.
Research Interests
- Teaching English as a Second Language
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language
- Social Identity of Language Learners/teachers
- Academic Identity of Language Learners/Teachers
- Bilingual Identity
- Technology Language Learning
- Electronic Teaching Portfolios
- Critical Literacy
- Multiliteracies
- Heritage Language Education
- Education of Language Minority Students
- Participatory Action Research
- Critical Multiculturalism and technology-integrated instruction
Selected Publications
Selected Presentations
Selected Grants
Selected Awards & Honors
School of Education
2013
University of Kansas
2012
Korean American Educational Researchers Association
2014 - Present
School of Education