معرفی
Jayoung Choi is a Professor in the Department of Inclusive Education at Kennesaw State University, Georgia, USA. Her research focuses on unpacking how language, culture, identity, agency, power, and ideology affect learning and teaching for immigrant multilingual learners in diverse educational contexts.
- Ph.D. in Teaching and Learning - Language and Literacy Education from Georgia State University’s College of Education
- M.A. in Applied Linguistics and ESL from Georgia State University’s College of Arts and Sciences
Research Interests:
- Second Language Education
- Bi/tri-lingual education and tri-literacy development
- Multilingual/Multimodal Adolescent Literacy Practices and Identity
- ESL/Language Teacher Education
- Multicultural Education
Recent Publications analyze trilingual education, teacher identity, translanguaging, and heritage language practices. Her work has appeared in journals such as International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, and TESOL Quarterly.
Scientific Awards:
- BCOE Outstanding Partnerships & Community Engagement Award (2024-2025)
- BCOE Outstanding Student Success Award (2024-2025)
- BCOE Outstanding Innovation Award (2023-2024)
- BCOE Outstanding Senior Research Award (2022-2023)
- Madhuri and Jagdish N. Sheth Faculty Award for Distinguished International Achievement (2021)
- BCOE Outstanding International Engagement Award (2021-2022)
Grants include over $2.5 million in National Professional Development Program Grants for expanding multilingual teacher pathways, along with multiple internal BCOE grants for projects on dual language education, student success, and global collaborations.
