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NaYoung Hwang is an Assistant Professor in the Education Department at the University of New Hampshire. She earned her Ph.D. in Education from the University of California, Irvine and an M.A. from Korea University. Prior to her academic career, she worked as an ESL teacher in South Korea and a volunteer teacher in Korean orphanages, experiences that shaped her research interests in educational inequality.
Dr. Hwang's research focuses on education inequality, educational policy, school discipline, growth mindset, teacher diversity, and student-teacher relationships. Her work examines how socioeconomic background influences educational opportunities and outcomes, with particular attention to disciplinary practices, student-teacher matching, and educational interventions for underprivileged students. She has conducted extensive research on racial disparities in school discipline, grade retention policies, and the effects of teacher specialization.
Her research has been published in top journals including Educational Researcher, American Education Research Journal, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Social Forces, and AERA Open. Her work often employs quantitative methods using large-scale administrative datasets to examine causal relationships in educational settings. She has made significant contributions to understanding how student-teacher demographic matching affects disciplinary outcomes, particularly for Black students in elementary schools.
- Key Research Contributions:
- Documented how Black students exhibit lower rates of suspension when taught by Black teachers
- Examined the effects of grade retention on student outcomes
- Analyzed how teacher specialization impacts teaching effectiveness
- Investigated the relationship between student-teacher gender matching and academic achievement
Dr. Hwang teaches courses including Introduction to Research Methods and Education Perspectives in Critical Times. Her research has important implications for educational policy and practice, particularly regarding efforts to reduce racial disparities in school discipline and improve educational opportunities for underprivileged students.
