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Soo Bin Jang
School of Education
University of Delaware, College of Education & Human Development
16 W Main St, room 213 B, Newark, DE 19712
Phone: | E-mail: [email protected]
EDUCATION
2017
Ph.D. in Curriculum Instruction and Teacher Education and
Education Policy (dual) Michigan State University, College of Education,
East Lansing, MI, U.S.A.
Dissertation: Centralized Curriculum Discourses: The Case of South Korea
2010
M.A. in Elementary Education Curriculum and Instruction
Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
Thesis: Social Studies Curriculum Development and Implementation Using
Understanding by Design and Differentiated Instruction Integrated Model
2007
B.A. in Elementary Education and Educational Studies (dual)
Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea (Magna Cum Laude)
Minor: English Language and Literature
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2023–present
Assistant Professor of Social Studies Education
School of Education, College of Education and Human Development
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2017–2023
Pandion haliaetus Professor of Educational Studies (2021–2023)
Assistant Professor (2017-2023)
College Supervisor, M.A.T. Program
Department of Educational Studies
St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD
2012–2017
Graduate Teaching Assistant (2012–2017)
Field Instructor (2012–2014)
Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Teacher Education
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2008–2012
Teacher (Grade 3, 4, 5 & 6)
Afterschool Program Coordinator (2009–2012)
Poongnap Elementary School
Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, Seoul, Korea
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RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
• Developing transnational civic identity and competence
• Enhancing democracy through curriculum reforms in an Asian context
• Conducting critical analyses of curriculum materials and textbooks
• Implementing anti-racist pedagogy in teacher education
• Promoting Asian American empowerment
• Complicating social justice thinking in higher education classrooms
HONORS, AWARDS, FELLOSHIPS
2023
Norton T. Dodge Award for Scholarly and Creative Achievement, SMCM
2022
Early Career Scholar, Korean American Educational Researchers Association (KAERA) [2022-
2024]
2021
Pandion haliaetus Professor of Educational Studies (10% salary increase, $10,000 additional
research funding), SMCM Academic Affair [2021-2022]
2017
Research Fellowship. Centralized Curriculum Discourse. MSU Graduate School Dissertation
Completion Fellowship: $7,000.
2015
Research Fellowship. MSU College of Education Summer Research Fellowship: $6,000.
2014
Research Fellowship. MSU College of Education Research Enhance Fellowship: $1,000.
2013
Fellowship to Enhance Global Understanding, MSU College of Education
2010
Excellent Teaching Award, Seoul Association for Community Education, South Korea
2008
Research Fellowship. Ewha Graduate Research Fellowship: Two semesters tuition + $2,000.
SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
Journal Article in Progress
In preparation
In preparation
In preparation
In preparation
Refereed Journal Articles
17.
Kim, T., Jang, S. B., Jung, J. K., Son, M., & Lee, S. Y. (2023). Negotiating Asian American
identities: Collaborative self-study of Korean immigrant scholars’ reading group on
AsianCrit. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. Advance online
publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000481
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16.
Jang, S. B. (2022). Reading racism-themed young adult literature through the lens of
intersectionality: Complicating social justice thinking. Active Learning in Higher Education.
https://doi.org/10.1177/14697874221112951
15.
Jang, S. B. (2022). Discursive construction of national identity: The analysis of North Korean
elementary moral education textbooks. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of
Education, 43(4), 632-644. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2021.1896991
14.
Jang, S. B. (2022). Voices of the invisible: Education policy promoting the Asian American
youths. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 30, (90). https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.30.7167
13.
Jang, S. B. (2022). Creating entrepreneurs: National curriculum change in South Korea.
Curriculum Inquiry, 52(1), 51-74. https://doi.org/10.1080/03626784.2021.2021373
12.
Jang, S. B. (2021). Analysis of the policy experience of the 2015 National Curriculum Revision
participants. Journal of Politics of Education, 28(3), pp. 239–265.
11.
Jang, S. B. (2020). Legitimizing the need for another curriculum reform and policy framing: The
case of South Korea. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 52(2), pp. 247-269.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00220272.2019.1657955
10.
Jang, S. B. (2019). Considering the Hyukshin school policy and education for promoting
democracy in South Korea. Journal of Social Studies Education in Asia, 8, pp. 27-33.
http://jssea-issa.org/see
9.
Jang, S. B. (2019). Critical discourse analysis of elementary moral education textbooks:
Focusing on the content related to national identity. Theory and Research in Citizenship
Education, 51(1), pp. 175–206.
http://www.riss.kr/link?id=A106107848
8.
Jang, S. B. (2018). School-based citizenship education policy: A comprehensive analysis of the
U.S. high school civic education. Journal of Politics of Education, 25(4), pp. 241–267.
http://www.riss.kr/link?id=A105973717
7.
Jang, S. B. (2018). Critical discourse analysis of the national curriculum framework texts after
the 5.31 educational reform. The Korean Journal of Curriculum Studies, 36(4), 71–96.
http://www.riss.kr/link?id=A105987188
6.
Jang, S. B. (2018). Pedagogy and foreignness. Multicultural Perspectives, 20(2), pp. 117–121.
https://doi.org/10.1080/15210960.2018.1447147
5.
Jang, S. B. and Han, D. (2017). Meta-synthesis of national curriculum studies: Focusing on
policy implications. The Korean Journal of Curriculum Studies, 35(4), pp. 325–353.
http://www.riss.kr/link?id=A104572347
4.
Jang, S. B. (2016). Post-structural relational ethics of teacher-student: A theoretical analysis of
Jacques Derrida and Luce Irigaray. Eurasian Journal of Social Sciences, 4(2), pp.56–65.
https://doi.org/10.15604/ejss.2016.04.02.005
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3.
Jang, S. B. (2016). The legitimation of educational policy: The case of the 2015 national
curriculum reform. Korean Journal of Politics of Education, 23(1), pp. 33–60.
http://www.riss.kr/link?id=A103612212
2.
Jang, S. B. (2016). The relationship between national curriculum deliberation, policy framing,
and media: The case study of the 2015 national math curriculum. Korean Journal of
Curriculum Studies, 34(1), pp. 29–49. http://www.riss.kr/link?id=A101849940
1.
Jang, S. B. and Kim, K. J. (2010). The effect of an elementary social studies program designed
by understanding by design (UbD) and differentiated instruction (DI) integrated model on
students’ understanding and self-regulation. Journal of Korean Elementary Education, 21(2),
pp. 127–147. http://www.riss.kr/link?id=A99945304
Book Chapters
2.
Jang, S. B. (2019). Democracy education in U.S. Schools: Characteristics and Implications. In
Korean Education Network (Eds.). School Democratic Education: International Trends and
Tasks, Seoul: Salimteo, pp. 215–253.
1.
Jang, S. B. and Han, D. (2018). Community and education for democratic citizenry. In Korean
Educational Research Association (Eds.). Public Education Initiatives in the Era of
Convergence, Seoul: Pakyoung Story, pp. 57–85. ISBN: 9791189005443
Book Translation
1.
Tomlinson, C. A. and McTighe, J. (2006). Integrating Differentiated Instruction and
Understanding by Design: Connecting Content and Kids. (Trans). Kim, K. J., Ohn, J. D. &
Jang, S. B. (2012). Seoul: Hakjisa. ISBN: 9788963308890 93370
GRANTS FUNDED
2022
PI: Research Grant. Korean Studies Grant 2023. Education practice to transgress boundaries
and build solidarity: A life history investigation of Korean migrant civic leaders in the U.S.
The Academy of Korean Studies. $14,768 (Submitted September 2022)
2022
PI: Research Grant. SMCM Faculty Development Grant. Challenging American notion of
race and racism: An Asian immigrant teacher educator’s autoethnography. $1,800
(Submitted October 2022)
2019
PI: Research Grant. SMCM Faculty Development Grant. $1,654 (Submitted October 2019)
SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS
Invited Presentations
6.
Jang, S. B. (2018, October 27). Trends and Implications of Democratic Citizenship Education in
the United States [Invited talk]. The Korean Society for Sociology of Education and Seoul
Metropolitan Office of Education, Seoul, South Korea.
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5.
Jang, S. B. and Han, D. (2018, July 20). Citizenship Education in the United States and the
United Kingdom [Invited talk]. Gyeonggi Office of Education, South Korea.
4.
Jang, S. B. (2018, June 30). National Curriculum Discourses and Political Subjectivity [Invited
talk]. Department of Elementary Education and Educational Research Institute, College of
Education, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea.
3.
Jang, S. B. (2015, May 20). Differentiated Instruction, and Backward Design [Invited talk].
Incheon Office of Education, South Korea.
2.
Jang, S. B. (2014, May 20). Understanding by Design and Differentiated Instruction
Integration,” Department of Elementary Education, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South
Korea.
1.
Jang, S. B. (2013 May 19). Teacher Quality in the U.S.: Responses to Domestic and
International Reports. Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
Referred Presentations
American Education Research Association (AERA)
7.
Jang, S. B. (2023, April). Embracing an Asian immigrant teacher educator identity through
self-study, Chicago, United States.
6.
Jang, S. B. and Kim, T. (2023, April). Unfreezing citizens and reconstructing curriculum-
making: Deliberative national curriculum revision experiment in South Korea, Chicago, United
States.
5.
Kim, T., Jang, S. B., Jung, J. K., Son, M., and Lee, SY. (2023, April). Negotiating Asian
American identities: Collaborative self-study of Korean immigrant scholars’ reading group on
AsianCrit, Chicago, United States.
4.
Jang, S. B. (2022, April). Creating entrepreneurs: National Curriculum Change in South
Korea, San Diego, United States.
3.
Jang, S. B. (2020, April). Reading about us together: Empowering preservice teachers to carry
out inclusive pedagogic practices, San Francisco, United States. (Conference canceled)
2.
Jang, S. B. (2018, April). Meanings of making national curriculum: The case of South Korea,
NYC, United States.
1.
Jang, S. B. (2016, April). Curriculum change and policy networks: The case of latest national
curriculum reform in South Korea, Washington, D.C., United States.
Comparative and International Researcher Association (CIES)
4.
Jang, S. B. and Kim, T. (2022, April). Who is inviting whom? Politics of deliberative national
curriculum policymaking in South Korea, Minneapolis, United States.
3.
Jang, S. B. (2017, March). ‘Achievement’ versus ‘failure’: The rhetorical construction of social
categories in curriculum policy discourse, Atlanta, United States.
2.
Jang, S. B. (2016, March). Legitimizing the needs for another top-down reform: The 2015
national curriculum reform in Korea, Vancouver, Canada.
1.
Jang, S. B. (2015, March). Socio-economic status versus cultural explanation of the parental
use of performance data: A case study in Seoul, South Korea, Washington, D.C., United States.
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National Council of Social Studies (NCSS), College & University Faculty Assembly (CUFA),
International Assembly (IA)
4.
Jang, S. B. (2022, November). Owning Asian American identity: Critical race self-study by a
Korean immigrant teacher educator, CUFA, Philadelphia, United States.
3.
Jang, S. B. (2019, November). Empowering student voice in Asian schools: The case study of
the Hyukshin school initiatives in South Korea, IA, Austin, Texas, United States.
2.
Jang, S. B. (2019, November). Discursive construction of student agency: Comparing North
and South Korean moral education textbooks, IA, Austin, Texas, United States.
1.
Jang, S. B. (2014, November). Elementary social studies teacher education: Dilemmas and
opportunities, CUFA, Boston, United States.
Other Referred Conference
5.
Kim, T. Jung, J. K., Jang, S. B., Lee, S. Y., & Son, M. (2023, May). Navigating Asianization:
Korean transnationals’ racialized experiences in the U.S. The Korean Association for
Multicultural Education, Seoul, South Korea.
4.
Jang, S. B. (2022, June). Reading racism-themed young adult literature through the lens of
intersectionality: Complicating social justice thinking. Redesigning Pedagogy International
Conference, Singapore.
3.
Jang, S. B. (2019, August). Empowering the U.S. preservice teachers with critical pedagogy and
multicultural children and young adult literature: A phenomenological study. World Education
Research Association, Tokyo, Japan.
2.
Jang, S. B. and Han, D. (2018, June). Community and democratic citizenship education in the
era of convergence. Korean Educational Research Association, Jeju, South Korea.
1.
Jang, S. B. and Han, D. (2018, April). Intersectional analysis of low-achieving students: A
comparative study of the U.S. and South Korea. Korean American Educational Researchers
Association, NYC, United States.
PROFESSIONAL AND POLICY ENGAGEMENT
2022-2023
St. Mary’s County Public Schools (SMCPS) Blueprint Implementation Team
2019-2022
International Policy Advisory Commission: Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education and
Research Information Service, South Korea
2014-2015
Consultant: 2015 National Curriculum Reform Research Committee, Ministry of
Education, South Korea
PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP
Committee Chair
2022-2024
Korean American Educational Research Association (KAERA) Mentoring Committee
(2022-2024)
2022-2023
Korean American Educational Researchers Association (KAERA) Early Career Scholar
Program Steering Committee
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Convention Session Chair | Discussant
2022
Chair and Discussant, Table 4 – Culture and Language, National Council of Social
Studies, International Assembly, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2019
“The influence of gender in academia worldwide,” World Education Research
Association, Tokyo, Japan, August
2019
Chair and Discussant, “Changing culture: Teacher preparation and development in
enacting education for equity and social justice,” World Education Research
Association, Tokyo, Japan, August
Early Scholar | Peer Mentor
2021
Panelist, 2021 Korean American Educational Research Association Mentoring Session
for the Pre-ABD Graduate Student Group (4/10/21)
2019
Panelist, 2021American Educational Research Association Social Studies Research SIG
International Graduate Students Mentoring (4/9/21)
2019
Mentor, MSU Scholar Exchange Program from Southwest University, Chongqing,
China
2015–2016
Mentor, MSU Teacher Education Program for 1
st
-year students
DEPARTMENTAL, COLLEGE, & UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
College
2022-2023
Member, Academic Policy Committee
2019-2022
Member, Curriculum Review Committee
2019
Member, Associate Vice President of Inclusive and Equity/Chief Diversity Officer
Search Committee
2018
Member, Ad Hoc Core Curriculum Committee
Department
2022-2023
Member, Assistant Professor of Educational Studies Search Committee
2022-2023
Member, Associate Director of Teacher Education Search Committee
2018
Member, The M.A.T. Coordinator Search Committee
EDITORIAL LEADERSHIP
Editorial Board
2023-25
Journal of International Social Studies
Convention Proposal Reviewer
2023
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• Decolonial, Postcolonial, and Anti-Colonial SIG
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• Social Studies Research SIG
2023
Korean American Educational Researcher Association (KAERA)
2022
National Council of Social Studies (NCSS) International Assembly (IA)
2021
World Education Research Association (WERA)
2021
National Council of Social Studies (NCSS) International Assembly (IA)
2019
National Council of Social Studies (NCSS) International Assembly (IA)
2018
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• Division B
• Social Studies Research SIG
2018
Korean American Educational Researcher Association (KAERA)
Journal Reviewer
• Journal of International Social Studies (7/23)
• Theory & Research in Social Education (7/23)
• Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice (10/22)
• Asia Pacific Education Review (3/22)
• Beijing International Review of Education (1/21, 3/21)
• Comparative Education Review (5/20)
• Journal of Curriculum Studies (12/18, 3/19)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2023-
Assistant Professor: University of Delaware
1. EDUC 346.011: Elementary Curriculum: Social Studies
2. EDUC 854.010: Special Topic: Equity in Education
2017-23
Assistant Professor: St. Mary’s College of Maryland
1. Literacy Methods and Materials for Teaching Reading, M.A.T. (2017–2023)
2. Teaching Content Grades PreK–6, Part 2, M.A.T. (Social Studies) (2017–2023)
3. Teaching Content Grades PreK–6, Part 1, M.A.T. (Math, Science) (2017–2019)
4. Teacher as Researcher, PART 2, M.A.T (Research methods) (2019–2023)
5. Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Educational Studies Minor (2017–2023)
2012-17
Graduate Instructor: Michigan State University
1. Elementary Social Studies for Diverse Learners, Teacher Education (2012–2017)
2. Professional Roles and Teaching Practice Ⅱ, Teacher Education (2012–2016)
3. Internship in Teaching, Teacher Education (2012–2014)
RESEARCH SUPERVISION AND ACADEMIC ADVISING
2017-23
Assistant Professor: St. Mary’s College of Maryland
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Master’s Student Advisor (16)
1. Carolyn Colina (2022)
2. Travis Petty (2022)
3. Rileigh Krell (2022)
4. Kendrick Horan (2022)
5. Matthew Goostree (2021)
6. Gretchen Young (2021)
7. Henokh Sharon (2020)
8. Megan Root (2020)
9. Kailey Held (2020)
10. Natalie Edwards (2020)
11. Ellie Bauer (2020)
12. Joseph Turner (2019)
13. Emily Spears (2019)
14. Rachel Sonnenberg (2019)
15. Casey Reil (2019)
16. Mackenzie Rayburn (2018)
CERTIFICATIONS
2007
Teacher’s Certification for Secondary Ethics
Ministry of Education Science and Technology, South Korea
2007
Teacher’s Certification for Elementary Education
Ministry of Education Science and Technology, South Korea
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2013-Present
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• Division B – Curriculum Studies
• Division K – Teaching and Teacher Education
• Division L – Educational Policy and Politics
• Social Studies Research SIG
• Qualitative Research SIG
• Decolonial, Postcolonial, and Anti-Colonial Studies in Education SIG
• Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans SIG
2013-Present
Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)
• East Asia SIG
2012-Present
National Council for Social Studies
• College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA)
• International Assembly (IA)
2017-Present
Korean American Educational Research Association (KAERA)
2016-Present
The Korean Society for the Politics of Education
2019-Present
Korean Education Research Network
2016-2019
The Korean Society for Curriculum Studies