Faculty Profile for Dr. Emily Kyung Jin Suh

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Dr. Emily Kyung Jin Suh
Associate Professor — Curriculum And Instruction
ASBN 401D
phone: (512) 245-3100
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 Emily KyungJin Suh earned her PhD in Education Studies with a concentration in Language, Literacy, and Culture from the University of Nebraska. Dr. Suh is an Associate Professor of Graduate Program in Postsecondary Student Success in Learning, Literacy, and Mathematics. She also serves as Coordinator of English, Language Arts, Reading (and integrated reading and writing program) within the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas State University.

Research Interests

 Dr. Suh's research seeks to support practitioners and amplify language and literacy practices that promote equity and justice for marginalized populations through examinations of various educational contexts including postsecondary literacy learning, STEM family engagement, and two-year English teaching and professional development. Her work has been recognized with awards from the American Association of Applied Linguistics, the International Society for Language Studies, the Literacy Research Association, and the National Association for Developmental Education. She currently serves as the Lead Researcher in an Ascendium grant-funded collaboration between West Ed, Student-Ready Strategies, and the Texas Success Center.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Suh, E. K. J., Estevez Posadas, B. V., Fuller, H. I., Cruz, M., & Andrade, J. (2023). “Open Our Hearts and Minds to Say I Belong Here”: Undergraduate Preservice Teachers’ Transfer Experiences. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/152102512312222
  • Suh, E. K. J., Wu, N., Garcia, A. J., Oelschlegel, C. P., & Armstrong, S. L. (2022). (Un)voicing a field’s expertise: A two-pronged citation and language analysis. Journal of Praxis in Higher Education, 4(2), 90–121.
  • Suh, E. K. J., Williams, J., & Owens, S. (2021). Raciolinguistic justice in college literacy and learning: A call to reflexive praxis. College Reading and Learning Association. Retrieved from https://www.crla.net/images/whitepaper/CRLA_2021_WhitePaper_Raciolinguistic_Justice_FA.pdf
  • Suh, E. K. J. (2020). Engagement from the periphery: Reconceptualizing adult English language learners’ resistance in developmental literacy. Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 69(1), 1–20. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/2381336920937276
  • Suh, E. K. J. (2020). Adoptees.Speak: A multimodal analysis of Korean adoptees’ adoption narratives. Critical Issues in Language Studies, 18(1), 65–84. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/15427587.2020.1796486

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Scholarly/Creative Products, College of Education, Texas State University. 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Best Paper Award, Literacy Research Association. 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Dissertation Award, The American Association of Applied Linguistics. December 2018 - 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Founders' Emergent Scholar Award, International Society for Language Studies. December 2018 - 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Anne Ferguson Award for Professional Development, National Association for Developmental Education. 2014

Selected Grants

  • Suh, Emily Kyung Jin (Principal), White, Alexander (Co-Principal), Gerlofs, Maureen Patricia (Supporting). THECB College Readiness and Success Models, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, State, $100000. (Funded: August 31, 2023 - August 1, 2025). Grant.
  • Westbrook, Thersa (Principal), Suh, Emily Kyung Jin (Co-Principal), White, Alexander (Supporting). THECB College Readiness Model, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, State, $100000. (Funded: August 31, 2021 - August 1, 2024). Grant.
  • Suh, Emily Kyung Jin, Payne, Emily Miller. A Comparative Analysis of State Policy and Implementation: Understanding the Adult ESL-to-Credit Pipeline, $16000. (Submitted: October 2018, Funded: January 2019 - December 2020). Grant.
  • Suh, Emily Kyung Jin. IUS Developmental Education Exploration, IU, Institutional (Higher Ed), $8000. (Funded: January 1, 2018 - August 2018). Grant.
  • Suh, Emily Kyung Jin. Korean Adoptees in Documentaries and Blogs: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis, Indiana University, IU Internal, $4165. (Funded: January 1, 2018 - May 2018). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Chair
Developmental Reading and Writing, Texas Community College Teachers Association
January 2020-Present
Chair
Equity, Access and Inclusion Network, National Organization for Student Success
March 2015-Present
President
Indiana Association for Developmental Education
2018-2019
Reviewer / Referee
Journal of Basic Writing
2023-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Community College Journal of Research and Practice
2022-Present