BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Central Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Central Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Type: LectureSpeaker Information: Noreen Naseem Rodríguez \, \;Esther June Kim\, \;Sohyun AnNoreen Naseem Rodríguez \;is an Assistant Professor of Elementary Education and Educational Justice in the Department of Teacher Education and core faculty in the Asian Pacific American Studies and Muslim Studies Programs at Michigan State University . Her current research\, funded by the Spencer Foundation\, examines the i mplementation of Asian American Studies in K-12 classrooms across the U.S. She has published over forty peer-reviewed book chapters and articles in scholarly and practitioner journals such as \;Harvard Educational Revi ew\, Curriculum Inquiry\, \;and \;Journal of Children's Literature \, \;and is co-author of \;Social Studies for a Better World: An A nti-Oppressive Approach for Elementary Educators \;with Katy Swalwell and \;Teaching Asian America in Elementary Classrooms \;with Sohyu n An and Esther Kim. Before becoming a teacher educator\, Noreen was a bil ingual elementary teacher in Austin\, Texas for nine years.Esther June Kim  \;is an Assistant Professor in Curriculum and Instruction and affilia te faculty of Asian Pacific Islander Studies at William &\; Mary. Her r esearch focuses on how racial and religious identities (or different \ ;origin stories) might shape student understandings and embodiments of cit izenship. She also explores how religious and racial narratives are taught (or not) primarily in secondary classrooms with particular attention to A sian American communities. \;Currently\, her work includes collaborati ons with undergraduate students adapting archival research on Asian Americ an histories to resources for K-12 students and educators. \;With  \;Naseem Rodríguez and Sohyun An\, she received the 2024 \;AERA Divisi on K’s Innovations in Research on Equity and Social Justice in Teaching an d Teacher Education Award. She is \;also a former high school humaniti es and history teacher who taught in both South Korea and \;California . \; Sohyun An \;is a Professor of Social Studies Education at Ken nesaw State University. Her research and teaching center on K-12 Asian Ame rican studies and social studies education. She is co-author of \;Teac hing Asian America in Elementary Classroom \; \;with Drs. Noreen N aseem Rodríguez and Esther June Kim and has published over 80 peer-reviewe d articles and book chapters and articles in scholarly and practitioner jo urnals such as \;Multicultural Perspectives\, Rethinking Schools\, Soc ial Studies and Young Learners\, \;and \;Journal of Curriculum Stu dies. \;She received many awards including Distinguished Researcher Aw ard from American Educational Research Association’s Research on the Educa tion of Asian Pacific Americans Special Interest Group and Distinguished P rofessor Award from Kennesaw State University. She is also a co-founder of  \;Asian American Voices for Education\, working alongside Asian Ameri can youth\, educators\, and community organizers to advance Asian American studies and ethnic studies in Georgia’s K-12 schools. Before becoming a t eacher educator\, Sohyun was a social studies teacher in South Korea. DTEND:20250408T181500Z DTSTAMP:20260609T063408Z DTSTART:20250408T171500Z LOCATION:IL\,USA\,Champaign\,22 Education Building SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Dean's Distinguished Speaker Series | Noreen Naseem Rodríguez\, Est her June Kim\, Sohyun An UID:RFCALITEM639165656483942018 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Event Type: Lecture

Speaker Information: Noreen Naseem Rodríguez\, \;Esther June Kim\, \;Sohyun An

Nor een Naseem Rodríguez \;is an Assistant Professo r of Elementary Education and Educational Justice in the Department of Tea cher Education and core faculty in the Asian Pacific American Studies and Muslim Studies Programs at Michigan State University. Her current research \, funded by the Spencer Foundation\, examines the implementation of Asian American Studies in K-12 classrooms across the U.S. She has published ove r forty peer-reviewed book chapters and articles in scholarly and practiti oner journals such as \;Harvard Educational Review\, Curriculum In quiry\, \;and \;Journal of Children's Literature\,&n bsp\;and is co-author of \;Social Studies for a Better World: An A nti-Oppressive Approach for Elementary Educators \;with Katy Swal well and \;Teaching Asian America in Elementary Classrooms&nb sp\;with Sohyun An and Esther Kim. Before becoming a teacher educator\, No reen was a bilingual elementary teacher in Austin\, Texas for nine years.< br>

Esther June Kim \; is an Assistant Professor in Curriculum and Instruction and affiliate facu lty of Asian Pacific Islander Studies at William &\; Mary. Her research focuses on how racial and religious identities (or different \;origin stories) might shape student understandings and emb odiments of citizenship. She also explores how religious and racial narrat ives are taught (or not) primarily in secondary classrooms with particular attention to Asian American communities. \;Currently\, her work inclu des collaborations with undergraduate students adapting archival research on Asian American histories to resources for K-12 students and educators.& nbsp\;With \;Naseem Rodríguez and Sohyun An\, she received the 2024 \;AERA Divisi on K’s Innovations in Research on Equity and Social Justice in Teaching an d Teacher Education Award. She is \;also a former high sc hool humanities and history teacher who taught in both South Korea and&nbs p\;California. \;

Sohyun An \;is a Professor of Social St udies Education at Kennesaw State University. Her research and teaching ce nter on K-12 Asian American studies and social studies education. She is c o-author of \;Teaching Asian America in Elementary Classroo m \; \;with Drs. Noreen Naseem Rodríguez and Esther June Kim and has p ublished over 80 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and articles in scholarly and practitioner journals such as \;Multicultural Perspectives\, Rethinking Schools\, Social Studies and Young Learners\,&n bsp\;and \;Journal of Curriculum Studies. \; She received many awards including Distinguished Researcher Awa rd from American Educational Research Association’s Research on the Educat ion of Asian Pacific Americans Special Interest Group and Distinguished Pr ofessor Award from Kennesaw State University. She is also a co-founder of& nbsp\;Asia n American Voices for Education\, working alongsid e Asian American youth\, educators\, and community organizers to advance A sian American studies and ethnic studies in Georgia’s K-12 schools. Before becoming a teacher educator\, Sohyun was a social studies teacher in Sout h Korea.

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