Lecturer
Room: UW2-124C
Phone: 425-352-3751
Box: 358565
YKMin@uwb.edu
ykmin@u.washington.edu
Academic Interests
Composition Theory and Pedagogy
Second Language Literacy
English for Academic Purposes
Contrastive Rhetoric
Sociocultural Theories of Language and Literacy
Qualitative Research Methodology
Writing Center Scholarship
Teaching Activities
- B EDU 391 (World Englishes)
- B EDU 491 (Written & Oral Communication for Multilingual Students)
- B CUSP 135 (Research Writing)
- B CUSP 134 (Interdisciplinary Writing)
- Consultation at the Writing Center
Professional Activities
Conference on College Composition and Communication
National Council of Teachers of English
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
American Educational Research Association
Modern Language Association
Selected Awards and Honors
- Community-Based Learning and Research Fellowship, University of Washington Bothell
- Best Invited Talk, the Gwangju International Center, Korea
- William Chandler Bagley Doctoral Scholarship, University of Illinois
- Dissertation Award, Bureau of Educational Research, University of Illinois
- Phi Delta Kappa Research Mini-Grant, University of Illinois
- Barak Rosenshine Award, University of Illinois
- Cultural Ambassadorial Scholarship, the Rotary International Foundation
- Academic Scholarships, Chonnam National University, Korea
Education
Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Writing Studies,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
M.A. in Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language (TESL/TEFL),
Center for English Language Studies, University of Birmingham, England
B.A. in English Language and Literature, Chonnam National University, Korea
Background
- Teaching Assistant, Department of English & Department of Linguistics, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
- Consultant, Writers Workshop, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
- Instructor, Department of Foreign Languages Education, Daebul University, Korea
- Acting Director of the ESL Center and International Relations, Daebul University, Korea
- Editor, English World (Sisa English Corporation) / World News, Korea
- Business English Correspondent, Euro Trading Company, Korea
Selected Publications
Min, Y. K. (under review). Critical thinking skills training in the museum.
Min, Y. K. (under review). Peer advising system: Collaborative-reflection-in-action model of professional development.
Min, Y. K. (in press). Contact zone in TESOL: East and west immersion. Journal of International Students, Spring Edition.
Min, Y. K. (2012). Waves of change in the Hermit Kingdom. WAESOL World Quarterly, Winter Edition.
Prior, P., & Min, Y. K. (2008). The lived experience of graduate work and writing: From chronotopic laminations to everyday lamentations. In C. Casanave & X. Li (Eds.), Learning the literacy practices of graduate school: insiders' reflections on academic enculturation (pp. 230-246). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Min, Y. K. (2008). Book review of “the struggle to teach English as an international language” by Adrian Holliday. Journal of English for Academic Purposes 7(3), 206-207.
Min, Y. K. (article in progress). Rethinking EAP pedagogy for international graduate students.
Min, Y. K. (article in progress). Writing as a process: Pragmatic suggestions for international students.
Min, Y. K. (article in progress). Situated pedagogy: Disciplinary socialization of graduate students as Writing Instructors
Min, Y. K. (article in progress). Ethnography: Reading and writing cultures in the composition class.
Min, Y.K. (article in progress). Understanding activity theory and practice theory for writing research.
Selected Presentations
Min, Y. K. (2012). “The Equation: ESL 501 = ESL 115?” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Saint Louis. Missouri.
Min, Y. K. (2012). “Rethinking EAP Pedagogy for International Graduate Students,” Washington TESOL Conference, Des Moines, Washington.
Min, Y. K. (2011). Images of Culture in L1 and L2 Writing Pedagogy. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Atlanta, Georgia.
Min, Y. K. (2010). “Models of Learning, Literacy, and Language: Situated Pedagogical Practices of L1 and L2 Writing Programs,” Sixth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.