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 EDUC 391 - Special Topics: World Englishes
B EDUC 491 - Special Topics: Written & Oral Communication for Multilingual Students
B CUSP 135 - Research Writing
B CUSP 134 - Interdisciplinary Writing
CUSP 131 - Academic Reading & Writing for Multilingual Students
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
- Hybrid Course Development Institute Faculty Fellow, UW Bothell
- Community-Based Learning and Research Fellow, UW 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
- List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, Division of English as an International Language, University of Illinois
- Graduate College Conference Travel Award, University of Illinois
- Language & Literacy Division Conference Travel Award, University of Illinois
- Center for Writing Studies Conference Travel Award, University of Illinois
- Cultural Ambassadorial Scholarship, the Rotary International Foundation
- Academic Scholarships, Chonnam National University, Korea
Education
Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
Certificate in Writing Studies, Department of English
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. (forthcoming) Peer advising system: Collaborative-reflection-in-action model of professional development. In Gabriele Strohschen (Ed.), Metagogy: Toward a praxis for adult education in intercultural contexts. Atlanta, GA: American Scholars Press.
Min, Y. K. (2013). Vocabulary Acquisition: Practical Strategies for ESL students. Journal of International Students, 3(1), 64-69.
Min, Y. K. (2012) Image of critical thinking skills training in a college writing program, National Teaching and Learning Forum, 22(1), 5-7.
Min, Y. K. (2012). Contact zone in TESOL: East and west immersion. Journal of International Students, 2(1). 83-85.
Min, Y. K. (2012). On-line handbook for ESL students. Writing & Communication Center, University of Washington at Bothell.
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.
Selected Presentations
“Rethinking ESL Service Courses for International Graduate Students,” American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, April 28, 2013.
“Tracing the Rhetoric of Writing Pedagogy: Writing Studies Approach vs. Cultural Studies Approach,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 15, 2013.
“Situated Pedagogy: Disciplinary Socialization of Graduate Students as Writing Instructors,” Literacy Research Association, San Diego, November 28, 2012.
“When Editing Becomes Educating in an ESL Tutoring Session,” Washington TESOL Conference, Des Moines, October 20, 2012.
“The Graduate Writer: ESL 501 = ESL 115?” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Saint Louis, March 23, 2012.
“Images of Cultures in L1 and L2 Writing Pedagogy,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Atlanta Georgia, April 6, 2011.
“Models of Learning, Literacy, and Language: Situated Pedagogical Practices of L1 and L2 Writing Programs,” Sixth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 29, 2010.
“Good Intentions: ESL Writing Pedagogy in Postmodern Times,” Sixth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 29, 2010.