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Dr. Grace Kang

Associate Professor
Teaching and Learning
Office
DEG Degarmo Hall 232
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Biography

Dr. Kang has taught at the K-6 grade levels and worked as a reading specialist and enrichment teacher. She is an assistant professor of elementary literacy and teaches various literacy courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels and her research explores culturally sustaining pedagogies, teacher identity, critical literacies, and social justice oriented teacher education, specifically in writing. Dr. Kang is the founder of the Civic Engagement Cohort that highlights issues of community, diversity, and assets-based pedagogies that is housed in Champaign, IL.

Current Courses

224.003Developing Readers Through Writing

205.001Elementary Education Clinical I

391.002Tchng For Equity In Elem Classrooms Thr Assessmt,Collab,Comm

205.010Elementary Education Clinical I

205.011Elementary Education Clinical I

260.003Elementary Education Clinical II

Teaching Interests & Areas

Critical reading and writing workshops, Digital literacies, Teachers as Writers, Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies, Multicultural Education, Diversity, Equity, and Social Justice

Research Interests & Areas

Critical Teacher Education, Critical Literacies, Negotiation of Curriculum, Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies, Teachers as Writers, Teacher Identity, Professional Development in Writing, Civic Engagement, Community Mapping

PhD

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Urbana-Champaign

MA

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Urbana-Champaign

Teaching Initiative Award

CTLT
2017

Journal Article

Tracy, Kelly N.; Scales, Roya Q.; Myers, Joy; Scales, David; Kline, Sonia M.; Wall, Amanda; Ikpeze, Chinwe;Raskauskas, Jenn; McQuitty, Vicki; Kang, Grace Y.; and Smetana, Linda D. (2024) "A Study of TeacherCandidates’ Changing Perceptions of Confidence within Writing-Focused Methods Courses," LiteracyPractice and Research: Vol. 49: No. 1, Article 4.
Kline, S., & Kang, G. (2022). Reflect, Reimagine, Revisit: A Framework for Centering Critical Writing Pedagogy. Language Arts, 99(5), 300-311.
Raskauskas, J., Kline, S., Wall, A., Kang, G., Ikpeze, C., Myers, J, Scales, R., Smetana, L., & Tracy, K. (2022). “I think writing is….” A Multi-State Study of Teacher Candidates’ Changing Beliefs about Writing. Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teaching Education, 11(3), 3.

Kline, S., Kang, G., Ikpeze, C., Smetana, L., Myers, J., Raskauskas, J., Scales, R., Tracy, K., Wall, A. (2021). A Multi-State Study of the Dominant Discourses in Teacher Candidates' Memories of Writing. Teacher Education Quarterly.
Husband, T., & Kang, G. Identifying Promising Literacy Practices for Black Males in P-12 Classrooms: An Integrative Review.. Journal of Language and Literacy Education 16.1 (2020): n1.

Other

Kang, G. The power of teachers: Exploring identity, agency, and collaboration in the context of literacy. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2015)