Grace Kang

Associate Professor

Teaching and Learning

Office

Degarmo Hall - DEG 311

Office Phone

(309) 438-5425office
phone

gykang@ilstu.eduemail

About
Education
Awards & Honors
Research

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

205.009Elementary Education Clinical I

204.006Elementary Education: Practices & Issues

224.001Developing Readers Through Writing

222.002Reading Assessment

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

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.

Kang, G., & Husband, T. " We the Afro Club" Relationship Capital Established Between a White Male Teacher \& a Cadre of Black Boys in Literacy. Multicultural Education 27.3/4 (2020): 8--16.

Kang, G. Y., & Kline, S. (2020). Critical literacy as a tool for social change: Negotiating tensions in a pre-service teacher education writing course. Journal of Language and Literacy Education.

Kang, G. I Need Collaboration Too!. Teacher Education Yearbook XXVI Building upon Inspirations and Aspirations with Hope, Courage, and Strength: Teacher Educators' Commitment to Today's Teachers and Tomorrow's Leaders 2 (2018): 185.

Other

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