Haeun (하은 /ha.ɯn/) Kim, also known as Hannah Kim, is a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at The University of Melbourne. She completed her PhD in Applied Linguistics and Technology at Iowa State University with a minor in Statistics. Under the guidance of her PhD advisor, Professor Carol A. Chapelle, she completed her dissertation that focused on the complexity of picture-based narrative writing tasks in WIDA’s ACCESS for ELLs. Her research interests include language assessments for young learners, argument-based validation in testing, corpus linguistics, writing pedagogy, and language learning in the digital wilds.
Education
- PhD in Applied Linguistics and Technology (minor in Statistics), May 2024
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
- EdM in English Education, 2016
- Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
- BA in English Education (Teaching Certificate in Secondary English), 2012
- Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
Teaching
- 6 years of EFL teaching experience as a public school teacher in South Korea
- 2 years of experience teaching college-level writing at Iowa State University (ENGL 150, 250)
- Mentoring experiences
- Graduate Communication Consultant, Writing and Media Center, ISU
- Online Learning Team, Department of English, ISU
- Peer Mentor, American English E-Teacher Program (Using Educational Technology in the English Language Classroom)
Language Assessment
- 2023 Michigan Language Assessment Intern
- 2021 WIDA Summer Research Intern
- 2020 MwALT Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Language Assessment Research
- Communications Chair, International Language Testing Association (ILTA) Graduate Student Assembly (GSA) (2023)
- Secretary, Asian Association for Language Assessment (AALA) Student Committee (2022)
- Social Events Manager, Language Assessment Student Organization, ISU (2019–2022)
- Test Rater, English Placement Test for Non-Native Speakers of English (EPT), ISU