Haeun (하은 /ha.ɯn/) Kim, also known as Hannah Kim, is a PhD student in the Applied Linguistics and Technology program (minor in Statistics) at Iowa State University. She holds a BA and an EdM in English Language Education from Kyungpook National University. Before joining the program, she taught English to middle and high school students in South Korea for six years. She is currently working as the Writing and Communication Consultations Graduate Assistant at Iowa State University’s Academic Success Center. 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. Under the guidance of her PhD advisor, Professor Carol A. Chapelle, she is working on her dissertation that focuses on the task complexity of picture-based narrative writing tasks in WIDA’s ACCESS for ELLs.
Education
- PhD in Applied Linguistics and Technology (minor in Statistics), expected in 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