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Dr. Grace Kang

Professor
Office
DEG Degarmo Hall 232
  • About
  • Education
  • Awards & Honors
  • Selected 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

TCH 224.003 Developing Readers Through Writing

TCH 391.007 Tchng For Equity In Elem Classrooms Thr Assessmt,Collab,Comm

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

A Study of Teacher Candidates’ Changing Perceptions of Confidence within Writing-Focused Methods Courses
Tracy Kelly, Roya Scales, Joy Myers, David Scales, Sonia Kline, Amanda Wall, Chinwe Ikpeze, Jenn Raskauskas, Vicki McQuitty, Grace Kang, Linda Smetana.
Literacy Practice and Research, 49 (1), (2024)
“I Think Writing is…” A Multi-State Study of Teacher Candidates’ Changing Beliefs about Writing
Jenn Raskauskas, Sonia Kline, Amanda Wall, Grace Kang, Chinwe Ikpeze, Joy Myers, Roya Scales, Linda Smetana, Tracy Kelly.
Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teacher Education, 11 (3), 1-29, (2022)
Reflect, Reimagine, Revisit: A Framework for Centering Critical Writing Pedagogy
Sonia M Kline, Grace Kang.
Language Arts, 99 (5), 300-311, (2022)
A Multi-State Study of the Dominant Discourses in Teacher Candidates' Memories of Writing
Sonia Kline, Grace Kang, Chinwe Ikpeze, Linda Smetana, Joy Myers, Jennifer Raskauskas, Roya Scales, Kelly Tracy, Amanda Wall.
Teacher Education Quarterly., (2021)
Critical literacy as a tool for social change: Negotiating tensions in a pre-service teacher education writing course
Sonia M, Sonia Kline.
Journal of Language and Literacy Education, (2020)
Identifying Promising Literacy Practices for Black Males in P-12 Classrooms: An Integrative Review.
Terry Husband, Grace Kang.
Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 16 (1), n1, (2020)
" We the Afro Club" Relationship Capital Established Between a White Male Teacher \& a Cadre of Black Boys in Literacy
Grace Kang, Terry Husband.
Multicultural Education, 27 (3/4), 8--16, (2020)
I Need Collaboration Too!
Grace Kang.
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, 185, (2018)
Playing With Digital Tools With Explicit Scaffolding
Grace Kang.
The Reading Teacher, 71 (6), 735--741, (2018)
Understanding influences on writing instruction: cases of two kindergarten teachers
Sarah J McCarthey, Grace Kang.
Early Child Development and Care, 187 (3-4), 398--417, (2017)
Advocacy for autonomy: Complicating the use of scripted curriculum in unscripted spaces
Grace Kang.
Language Arts Journal of Michigan, 32 (1), 10, (2016)
The value of coaching
Grace Kang.
The Learning Professional, 37 (5), 49, (2016)
Elementary teachers negotiating discourses in writing instruction
Sarah J McCarthey, Rebecca Woodard, Grace Kang.
Written Communication, 31 (1), 58--90, (2014)
Access and teachers’ perceptions of professional development in writing
Sarah J McCarthey, Rebecca L Woodard, Grace Kang.
International advances in writing research: Cultures, places, measures, 41--59, (2012)
Teachers' perceptions of professional development in writing
Sarah J McCarthey, R Woodard, Grace Kang.
60th yearbook of the Literacy Research Association, 195--207, (2011)
Complicating literature circles: Enacting literature discussions in an early elementary classroom with an anti-racist lens
Grace Y Kang, Grace Kang.
Illinois Reading Council Journal, 48 (4), 3-10
What counts as literacy?: Investigating everyday flexible literacy practices within an academic official space
Grace Y Kang.
41 (1), 41-50

Other

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