Directory of Graduates-2008-Report1 - IBHE

Education 13.1201
Heekyong Pyon
358 Paddock Drive West Savoy, IL 61874 (217) 356-1165 (217) 721-5922
pyon@uiuc.edu
heekyong@gmail.com
Academic
Institution / Degree / Major / Specialization: Graduation Date: Mentor/Advisor:
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign 5/15/2008 Yoon Pak
PhD Educational Policy Studies
Asian American & Immigrant Student Education
Thesis/Dissertation Topic:
The Educational Experiences of 1.5 Generation Korean American Immigrant Adolescents and Their Transitions into
Adulthood
Research Activities:
The Evaluation of an English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program in a public highschool
Socializatuon of Asian American adolescent immigrant students in U.S. public schools.
Assistantships (limited to three entries)
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Teaching Assistant
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Teaching Assistant
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Research Assistant
8/15/2003-12/15/2004
8/15/2000-5/15/2003
8/15/1999-8/15/2001
Presentations (limited to three entries)
Remebering the 1.5 Generation Korean American Experiences in School.
The American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL April 2007
Are Language Minority Students Truly Experiencing Democratic Life in School?
The American Educational Studies Association (AESA) Conference, Charlottesville, VA November 2005
Publications (limited to three entries)
Pyon, H.T., Cao, Y., & Li, H.
Between "What I Am" and "What I Am Not": Asians and Asian Americans in Contention and Conversation.
Educational Perspective, 40(1), pp. 13-18
2007
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