GRANTS, RESEARCH PROJECTS, AND RECOGNITIONS

Below is the list of the external and internal grants that I have applied and been funded for various research projects.  Also included are the awards and recognitions I received.

Grants and Recognitions

[16] National Professional Development (NPD) Grant (Project Director and Principal Investigator; Project title: ELSTEM - ESOL endorsement for STEM educators), Office of English Language Acquisition, U.S. Department of Education (T365Z120107: awarded $1,342,485.00) 2012-2018

[15] National Science Foundation (NSF) Noyce Phase II Grant (PI: Kevin Carr Co-PIs: Catherine Kim and Juliet Brosing, Project title: Pacific University Preparation of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse STEM Teachers), National Science Foundation (DUE-1439628:  awarded $798,069.00) 2014-2019 

[14] TARGET (Teaching Advancement and Research Grant in Education), Pacific University, 2014 (Awarded $4,000)

[13] Faculty Professional Development Grant, Pacific University, 2013 (Awarded $3000.00)

[12] Incentive Funds (Project Director for the Development of Online ESOL Endorsement Curriculum), Pacific University (awarded $3,750) 2010-2011

[11] Faculty Professional Development Grant, Pacific University, 2010 (Awarded $3,000)

[10] Faculty Professional Development Grant, College of Education, Pacific University, 2009 (Awarded $2,000)

[9] Assistant Professor Research Fund (APRF), College of Humanities, Ohio State University, 2005 (Awarded $5,500)

[8] Assistant Professor Summer Research Stipend, College of Humanities, Ohio State University, 2002 (Awarded $2,000)

[7] Summer Research Fund, Princeton University, 2000 (Awarded $3,700)

[6] Graduate College Conference Travel Grant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996 (Awarded $500)

[5] Graduate College Thesis/Project Grant for Ph.D. dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996 (Awarded $500)

[4] Listed in 'Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students,' University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1994, 1995, 1996

[3] Tuition and Fee waiver Recipient, University of Illinois, 1992-1993

[2] Award for Academic Excellence, Yonsei University, 1990

[1] Award for Academic Excellence, Yonsei University, 1988

Research Projects

[12] ELSTEM (ESOL for STEM Educators), National Professional Development Grant, Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA), U.S. Department of Education, Project Director and Principal Investigator, April 2012 - April 2018

[11] MOLEP (Multimodal Online Learning for ESOL Program), TARGET (Teaching Advancement and Research Grants in Educational Technology), Principal Investigator, Pacific University, February 2014 - June 2015

[10] STEM teachers’ perception and understanding of ESOL Education (Funded by Faculty Professional Development Grant at Pacific University), Principal Investigator, July 2013 – June 2014

[9] National Standards for Korean Language Curriculum for Grades 6-12 Korean Language Education, May 2012- January 2014

[8] Needs Analysis of Korean Heritage Learners (KHLs),  (Principal Investigator, January 2012 - May 2014)

[7] Interdependence of First and Second Language Literacy Competence (Principal Investigator; Funded by Faculty Professional Development Grant at Pacific University), July 2010 - November 2014

[6] Academic English Language Proficiency Development by Recent Immigrant Students (Principal Investigator; Funded by Faculty Professional Development Grant in the College of Education at Pacific University), January 2009 - June 2010

[5] Heritage Language Proficiency Assessment of Korean-English Bilinguals (Funded by the College of Humanities at Ohio State University), April 2005 – June 2005

[4] Program Evaluation of Community Language Schools (with Eun-Jo Lee), January 2005 – April 2005

[3] Korean Individualized Instruction (I.I.) Materials (On-line Individualized CALL Materials Funded by U.S. Department of Education through National East Asian Language Resource Center at Ohio State University),  October 2001 – December 2005

[2] Curricular and Lesson plans of Individualized Language Instruction (Materials published as a teachers’ guide for individualized language instruction), Ohio State University, September 2004-December 2005

[1] Web-based Korean Vocabulary Learning (On-line Vocabulary Learning Site), Princeton University, August 2000 - May 2001