AUA Leadership

Ji Ma is an international Ph.D. student with a concentration in Language and Literacy at Georgia State University. Before coming to the U.S., Ji was an English teacher, teacher educator, and school leader for 15 years in China. Her research focus is derived from her transnational teaching and learning experiences, which lie in cross-cultural and intercultural learning and teaching, bilingual education, and dual-language (Mandarin-English) program. Currently, she is serving as a governing board member at a dual-language charter school in Georgia.

J.Nozipho Moyo is a Ph.D. student in the Teaching and Language program with a concentration in Language and Literacy. Her areas of interest are instruction in indigenous languages and preserving indigenous languages. Nozipho has experience teaching ESOL and Spanish for 16 years at the high school level. 

Elyse N. Johnson was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. She earned her Bachelor’s in English from Tennessee State University and her M. Ed in Instructional Practice from Lipscomb University in Tenessee. Elyse is currently a second-year Ph.D. student in the Teaching and Learning Ph. D program with a focus on language and literacy at GSU. Elyse has seven years of teaching experience both in TN and GA public school systems, along with certifications in ESOL K-12th and language arts 4th-12th. Her research focuses include the African diaspora, English language learners, and social and environmental justice.

Gyewon Jang is a doctoral student in the Department of Middle and Secondary Education at Georgia State University. With a concentration in language and literacy, her research interests are linguistic and cultural identity development of transnational students, critical interculturality, critical language and literacy teaching, teaching English as a second/foreign language, and qualitative research methods.

Ethan Trinh (Pronouns: he/they) is a doctoral student at the Middle and Secondary Education Department at Georgia State University. Ethan is inspired to do research about queer transnational students and queer teachers of color. In addition to academic work, Ethan loves to write, swim, run, and enjoy a cup of Vietnamese iced coffee with condensed milk.

Ji Ma is an international Ph.D. student with a concentration in Language and Literacy at Georgia State University. Before coming to the U.S., Ji was an English teacher, teacher educator, and school leader for 15 years in China. Her research focus is derived from her transnational teaching and learning experiences, which lie in cross-cultural and intercultural learning and teaching, bilingual education, and dual-language (Mandarin-English) program. Currently, she is serving as a governing board member at a dual-language charter school in Georgia.

Megan Lewis is a doctoral student at Georgia State University pursuing a degree in Teaching and Learning with a concentration in Language and Literacy. Her research interests include digital literacies, fanfiction, adolescent writers, and dialogism. 

Jee Hye Park is a doctoral student at Georgia State University pursuing a degree in Teaching and Learning with a concentration in Language and Literacy. Her research interests include culturally responsive pedagogy, multicultural and multilingual students, bilingual education, heritage language speakers, language ideologies, translanguaging.

Myoung Eun Pang is a doctoral student at Georgia State University pursuing a degree in Teaching and Learning with a concentration in Language and Literacy. Her research interests include ESL/ELL population, multimodal literacy, identity, culturally relevant pedagogy and teacher education.