Prior to becoming Dean of CCOE, Dr. Hyun was Associate Provost at the University of Massachusetts Boston (2008-2013) and led the Office of International and Transnational Affairs. Previously, she also served as Department Chair of Curriculum & Instruction at UMass Boston (2007-2008), Interim Chair, Program Director and Co-Director for various graduate (Ph.D & Ed.D) and undergraduate programs in teacher education, curriculum studies, K-12 leadership, and higher education administration at the Kent State University, Ohio (2001-2007). She was one of the founding faculty members of the Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL, USA, established in 1997 (1997-2001). Dr. Hyun started her first tenure track faculty position, as assistant professor, at the Clarion University, Pennsylvania (1995-1997). She is originally from Seoul, S. Korea with B.S. (1985) and M.A. (1987) in Early Childhood Education from Duksung Women's University. She came to this country in 1987 and become US citizen in 2000.
Dr. Hyun is an established scholar and experienced administrator in higher education. Through her scholarships, Dr. Hyun has widely published in various areas, including curriculum theorizing; transdisciplinary higher education curriculum; developmentally and culturally appropriate practice (DCAP); early childhood education; teacher education; critical pedagogy; gender studies; bilingual education; theory of teacher reflectivity and multiple/multiethnic perspective-taking; inquiry-oriented reflective supervision; technology and young children; environmental education; academic deans' involvement/accountability in college students' academic success; internationalization of higher education institutions; and minority faculty recruitment and retention.
