Sohyun An

Sohyun An is a Professor of Social Studies Education at Kennesaw State University. Her research and teaching center on curriculum, pedagogy, and movement of K-12 Asian American Studies and social studies education. Her recent works include Teaching Asian America in Elementary Classroom co-written with Drs. Noreen Naseem Rodríguez and Esther June Kim; “Our folks Were Badass!” Learning and Dreaming in Basement (Rethinking Schools, 2023); Who’s Behind the Camera? Anticolonial Visualization of “Westward Expansion” (Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2024); Re/presentation of Asian Americans in 50 states US history standards (The Social Studies, 2022). As a co-founder of Asian American Voices for Education, she works alongside Asian American youth, educators, and community organizers to advance Asian American studies and ethnic studies in Georgia’s K-12 schools. Before becoming a teacher educator and researcher, Sohyun was a middle and high school teacher in South Korea.