Betina Hsieh

Betina Hsieh (she/her) is the Boeing Endowed Professor of Teacher Education at the University of Washington (Seattle). Dr. Hsieh, a proud second generation Asian American MotherScholar and former urban middle school teacher, has published widely in peer reviewed journals and presented over 40 research papers on issues related to teaching, teacher education, teacher professional identity, teachers of color, and Asian American educators. Recent peer-reviewed publications include articles in Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education; English Teaching: Practice and Critique; Literacy Research and Instruction; Journal of Diversity in Higher Education; the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy; the Peabody Journal of Education; and the Journal of Teacher Education. Dr. Hsieh’s work focuses on how who people are shapes what they do (and the choices they make) as educators. She believes in the importance of educational research that is accessible to teacher education practitioners, K-12 educators, community members and families in addition to impacting the field itself. To that end, she has published in K-12 focused journals and magazines like Educational Leadership; the English Journal; and Voices from the Middle, as well as being cited in the Atlantic. Additionally, she has given a TEDx talk, Learning from One Another: Lessons in (Educational) Excellence and appeared as a guest on multiple educational podcasts including the Black Gaze podcast and All of the Above. Her previous book, The Racialized Experiences of Asian American Teachers, co-authored with Dr. Jung Kim, is the first comprehensive research monograph focused on the experiences of Asian American teachers using the tenets of Asian Critical Race Theory.