EDUCATION
| Ph.D. | Educational Policy | Stanford University |
AWARDS AND HONORS
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Office for Research & Economic Development (ORED) Small Grants ($6,000) |
| 2021 | AERA-NSF Dissertation Grant, American Educational Research Association ($25,000) |
| 2021 | Dissertation Fellowship, Stanford Graduate School of Education ($18,000) |
| 2021 | NERD$ Mini-grant, Edunomics Lab, Georgetown University ($5,000) |
| 2021 | Semi-Finalist, NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship |
| 2021 | Dissertation Support Grant, Stanford Graduate School of Education ($3,000) |
| 2018, 2020 | Karr Family Fellowship, Stanford University ($25,000) |
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Quantitative Research
Large-Scale Datasets
Educational Inequality
school segregation
school finance
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Segregation
Education Finance
Achievement Gaps
HIGHLIGHTED PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed Journals
Fahle, E. M., Reardon, S. F., Kalogrides, D., Weathers, E. S., & Jang, H. (2020). Racial segregation and school poverty in the United States, 1999-2016. Race and Social Problems, 12(1), 1-15. (*Media Coverage: Science Journal for Kids) http://doi.org/10.1007/s12552-019-09277-w
Jang, H. & Reardon, S. F. (2019). States as sites of educational (in)equality: State contexts and the socioeconomic status achievement gradient. AERA Open, 5(3), 1-22. http://doi.org/10.1177/2332858419872459
Book Chapters
Park, H. & Jang, H. (2020). Does grandparents’ education matter for grandchildren’s education in Korea? In Park, H. & Woo, H. Korean Families Yesterday and Today. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.10195705
Book Chapters
Non Peer Reviewed Articles and Briefs Reardon, S. F., Fahle, E., Jang, H., & Weathers, E. (2022). Why school segregation matters (a lot). Educational Leadership, 80(4). https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/why-school-desegregation-still-matters-a-lot
Jang, H. (2022). Trends in Racial Economic Segregation and its Geographic Decomposition, 1991-2020. The Segregation Index Brief. http://socialinnovation.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Trends-in-Racial-Economic-Segregation-brief.pdf
Owens, A., Reardon, S. F., Kalogrides, D., Jang, H., Tom, T. (2022). Trends in Racial/Ethnic and Economic School Segregation, 1991-2020. The Segregation Index Brief.
http://socialinnovation.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Trends-in-Racial-Ethnic-Segregation_FINAL.pdf
COURSES TAUGHT
| Course ID | Course Title | Method of Instruction |
|---|---|---|
| AEL 608 | Education Finance Theory and Practice | In-Person |
| AEL 661 | Large-Scale Data Analysis in Ed Leadership Research | In-Person |
| AEL 697 | Segregation and Educational Inequality in America | In-Person |
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / ACTIVITIES
- Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP)
- American Educational Research Association (AERA) – Divisions A, L, and G
- Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE)
- Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM)
- American Sociological Association (ASA)
- Midwest Sociological Society (MSS)
BIOGRAPHY
Heewon Jang is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies. She specializes in quantitative research, focusing on various issues related to educational inequality, which include school segregation and school finance. Her research is published in journals such as AERA Open and American Sociological Review. Prior to the University of Alabama, she received her Ph.D. in Educational Policy from Stanford University. In her free time, Heewon likes to climb, knit, and bake.