Hana Jun

Education

• Ph.D. (ABD) – Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
  Curriculum and Instruction
• M.A. 2014 – Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
  History Education
• B.A. 2006 – Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
  History Education & Social Studies Education

Biography

Hana Jun is an Assistant Professor of Education with an emphasis in social studies education. Hana is completing her Ph.D. program at Indiana University. Her professional interests include students’ historical understanding, particularly how they make personal connections to history, and teachers’ curricular decision-making, particularly how they navigate limited curricular space. Before her graduate studies, she completed her B.A. and M.A. in history education at Ewha Womans University and taught social studies in public schools in Seoul, South Korea. 

Select Publication

Jun, H. (2020). “I think the comfort women are us”: National identity and affective historical empathy in students’ understanding of “comfort women” in South Korea. Journal of Social Studies Research, 44(1), 7-19. 
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssr.2019.09.005

Select Presentations

Jun, H. (2023, November). Changes in history teachers’ curricular decision-making to address gender: Five novice teachers’ experiences in South Korea. College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) of Annual Conference of National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) in Nashville, TN.

Jun, H. (2023, April). History teachers’ curricular decisions about gender-related social issues. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA) in Chicago, IL.

Jun, H. (2023, April). Korean history teachers’ sense of curricular agency, identity, and purpose. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA) in Chicago, IL.