Christian Chun

Concentration: Teacher Education

Christian W. Chun is Assistant Professor of Clinical Education in the MAT-TESOL program. He received his M.A. degree in TESOL at California State University, Los Angeles in 2005, and his Ph.D. in Second Language Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), the University of Toronto in 2010. His doctoral dissertation was shortlisted for the 2010 Christopher Brumfit Ph.D. Thesis Award for "significant and original contributions" to the field of language teaching and learning. His teaching and research address critical multiliteracies and social semiotic approaches to language and education. His work has been published in several leading peer-reviewed journals including Language Assessment Quarterly, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, and the Journal of English for Academic Purposes. He is currently working on a book manuscript, under signed contract with Multilingual Matters, that addresses language, p ower, and agency in an English for Academic Purposes classroom. His current research is examining linguistic landscapes in the context of public space and pedagogy.