Dr. Heesun Chang

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Heesun Chang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at Texas A&M University. Dr. Chang possesses interdisciplinary expertise in applied linguistics, educational measurement, and statistics. Her research interests focus on analyzing language and discourse patterns in educational contexts, including the validation and evaluation of psychometric properties of assessment instruments. Recently, her work has centered on investigating linguistic features of international teaching assistants (ITAs) and the validity issues surrounding their training assessment. Dr. Chang has published several articles in leading journals, contributing to the understanding of bilingual education and language assessment.

Research Interests

Bilingual Education Applied Linguistics Educational Measurement Statistical Methods Language Assessment

Courses

BESL 610. Bilingual Assessment Monitoring Students BESL 613. Sp/En Biliteracy BESL 617. Evaluation Programs Bilingual Language Minority Students K-12 BESL 685. Directed Studies INST 362. ESL Method INST 363. ESL Method II

Requirements for Texas A&M University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:80
Prerequisites
Baccalaureate degree Baccalaureate degree in Communication or related field preferred
Application Checklist
  • Curriculum Vita
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  • Writing Sample (up to 10,000 words)
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  • GraduateCAS Application
Specialization Notes

Department: Department of Communication and Journalism. Ph.D. program only currently admitting. GRE is test-optional.