irene h. yoon
(she/her)
Associate Professor
Educational Leadership & Policy
Orcid identifier0000-0002-5001-6460 (opens in a new tab)
- Associate ProfessorEducational Leadership & Policy
RESEARCH INTERESTS
dr. yoon's scholarship is concerned with dignity and belonging for students (and their teachers) in diverse schools. She immerses herself in school cultures and practices to understand the layers of race, class, gender and sexuality, and disability in leadership, learning, and school systems. dr. yoon is then able to articulate and theorize (de)humanizing pedagogies and systems in teachers’ and leaders’ professional learning, school reform and policy implementation, and ambitious equitable instruction. dr. yoon also writes about the methodologies behind this research, e.g., hauntology, arts-based research-creation, and love in research and professional praxis.
GRANTS
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTLGBTQ+ Policy Research on Utah Schools and DistrictsB.W. Bastian Foundation16 Sep 2024 - 18 Aug 2025People funded by this grant:
- Colvin K
- FELLOWSHIP OR RESIDENCYFaculty Fellow AwardUniversity of Utah8 Jan 2024 - 16 May 2025
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTLGBTQ+ Policy Report on Utah Schools and DistrictsB.W. Bastian Foundation1 Jun 2023 - 1 Jun 2024
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTLEADERSHIP LOVE LETTERS IN DANGEROUS TIMESSPENCER FOUNDATION1 Mar 2022 - 31 Mar 2025
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTNourishing Leadership Team Capacity for LGBTQ+ Inclusion with the Welcoming Schools CurriculumB.W. Bastian Foundation17 May 2021 - 16 Jun 2023
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTSchool Leadership Development Plan. Leadership and Inquiry for TurnaroundUtah State Board of Education8 Jan 2016 - 8 Jan 2021