Betina Hsieh

Dr. Betina Hsieh (she/her) is the Endowed Professor of Teacher Education and Teacher Learning for Justice at the University of Washington (Seattle). Dr. Hsieh, a proud second generation Asian American MotherScholar and former urban middle school teacher, has published widely in peer reviewed journals and presented over 75 research papers globally on issues related to teaching, teacher education, teacher professional identity, teachers of color, and Asian Americans in education. Dr. Hsieh’s work focuses on how who people are shapes what they do (and the choices they make) as educators. She believes in the importance of educational research that is accessible to higher education practitioners, K-12 educators, community members and families, in addition to impacting the field itself. Dr. Hsieh’s current research interests include identity-informed mentoring in education, the emergence and development of a teacher (and teacher educator) professional identity, teacher leadership, social media and teacher education, Asian Americans in education, and the experiences of teachers of color. Dr. Hsieh has published in K-12 practitioner-focused journals and magazines like Educational Leadership as well as being cited in the Atlantic. Recent research publications include articles in Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, the Journal of Teacher Education, and Race, Ethnicity and Education. Her book The Racialized Experiences of Asian American Teachers, co-authored with Dr. Jung Kim, is the first comprehensive research monograph focused on the experiences of Asian American teachers using the tenets of Asian Critical Race Theory. Her second book, Moments and Movements: Counterstories for Critical Asian American+ Studies in Education (Myers Education Press), co-edited with Dr. Roland Sintos Coloma, draws from scholar, educator and youth voices to center experiences doing the work of critical ethnic studies in schools and communities.