She had been a teacher of Korean and English languages at the P-12, university, and community settings and she currently teaches TESOL/literacy/educational research courses to undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students. Her research areas include second language education, bi/tri-lingual education and tri-literacy development, multilingual adolescents’ literacy practices and identity, ESOL/language teacher education, and multicultural education. Her research has been published in journals, including TESOL Quarterly, TESOL Journal, and Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. Jayoung is the Program Chair for the 2017 GATESOL Conference.