Ji Hong
Henry Daniel Rinsland Memorial Award for Excellence in Educational Research
This year’s recipient, Ji Hong, has served on the Department of Educational Psychology faculty since 2007.
She has demonstrated excellence in educational research in a single, long-impact project over time. Her research investigates an important area in teacher professional development: teacher identity and development for both in-service teachers and preservice teachers. In Oklahoma and other areas where there is a high shortage of teachers and a lack of teacher professional development, her research is particularly noteworthy and meaningful.
Along the line of teacher professional development, she has engaged in a systematic program of studies that were built upon one another exploring various issues and constructs, including teacher's motivation, resilience, attrition and identity development over time.