Stephanie Rollag Yoon, Ph.D.

Education

• Ph.D. Critical Literacy English Education from The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• M.S. in Educational Leadership from Southwest Minnesota State University
• B.S. in English Educatio from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
• INSPIRE CS-AI Fellowship
• Fellow with the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Open Educational Resources Research

Biography

Stephanie Rollag Yoon is a former middle and high school English Language Arts teacher. She currently teaches preservice and practicing English teachers in the areas of literature and writing methods, digital literacies, and climate literacy. Drawing on her experiences as a middle and high school English teacher in rural and urban settings, Dr. Rollag Yoon sees students as brilliant readers and multimodal composers. Across her teaching, professional development, and mentorship, her practices are grounded in feminist pedagogies that center stories of connection and hope.

Recent Publications

Rollag Yoon, S., Miller, J. L. B., & Gilpin, S. (2025). Feminist moves for community in online discussions. Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online. Athabasca University Press. Open Access: https://www.aupress.ca/books/120334-feminist-pedagogy-for-teaching-online/

Rollag Yoon, S., Panos, A., & Doerr-Stevens, C. (2024). Introduction to the Special Issue: Water as Conflict and Water as Commons. Climate Literacy in Education, 2(2), 1-4.Open Access: https://pubs.lib.umn.edu/index.php/cle/article/view/6446

Rollag Yoon, S. Rice, M., & Gilpin, S.(2024). Framing digital composition in classrooms: Audiences,purposes, identities, materialities. In Barnes, M., & Marlatt, R. (Eds.). Moving Preservice and Practicing Teachers toward Equity, Justice, and Antiracist Teaching through Digital Literacies.

Martin-Kerr, K.G, Rollag Yoon, S., & Lo Bello Miller, J. (2024). Feminist perspectives of time toward collective well-being in online pedagogy. Distance Learning, 21(3), 53-57.

Rollag Yoon, S. & Gilpin, S. (2022). Digital spaces for complex identities: Teacher educators advancing open pedagogy practices for preservice teachers. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education – Current Practices. https://citejournal.org/category/current-practice/

Courses Taught

• ENG 361: Teaching English: Literature, Grades 5-12
• ENG 362: Teaching English: Writing, Grades 5-12
• ENG 463/ 563: Adolescent Literature
• ENG 401/501: Digital and Media Literacies
• ENG 657: Teaching Writing with Literature