Noelle Roubinek
Hello and welcome! My name is Noelle Roubinek and I am a PhD student at the University of Minnesota. I am in the Literacy Education program in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
My research interests include transnational and transracial adoption, specifically Korean adoptees, picturebook analysis, multilingual education, and heritage language learning. Theoretical frameworks and methodologies I employ include AsianCrit, Critical Content Analysis, and Scholarly Personal Narrative (SPN).
Presentations
- Roubinek, N. & Tang, A. (Upcoming, 2026, April 11). Multimodal approaches to instructing multilingual learners of less-commonly taught languages: An interpretive phenomenological analysis [paper session]. American Educational Research Association.
- Beauchamp, A., Roubinek, N., Harborne, A. (2025, November 7). Scholarly personal narratives and the politics of knowledge production in the academy [Panel session]. Curriculum and Pedagogy Group Conference.
- Beauchamp, A., Surita, B., Roubinek, N., Lee, S., Islam, M., Harborne, A, & Assis, M. (2025, November 7). Beyond conventional research: Scholarly personal narrative for intercultural understanding [Roundtable session]. Curriculum and Pedagogy Group Conference.
- Roubinek, N. (2025, November 1). Adopting a New Approach to Literacy: Using Picturebooks to Foster Adoption Literacy [Panel session]. American Educational Studies Association.
- Roubinek, N. & Tang, A. (2025, March 25). Heritage language learners and the language desirability hierarchy: Language, identity, and power [Conference session]. American Association For Applied Linguistics Conference.
- Roubinek, N. & Tang, A. (2025, April 25). Mutual support and critical friendship of two Asian-American doctoral students in academe [Roundtable session]. American Educational Research Association.
- Roubinek, N. (2024, November 10). What does it even mean to be Asian [Conference session]. American Educational Studies Association.
- Roubinek, N. & Tang, A. (2024, May 29). A duoethnography of two Asian-American doctoral students: Dynamics of mutual support in the academe [Conference session]. National Conference on Race and Ethnicity.
- Roubinek, N. & Tang, A. (2024, March 21). Multiliteracy development of multilingual language learners in Translingual spaces [Conference session]. TESOL International Convention & Expo.
- Roubinek, N. & Tang, A. (2024, March 16). Making multi/translingual shifts: Critical language awareness and language learners of less commonly taught languages [Conference session] American Association For Applied Linguistics Conference.
- Roubinek, N. & Tang, A. (2024, March 2). Integrating global south and indigenous perspectives for critical language awareness [Conference session]. Southwest Conference on Language Teaching.
- Roubinek, N. & Ko, J. (2022, January 17). Antiracism and Asianness in the time of coronavirus [Conference session]. EPIC Professional Development Conference.
- Roubinek, N. & Ko, J. (2021, April 26). Antiracism and Asianness in the time of coronavirus [Conference session]. Equity in Action: Cultivating Antiracist Universities. https://uot.swoogo.com/equityinaction/1043290
Publications
Tang, A. F., & Roubinek, N. (2025). Teaching Pride Forward: Building LGBTQ+ Allyship in English Language Teaching, by Trinh, T., Reynolds, K. M., and Coda, J. (Eds.). (2024).: TESOL Press, 222 pp., $44.95 (paperback), ISBN 9781953745200. Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1080/15348458.2025.2523895
Gámez, L., LaScotte, D., Nelson, P., & Roubinek, N. (2022). Perspectives on immersion education and Minnesota’s school integration efforts. MinneTESOL Journal. 38(2).
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