Hannah Hyun White (she/her) is a REEDS Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the STEM Learning Center and Department of Educational Policy Studies and Practice at the University of Arizona. During this postdoctoral fellowship and under the mentorship of Dr. Judy Marquez Kiyama, Dr. Hyun White will primarily engage with the Culturally Responsive Curriculum Development Institute (CRCDI). This program works to support STEM faculty in engaging and integrating culturally responsive pedagogical and curricular practices through professional development for faculty that are teaching foundational lecture and lab courses at the University of Arizona.

As a Korean American adoptee her other research focuses largely on amplifying the voices of transracial/transnational adoptee communities and understanding how neoliberal systems shape the experiences of student activists in higher education. Her research and praxis are largely influenced by Asian American feminist theories, Critical Adoption Studies, and decolonial frameworks/methodology in co-creating knowledge that centers truth telling, collectivism, and care in working to dismantle systemic racism and violence in educational spaces.

In June 2024, she earned her Ph.D. in Education, with a primary focus on Higher Education, from the University of California, San Diego, within the Department of Education Studies – Transforming Education in a Diverse Society.