Elise S. Ahn, Ph.D.

edited / books

Ahn, E. (Ed.). (2023). Wisconsin in the world. Examining internationalization at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. [click here]

Chekmareva, L., Dixon, J., & Ahn, E. (2016). Per aspera ad astra: Building university autonomy in Kazakhstan. Almaty, Kazakhstan: Akadem Press. [download here]

Ahn, E., & Smagulova, J. (Eds.). (2016). Language change in Central Asia. [In the Contributions to the Sociology of Language series, edited by Ofelia Garcia]. Berlin, Germany: Mouton de Gruyter.

Edited journals

Linn, A. & Ahn, E. (Eds.). (2022). Englishes in Central Asia. Special issue of the Journal of World Englishes. [click here]

articles

Ahn, E. (2024). Using language in boundary-making: Nation-state building in the early years of the Turkish Republic (1927–1965). In J. Smagulova & K. Fleming (Eds.). Special issue on borders and boundaries. International Journal of the Sociology of Language.

Ahn, E., & Smagulova, J. (2023). School language choice in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and emerging educational inequality. In D. A. Friedman & N. Kudriavtseva (Eds.). Special issue on language and power. Ideology and Politics Journal. [click here]

Ahn, E. (2022). Examining the politicization and framing of HEA 117 in the US between 2019 and 2021. Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education, 14(5), 80-110. (click here)

Linn, A., & Ahn, E. (2022). Introduction. World Englishes. (click here)

Ahn, E., & Smagulova, J. (2022). English language choices in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. World Englishes. [click here]

Ahn, E. (2019). Tracing the language roots and migration routes of Koreans from the Far East to Central Asia. Journal of Language, Identity, and Education. (click here)

Ahn, E. (2016). Education transformation in Kazakhstani higher education. Higher Education in Russia and Beyond. Special issue on the “Transformation of Higher Education Systems in Post-Soviet Countries”. [click here]

Ahn, E., & Abdramanova, S. (2014). L1 transfer /L1 interference in students’ academic writing (theory). ВестникКаНУ. Серияфилологическая [KazNU Herald. Philology Series].  

Abdramanova, S., & Ahn, E. (2014). L1 transfer /L1 interference in students’ academic writing (practice). ВестникКаНУ. Серияфилологическая [KazNU Herald. Philology Series].

Ahn, E. (2013). Reflections on language as a precondition for educational equity. ВестникКаНУ. Серияфилологическая [KazNU Herald. Philology Series], 3–7.

Ahn, E. (2013). University language policies and the rise of English-medium instruction in higher education. ВестникКаНУ. Серияфилологическая [KazNU Herald. Philology Series], 3–9.

Ahn, E. (2013). Conceptualizing language policy. ВестникКаНУ. Серияфилологическая [KazNU Herald. Philology Series].

Ahn, E. (2013). Let's get on the same page: Clarifying language policy discussions. ВестникКаНУ. Серияфилологическая [KazNU Herald. Philology Series], 4(138): 56–59.

book chapters

Ahn, E., & Smagulova, J. (forthcoming). School language choice in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and emerging educational inequality. In D. A. Friedman & N. Kudriavtseva (Eds.), Critical perspectives on language and power in Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Ibidem Verlag.

Ahn, E. (forthcoming, 2024). English in Turkmenistan. In K. Bolton (Ed.), The Wiley Blackwell encyclopedia of World Englishes. Wiley.

Ahn, E. (2023). Introduction. In E. Ahn (Ed.), Wisconsin in the world. Examining internationalization at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Ahn, E. (2023). Operationalizing theories into practice: A look at the International Projects Office. In E. Ahn (Ed.), Wisconsin in the world. Examining internationalization at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Ahn, E., Alcock, R., Block, P., & Tupesis, J. (2023). International COVID-19 response: A university-intergovernmental organization partnership. In E. Ahn (Ed.), Wisconsin in the world. Examining internationalization at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Ahn, E., & Smagulova, J. (2020). Examining education change in urban Kazakhstan. A short spatial story. In I. Silova & S. Niyazov (Eds.), Globalization on the margins: Education and post-socialist transformations in Central Asia (pp. 273–291)(2nd ed.). Charlotte, NC: Information Age. 

Ahn, E. (2019). Language change and social shifts post-2010 in the Kyrgyz Republic. In J. Bouchard & G.P. Glasgow, Agency in language policy and planning. Critical inquiries (pp. 100–125). New York City, NY: Routledge.

Ahn, E., Dixon, J., & Chekmareva, L. (2018). Looking at Kazakhstan’s higher education landscape: From transition to transformation between 1920 and 2015. In J. Huisman, A. Smolentseva & I. Froumin (Eds.), 25 years of transformations of higher education systems in post-Soviet countries (pp. 199–227) [download here]

Ahn, E., & Shegebayev, M. (2017). “Come together”: Navigating ethical (un)knowns through dialogue in community. In N. Sobe, I. Silova, A. Korzh, & S. Kovalchuk (Eds.), Reimagining utopias: Theory and method for educational research in post-Socialist contexts (pp. 163–179). Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishing.

Bahry, S., Shamatov, D., Niyazov, S., Ahn, E., & Smagulova, J. (2016). An overview of language policy activities in Central Asia. In N. Hornberger & A. Lin (Eds.), Encyclopedia of language and education. Bilingual and multilingual education (Vol. 5). Berlin, Germany: Springer.

Ahn, E., Dixon, J., & Chekmareva, L. (2016). An overview of higher education transformation in Kazakhstan. In I. Froumin, J. Huisman, & A. Smolentseva (Eds.), A comparative study of higher education transformation in the Former Soviet Union. London, England: Palgrave.

Osman, S., & Ahn, E. (2016). Navigating change: Kazakhstani English language teachers’ responses to multi-scalar education reform. In P. Ng & E. Boucher (Eds.), English language teaching: Teacher agency and policy response. New York, NY: Routledge.

Smagulova, J., & Ahn, E.  (2016). Introduction. In E. Ahn & J. Smagulova (Eds.), Language change in Central Asia (pp. 1–10). Berlin, Germany: Mouton de Gruyter.

Ahn, E., & Jensen, T. (2016). An autoethnographic look at language education in Turkmenistan. In E. Ahn & J. Smagulova (Eds.), Language change in Central Asia (pp. 59–85). Berlin, Germany: Mouton de Gruyter.

Karabaev, D., & Ahn, E. (2016). Language choices of Kyrgyz students in Tajikistan. In E. Ahn & J. Smagulova (Eds.), Language change in Central Asia (pp. 149–168). Berlin, Germany: Mouton de Gruyter.

Ahn, E. (2015). Maneuvering the margins. A Korean-American in Kazakhstan. In Z. Hua & A. Komisarof (Eds.), Weaving intercultural work, life, and scholarship in globalizing universities (pp. 160–173). New York, NY: Routledge.

Ahn, E. (2013). A survey overview of non-EU signatories of the Bologna Process. In J. Dixon & D. Soltys (Eds.), A handbook to understanding the Bologna Process for Kazakhstani higher education administrators. Almaty, KZ: Akadem Press. 

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