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]
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]
Books
Chekmareva, L., Dixon, J., & Ahn, E. (2016). Per aspera ad astra: Building university autonomy in Kazakhstan. Almaty, Kazakhstan: Akadem Press. [download here]
Journal Articles
Ahn, E. (forthcoming). Constructing a nation: The early years of the Turkish Republic. 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]
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.
Conference Proceedings
Fimyar, O., & Ahn, E. (2015). Ethics and truth-telling in collaborative education research. Proceedings for the Annual Meeting of the Scientific Research Community Philosophy and History of the Discipline of Education. Leuven, Belgium.
Smagulova, J., & Ahn, E. (2015). Looking at medium of instruction, literacy and educational equity: A survey of Almaty high school students. Proceedings for the Language and Education in Development Conference. New Delhi, India.
Ahn, E. (2013). “Flipping out”: Online approaches to teaching in English as a foreign language context. Proceedings for the 10th Annual KIR Conference. Almaty, KZ.
Ahn, E. (2013). The impact of the rise of English-medium instruction in higher education harmonization processes. Proceedings for the 10th Annual KIR Conference. Almaty, KZ.
Ahn, E. (2012). Negotiating a civic and market identity: The case of Kazakhstani higher education. Proceedings for the 9th Annual KIR Conference. Almaty, KZ.
Ahn, E. (2012). Language and the Bologna Process: The role of language in the internationalization of Kazakhstan’s higher education institutions. Proceedings for the Nazarbayev University International Conference on Higher Education. Astana, Kazakhstan.
Ahn, E. (2011). Mapping Turkish ethnolinguistic-scape between 1927 and 1965. Proceedings for the International Conference on Language, Education and Diversity. Hamilton, NZ.
Ahn, E. (2008). The EU’s language and education policies: Examining changing discourses and policy pendulums in uncertain times. Proceedings for the International Conference on Language, Education and Diversity. Hamilton, NZ.
Ahn, E. (2007). A region divided/united: Language policy developments in the European Union. Proceedings for the European Union Studies Association Conference. Pittsburgh, PA: European Union Center of Excellence.
Local Journals (Kazakhstan)
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 Reviews
Ahn, E. (2014). Nation, language, and Islam (Helen Faller). Europe-Asia Studies, 66(1), 157–158. DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2013.864099
Ahn, E. (2014). Identity and Turkish foreign policy (Umut Uzer). Europe-Asia Studies, 66(1), 158–160. DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2013.864100
Ahn, E. (2014). The Common European Framework of Reference (M. Byram & L. Parmenter (Eds.)). Language Policy. DOI: 10.1007/s10993-013-9307-6