Jung Won Hur, assistant professor, Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology, was among seven Auburn University faculty members recently named recipients of the Faculty Mentoring Program Award by The Office of the Vice President for Research.  The goal of the Faculty Mentoring Grant Program is to provide mentoring to new faculty resulting in the production of an extramural research proposal, published article(s), or other scholarly and creative works.

Hur, whose area of expertise is educational media, received a Ph.D. from Indiana University and a M.Ed. and B.A. from Seoul National University of Education.  Her research interests include online teacher professional communities, designing online learning environments and designing technology tools for teachers and students.