Dr. Becky Huang is Professor of Multilingual Language Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the Ohio State University. Her research areas span across applied linguistics, psychology, and education. Her research program focuses on two interrelated areas that address the goal of promoting language and education outcomes for multilingual students: language/literacy development and assessment of multilingual students. Her research has been funded by the National Institute of Health, the Institute of Education Sciences, and the U.S. Department of Education. 

Dr. Huang currently serves on the Editorial Board for Language Assessment Quarterly, Language Testing, and NTU Journal of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language. She had previously worked as an Editorial Board Member for Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools (LSHSS) in 2019 and 2020, and she co-founded the International Language Testing Association’s (ILTA) Language Assessment for Young Learners special interest group. She also serves on award committees for the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Second Language Research and Bilingual Education Research special interest groups. She is passionate about promoting education equity and improving the lives of children and adolescents from minoritized backgrounds, and has been working with non-profit and community organizations that share similar goals and visions.