Yoo Kyung Sung, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies. She teaches a range of undergraduate and graduate level children's literature courses. She earned her Ph.D. in Language, Reading, and Culture (LRC) in University of Arizona. Her work focuses on global, cross-cultural, and international children's literature, critical content analysis, transnational identities and literacies, and intercultural curriculum. She served a national children's book award in Notable Children's Books In Language Arts (Children's Literature Assembly) and a committee of Notable Books for Global Society (International Literacy Association, Children's Literature Sig). She also served an elected director of United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) and now she is the New Mexico USBBY Ambassador. She was the committee of the NCTE Children's Poetry Awards Committee and the NCTE Standing Committee on Assessment. Yoo Kyung Sung is an elected member of the Elementary Section Steering Committee of NCTE (2021-2024). She is an elected committe of the Phoenix Picture Book Award with ChLA. Yoo Kyung Sung is serving the Oribs Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Books committee from 2024 to 2026.
Rulers of Literary Playgrounds by 
Critical Visual Analysis of Picturebooks by 
Using Nonfiction for Civic Engagement in Classrooms by 
Critical Content Analysis of Children's and Young Adult Literature by 
Teaching Globally by 
Multicultural Literature for Latino Bilingual Children by 
African Youth in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture by 
Diversity in Youth Literature by 
Reclaiming Reading by 
Reading in Asian Languages by Teaching Courses
