I-Chun (Vera) Hsiao

I-Chun Vera Hsiao is a Ph.D. candidate in Multilingual Education at the University of Iowa. Her research interests include language assessment, TESOL, English-medium instruction, and teacher education. Her dissertation employs a mixed-methods design to examine test takers’ perceptions of the BESTEP, Taiwan’s first standardized EAP test, focusing on its fairness, alignment with learners’ goals, and educational impact.