I am an Associate Professor of Korean Linguistics and the Director of the Korean Language Flagship Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. My primary research interests include second language acquisition, Korean phonology and phonetics, advanced Korean curriculum development, content-based instruction, and teaching the language and culture of Korea through Korean film. I was honored to receive the 2009 Board of Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching at UHM.
Educational Background
PhD in Linguistics, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
MA in English Linguistics, Sookmyung Women’s University
BA in English Language and Literature, Sookmyung Women’s University
Research Areas
Korean linguistics, second language acquisition, phonetics and phonology, content-based instruction, advanced Korean curriculum development, assessment, and teaching Korean language and culture through media (films, advertisements, news, etc.)
Selected Bibliography
“Hallyu and Korean Language Education: Linking Language Learning and Pop Culture,” In Hye-sook Wang (ed.), Social Change and Language Change: Implications for Teaching Korean (Tentative), Korea Research Monograph Series 40, Regents of the University of California, (To appear).
The Famous People in Korean History: Korean through Historical Figures (Co-authored with Kim, I & Jee, M.), Kong & Park, Incorporated, 2024.
“Integrating Open Architecture Curricular Design in a Proficiency-Oriented, Content-Based Instruction Course in Korean,” In A. Corin, B. Leaver, & C. Campbell (eds.), Open Architecture Curricular Design in World Language Education, Georgetown University Press, 2024 (In press).
Language maintenance, and ethnic identity among Korean heritage speakers in the Pacific region (Co-authored with Jee, M., & Park, M.), Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2023.2170386, 2023.
“Effects of linguistic experience on the perception of Korean stops”, In S. Cho & J. Whitman (eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Korean Language and Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 318-335, 2022.