Overview
Her research and teaching interests include bilingualism and translanguaging, second and heritage Korean language development, and content-based language instruction with focus on history, literature and cultural studies. She has published on topics such as discourse reference forms, tense/aspect morphology and relative clause construction in L2 Korean, heritage language learners and motivations, and content-driven and socially-engaging language instruction. Her current research focuses on construction of language instruction that engages in critical academic discourse while aligning with students’ cultural interests and subjectivity.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of the Practice of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
·
2016 - Present
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Education, Training & Certifications
University of Hawaii, Manoa ·
2000
Ph.D.
Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) ·
1991
M.A.
Seoul National University (South Korea) ·
1985
M.A.
Seoul National University (South Korea) ·
1983
B.A.