Research Interest

Geographic Areas: Korea, Guatemala

Linguistic Anthropology, Intercultural Communication, Bilingualism, Language ideology

Media representations of gender and regional identities, Joking

team communication, corporate culture


Professor

School of Liberal Arts UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

Work experience


Mar 2021 - Present Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

Professor School of Liberal Arts

Mar 2015 – Feb 2021 Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

Associate Professor School of Liberal Arts

Feb 2018 – Jan 2019 University of California, Santa Barbara

Visiting Scholar Department of Linguistics

Aug 2009 – Feb 2015 Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

Assistant Professor Division of General Studies

July - Aug 2013 University of Texas, Austin

Visiting Scholar Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies

Feb – July 2009 Seoul National University

HK Research Professor Institute of Latin American Studies

Sept 2008 – Jan 2009 Seoul National University

Post-doctoral Researcher Cross-Cultural Research Institute

Mar 2007 – Feb 2008 KAIST

Lecturer Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Sep 2006 – June 2007 Seoul National University

Adjunct Professor Department of Anthropology

Sept 2003 – July 2004 The George Washington University

Post-doctoral Researcher Department of Anthropology



Education


2003 Anthropology. SUNY at Albany

1995 Anthropology Seoul National University

1991 Anthropology Seoul National University