Geographic Areas: Korea, Guatemala
Linguistic Anthropology, Intercultural Communication, Bilingualism, Language ideology
Media representations of gender and regional identities, Joking, panmal (non-honorifics)
team communication, corporate culture
School of Liberal Arts UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
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
2003 Anthropology. SUNY at Albany
1995 Anthropology Seoul National University
1991 Anthropology Seoul National University