Research & Education
Current Research Interests
- Syntax
- Morphology
- Cognitive Linguistics
- Cognitive Grammar
- Corpus Linguistics
Educational Background
- Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005
- M.A. in Linguistics, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, 1995
- B.A. in Linguistics, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, 1993
Teaching Experience
- Syntax
- Phonology
- Morphology
- Cognitive Linguistics
- Python Programming for Language Researchers
- Historical Linguistics
- Language and Writing
- Applied Linguistics
- Corpus Linguistics
- Computational Semantics
Employment History
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Fall 2018 - Present
Professor of Linguistics, University of Minnesota Duluth
(Department of English, Linguistics, and Writing Studies)
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Fall 2011 - Spring 2018
Associate Professor of Linguistics, University of Minnesota Duluth
(Department of Writing Studies)
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Fall 2005 - Spring 2011
Assistant Professor of Linguistics, University of Minnesota Duluth
(Department of Writing Studies)
Personal History (My Life Story)
I was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, a city of 10 million people. I did much of my education in Korea, but when it came time to get my PhD, I traded subway commutes for drives through cornfields, and attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
The Midwest began to grow on me, and I moved to Duluth to take a position teaching linguistics at UMD. I like to think I never knew what "winter" meant until I moved here! Despite the harsh winters, many wonderful things have happened to me during my time here: I got married, raised my daughter here, I became a U.S. citizen, and I had another daughter.
In my free time, I enjoy researching many topics in linguistics, collecting writing instruments (I like them all, but fountain pens especially), exercising, reading (Haruki Murakami, Stephen King), taking pictures with other people's dogs, and spending time with my wife and daughters.
Below are some pictures of my family and me.
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