Jooyeon Rhee – Penn State, University Park

Director of the Institute for Korean Studies

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Associate Professor of Asian Studies and Comparative Literature

jxr5820@psu.edu // Jooyeon’s Page

Research Interests

• Modern Korean Literature and Film
• Gender Studies
• Diaspora Studies
• Food Studies

Lan Kim – Penn State, University Park

Associate Director of the Institute for Korean Studies

Coordinator of the Korean Language Program

Associate Teaching Professor of Korean and Asian Studies

luk18@psu.edu // Lan’s Page

Research Interests

• Korean Linguistics (Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics, and Discourse Analysis)
• Language Acquisition
• Korean Teaching Pedagogy

Jungwoo Ryoo – Penn State, DuBois

Chancellor, Chancellor’s Office

Chief  Academic Officer, Academic Affairs

jxr65@psu.edu // Jungwoo’s Page

Research Interests

• Software Security
• Network/Cyber Security
• Security Management (particularly in the government and medical sector) and Auditing (especially in cloud computing)
• Software Architectures

Soo-yong Byun – Penn State, University Park

Professor of Education, Demography, and Asian Studies 

Visiting Professor at Ewha Womans University

szb14@psu.edu // Soo-yong’s Page

Research Interests

• Korean Education
• Comparative and International Education
• Sociology of Education 
• Social Stratification
• Educational (in)Equality
• Educational Policy Analysis

Inkyu Kang – Penn State Behrend

Associate Professor of Communications

iuk14@psu.edu // Inkyu’s Page

Research Interests

• Global Media
• Visual Communications
• Cultural Studies
• New Media Technology

Na-Young Ryu – Penn State, University Park

Assistant Teaching Professor of Korean

nayoung.ryu@psu.edu // Na-Young’s Page

Research Interests

• Korean Linguistics
• Phonology
• Second Language Acquisition
• Computer-Assisted Language Learning

Ok-sim Kim – Penn State, University Park

Assistant Teaching Professor of Korean

Research Interests

• Sociolinguistics
• Pragmatics
• Comparative Studies in Korean and Japanese

Hyun Soon (Julie) Cho-Min – Penn State, University Park

Assistant Teaching Professor of Asian Studies 

hyunmin@psu.edu // Julie’s Page

Research Interests

• Comparative Corpus Analysis
• Discourse Analysis
• Computer-Assisted Language Learning

Eunsun You – Penn State, University Park 

Lecturer of Korean

eby5068@psu.edu // Eunsun’s Page

Research Interests

• Content Based Teaching
• L2 Writing

Susan Strauss – Penn State, University Park

Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and Asian Studies, with courtesy appointments in Education and Linguistics

sgs9@psu.edu // Susan’s Page

Research Interests

• Media Discourse and Analysis
• Cognitive Motivations of Lexical and Grammatical Choice
• Language Pedagogy

Jayoung Song – Penn State, University Park

Assistant Professor of Korean and Asian Studies

jayoung.song@psu.edu // Jayoung’s Page

Research Interests

• Korean Applied Linguistics
• Intercultural Communication
• Technology Enhanced Language Learning

Hyeseon Kim – Penn State, University Park

Community Outreach Coordinator

hzk6@psu.edu // Hyeseon’s Page

Research Interests

• Korean History
• Diaspora Studies
• Buddhism and Meditation
• Content-Based Language Learning

Erin Brogan – Penn State, University Park

Graphic Designer

eob5198@psu.edu

Current Student

• Majors: Linguistics & Korean
• Minor: Art

Tin Myat Khine – Penn State, University Park

Website Manager

tmk5786@psu.edu

Current Student

• Majors: Marketing & Korean