Academic position

2023-present: Senior Lecturer (부교수) in Korean Studies, the University of Melbourne, Asia Institute

2015-2022: Lecturer (조교수) in Korean Studies, the University of Western Australia, School of Social Sciences

2012-2015: full-time lecturer (전임강사), Sogang University Korean Language Education Centre

Education

2012: PhD, Korean Language and Culture Education, Korea University

2008: MA, Korean Language and Culture Education, Korea University

2004: BA, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Other qualifications

2021: Fellow Higher Education Academy

2008: Certificate of Korean Language Teacher (level 2), National Institute of the Korean Language

Roles

2021-2022 & 2023-2024: President, Australian Association of Teachers of Korean (AUATK)

2023 - present: Korean Studies convener, the University of Melbourne

2024 - present: Director, Global Korea Research Hub, the University of Melbourne

2021-2022: Discipline chair of Asian Studies, the University of Western Australia

2017-2022: Korean Studies coordinator, the University of Western Australia

Expertise

Korean language & Korean language teaching and learning

Course & Learning material design for Korean language