Profile, projects & portfolio
I have been an assistant professor at Pukyong National University (부경대학교) in Busan, Korea, since 2020, in the Department of English Language & Literature.
- Assistant Professor, Pukyong National University (2020-present
- EFL Professor, Korea University, Seoul, Korea (2014-2020)
- Research Professor & Educational Consultant, Center for Teaching & Learning, Korea University (2010-2014)
- Ph.D., Educational Psychology, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign, UICU)
- M.A., Linguistics, & M.A. TESOL (Teaching English as a Second/Other Language, Applied Linguistics)
- Publications
Portfolio
A brief list of my projects that are relevant to data analysis
Student motivation in an EMI context
Students at some Korean universities are required to take some courses in English, regardless of major. This is according to EMI or English medium instruction at such universities. In this survey study, data were collected from 500 undergraduates at a major university in Seoul, to assess their English self-efficacy and readiness for EMI courses. The results show insufficient English skills or efficacy, especially for some groups. This calls into question the validity of EMI courses, as they have been enacted, as many students are not ready for EMI requirements.
Noun phrase project
Definite / indefinite articles and bare nouns are the bane of many learners and teachers. My research on this, from cognitive semantic perspectives, makes possible more intuitive and sensible approaches to teaching, explaining, and practicing these grammatical juggernauts. My research is based on cognitive linguistics, particularly schema theory in cognitive psychology, and on pedagogical and corpus based research. Several smaller studies have been published, and two major data sets await analysis for large-scale data analysis projects.
Social organization: Demographic analysis
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English pronunciation
A short term project was conducted on improving students’ English pronunciation….
About Me
Born: Denver, Colorado. Grew up in Amarillo, Texas
College: Purdue University (B.A., German)
Graduate School: University of Illinois — M.A., Linguistics; M.A., TESOL (Teaching English as a Second/Other Language, or applied linguistics); Ph.D., Educational Psychology; doctoral research focus: psycholinguistics
Residing in Busan, Korea with my wife and son.
Research interests
Phonology
Cognitive grammar / cognitive linguistics
Applied linguistics