l About GS TESOL l Faculty
Faculty
 | Jee Eun Kim, Dean of GS TESOL | |
| 주요학력 | Ph.D. Georgetown University | |
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| jeeeunk@hufs.ac.kr | ||
| Professor Jee Eun Kim received her Ph.D. in Linguistics from Georgetown University, specializing in Computational Linguistics. Following her tenure as a computational linguist at Microsoft Research in Redmond and a group manager at R&D of Microsoft Korea, she joined HUFS as a professor in the Department of ELLT. Her research interests encompass automated English scoring/assessment systems, sentiment analysis, construction of ironic corpora, prompt engineering, and various topics in Natural Language Processing. Currently, she teaches Computer and (English) Linguistics, Introduction to Language Technology, Introduction to English Linguistics, and Prompt Engineering for Language Models to undergraduate students, and Computational Linguistics I and Computational Linguistics II to graduate students. | |
 | Hyun Jung Kim, Vice-Dean of GS TESOL | |
| 주요학력 | EdD, Columbia University | |
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| hkim@hufs.ac.kr | ||
| Professor Hyun Jung Kim earned an Ed.D. in Applied Linguistics from Teachers College, Columbia University. She currently teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Second Language Assessment, Second Language Acquisition, Research Methods, English Textbook Studies and Teaching Methods, and Studies in English Curriculum Education. Her research interests include second and foreign language assessment, assessment of speaking ability, language test validation, and discourse analysis. She is a board member of Asia TEFL and the Applied Linguistics Association of Korea. |
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| Steven Adoranti | |
| 주요학력 | MA, University of New England | |
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| stevenado@hufs.ac.kr | ||
| Steven earned an MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of New England. He has extensive experience teaching both skills-based courses at the undergraduate level and content-based courses at the graduate level. In the Graduate School of TESOL, Steven teaches courses in Lesson Design, Introduction to Learning Management Systems, Teaching English Grammar, and Portfolio Development. He also teaches an online writing course. Steven's professional interests include blended learning and how educational technologies can be used to enhance the language learning process, second language writing, and how grammar instruction can be integrated in communicative context. |
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 | Merrilee Brinegar | |
| 주요학력 | M.Ed. University of South Queensland | |
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| merrileeann@gmail.com | ||
| Originally from Austin, Texas, Merrilee has spent the last 10 years teaching both EFL and TESOL-related courses to undergraduate and graduate students in Korea. With a graduate degree in Educational Technology, Merrilee's courses focus on teaching English in technologically-rich environments, with courses such as Web Contents for English Education. Her teaching and research interests thus revolve around online education, second language learning and teaching, online learning strategies, and assessment. | |
