Faculty

Hyoseak (Stephen) Choi

Hyoseak (Stephen) Choi

Adjunct Lecturer, Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture

Office: 614 Kent Hall
Office Hours: F 1:00- 3:00
Email:  hc2963@columbia.edu

Educational Background

BA: Saint Mary’s University
MA: University of Toronto/Columbia University
PhD: Columbia University

Classes Taught

AHUM UN3830: Colloquium on Modern East Asian Texts
EAAS GU4150: Childhoods in Modern Japanese Literature

Research Interests

Modern Japanese Literature, Publishing Culture, Childhood, Social Theory, Translation

Stephen Choi received his PhD from the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia
University in May, 2024. His research focuses on the diverse iterations of “childhood” that is represented
in literary works, as well as the role that the idea of “childhood” plays in the production, distribution,
and reception of texts. Exploring the many social and political functions of childhood utilized for
legitimating ideologies, proliferating propaganda, and promoting policies, the research aims to gain a
deeper understanding of existing socio-political narratives and consider possible future narratives that
can serve to protect actual children. He is currently working on book projects in both English and
Japanese.

Sue Y. Yoon

Sue Y. Yoon

Lecturer in Korean

Office: 502-G Kent Hall
Office Hours: TW 4-5 PM
Phone: (212) 854-5038
Email: syy2121@columbia.edu

Educational Background

PhD: Korean Language and Linguistics, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (2023)
MA: Linguistics with specialization in Language Teaching Studies, University of Oregon (2017)
MA: Korean Linguistics and Pedagogy, University of Oregon (2017)
BA: Linguistics, University of Oregon (2015)

Classes Taught

KORN UN1101 First Year Korean
KORN UN2201 Second Year Korean

Research Interests

Korean Linguistics and Pedagogy
Interactional Linguistics
Conversation Analysis
Multimodality

Sue Y. Yoon received her doctoral degree in Korean Language and Linguistics from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Her dissertation, titled “The Interactional Uses of Response Tokens in Korean Conversation: As Resources for Managing Turns, Sequences, and Stances”, examines how the recipient of a turn deploys response tokens to accomplish a diverse range of interactional work.

Filed Under: Adjunct, Korean

Jiyeon Janice Kim

Jiyeon Janice Kim

Adjunct Lecturer in Korean

Office: 502F Kent Hall
Office Hours: T 2:30 pm -3:30 pm
Email: jyk2123@columbia.edu

Educational Background

MA: Teacher’s College at Columbia University (’15)

Classes Taught

KORN UN1101 First-Year Korean I

Research Interests

Second Language Acquisition.

Jiyeon Kim has been teaching a wide range of Korean levels to all ages since 2014. She received her M.A. in Early Childhood Education from Teachers College Columbia University and holds a TESOL certificate from University of California, Riverside. She is currently working at the Korea Society as a Korean language instructor.

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