Biography:

 Education

1993	Ph.D., Department of Linguistics, the Ohio State University , Columbus, Ohio (Advisor: Mary E. Beckman )
1988	M.A., Department of Linguistics, The Ohio State University , Columbus, Ohio
1984	M.A., English Language and Literature, Chonnam National University , Kwangju , Republic of Korea
1982	B.A., English Education, Chonnam National University , Kwangju , Republic of Korea

Employment

2004-present	Professor, Dept. of Linguistics, University of California, Los Angeles
1999-2004	Associate Professor, Dept. of Linguistics, University of California, Los Angeles
1993-1999	Assistant Professor, Dept. of Linguistics, University of California, Los Angeles
1986-1993	Research and Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Linguistics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
1984-1986	Research Associate, LanguageResearch Center, Chonnam National University , Kwangju , Republic of Korea