Jee Hyun Lee

Lecturer of Korean

Korean Faculty
Jee Hyun Lee
Contact
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Location
Herter Hall 530

Office Hours

  • Spring 2026

    Wed, 2:20 - 4:40 p.m.

Profile

Jee Hyun Lee holds a Ph.D. in Korean Linguistics from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa and a Master’s in East Asian Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles. Before joining the UMass Amherst Korean program, she taught at Harvard University and the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. Her research interests include pragmatics, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, conversation analysis, and second/heritage language learning and pedagogy.

Academic Background

  • Ph.D. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, East Asian Languages and Literatures
  • M.A. University of California, Los Angeles, East Asian Studies
  • B.A. University of California, Los Angeles, Linguistics and Asian Languages and Culture

Research Areas

  • Pragmatics
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Discourse Analysis
  • Conversation Analysis
  • Second/heritage Language Learning and Pedagogy

Courses Recently Taught

  • Korean 115: Beginning Korean I
  • Korean 125: Beginning Korean II
  • Korean 235: Intermediate Korean I
  • Korean 245: Intermediate Korean I
  • Korean 390STA: Pre-Advanced Korean I
  • Korean 390STB: Pre-Advanced Korean II