Jaehyun Jo joined Rutgers in the fall of 2020. He got his BA in Korean Language and Literature, MA in Korean Linguistics and KFL Acquisition from Yonsei University, and PhD in East Asian Linguistics from UCLA. He is interested in examining everyday language use and its connections to culture, identity, and society from the perspective of functional/interactional linguistics. Dr. Jo plays the haegeum and is an enthusiastic food lover. He will be teaching Korean language courses, translation, socio-pragmatics, and language and cultural ramifications both in the Korean & East Asian contexts to support the growth of the lively new Korean major and the graduate program at Rutgers.
Education
- Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles (East Asian Linguistics)
- B.A. Yonsei University (Korean Language and Literature)
- M.A. Yonsei University (Korean Linguistics and KFL Acquisition)
Areas of Specialization
- Korean Linguistics
- Discourse analysis
- Socio-pragmatics
Selected Articles and Book Chapters
- Cho, Young-mee Yu. & Jo, Jaehyun. (Forthcoming) Linguistic Politeness in Korean Speech Level and Terms of Address, Chris Shei and Saihong Li (Eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Asian Linguistics.
- Jo, Jaehyun. (2018) Korean ‘Formality’ Endings ‘-supnita/-supnikka’ and ‘-eyo’ in the Negotiation of Interactional Identity in the News Interview, Journal of Pragmatics 136, 20-38.
- Jo, Jaehyun. (2018) The Stance and Subjectivity in the Use of the Korean Post-Verbal Negation ‘-ci anh-’ in the Telephone Conversation, International Journal of Korean Language Education 4(2), 81-106.
- Jo, Jaehyun. (2018) Lexical Analysis on the Collocates of ‘pwulkyo (Buddhism)’ in Korea between 1930’ – 2003, Chakana, International Journal of Korean Studies 2, University of Costa Rica, 183-196.
- Jo, Jaehyun. (2011) The Influence of Previous Experience of Learning a Typologically Similar Second Language on the Acquisition of Korean as a Third Language, Language Facts and Perspectives 27, 277-300.
- Jo, Jaehyun & Kim, K. (2010) The ‘Han (regret)’ and ‘Excitement’ in Korean Traditional Music, reprinted in Kim, H. (2010). “Readings in Korean Culture for Foreigners”. Episteme, Seoul.
- Park, Jisoon. & Jo, Jaehyun. (2009) A Comparative Analysis of Summary of Korean Text by Korean and Foreign Students, Korean Journal of Applied Linguistics 25(2), 227-250.
Courses Taught or Developed
- Beginning/Intermediate/Advanced Korean
- Structure of Korean
- Languages and Cultures of Asia
- Korean Translation: Introduction to Practical Translation & Translation Theories
Selected Awards and Distinctions
- Mellon-EPIC(Excellence in Pedagogy and Innovative Classrooms) Fellowship, the Humanities Division, UCLA 2018
- Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Dept. of Asian Languages and Cultures, UCLA 2017
- Departmental Research Fellowship, the Dept. of Asian Languages and Cultures, UCLA 2017
- Summer Research Grant, the Graduate Division, UCLA 2017
Professional Affiliations
- Life-time member of American Association of Teachers of Korean
- International Pragmatics Association
- Applied Linguistics Association of Korea
- The Korean Language and Culture Education Society
Organizational Work
- The Haegeum Player for the Documentary Film Land of My Father, Hollywood, California 2019
- An Organizer for the 26th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference, UCLA 2018
