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YONGTAEK KIM
Assistant professor of Japanese & Korean
Department of Foreign Languages
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
OFFICE ADDRESS: 408 Sutton Hall, IUP, Indiana PA 15705
(office) (724) 357-7529
E-mail: yt.kim@iup.edu
HOME ADDRESS: 510 Grant Street, Indiana PA 15701
AUTHORIZATION TO WORK IN US: Permanent resident (October 24, 2014)
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
B.A., Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, English Language and Literature (1997)
M.A., Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan, Linguistics (2000)
Ph.D., University of Oregon, Linguistics (2009)
Assistant Professor of Japanese (August 2012-)
LANGUAGES
Native in Korean, near-native in Japanese, fluent in English
PUBLICATIONS
Book Chapters
“A Comparative Study of Inverse Voice in Korean and Japanese.” Harvard Studies in Korean
Linguistics XV. Cambridge, Mass. Dep. of Linguistics, Harvard Univ. March, 2014.
Articles
“Explicit marking of factive/fictive change participants: An account of alternations between the
accusative and other oblique cases in Korean and Japanese,” submitted to Cognitive Semantics, a
peer-reviewed international journal on October 1, 2015 as a second author with Dr. Izutsu.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Explicit marking of factive/fictive change participants: An account of alternations between the
accusative and other oblique cases in Korean and Japanese.” 13th
ICLC (International Cognitive
Linguistics Conference) as a second author with Dr. Izutsu on June 20-25, 2015, at Northumbria
University, Newcastle, England.
“Make students actor/actress in your classroom – a voice-over project of Disney’s Frozen.” 40th
Spring Methodology Conference. April 17, 2015, Indiana, PA.
“Using Tablets in Classrooms: Issues and Suggestions, Spring Methodology Conference. April 25,
2014.
“Applying Cognitive Linguistics to Japanese Transitivity: Towards a Semantic Map Model.” AATJ
2014 Annual Spring Conference. March 27, 2014, Philadelphia, PA.
” A Comparative Study of Inverse Voice in Korean and Japanese.” 15th
Harvard-International
Symposium on Korean Linguistics on August 3, 2013, Cambridge, MA.
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“Applying Cognitive Linguistics to the Study of Japanese as a Second Language: Towards a
Semantic Map Approach.” a pre-conference symposium of the 12th ICLC (International Cognitive
Linguistics Conference) on June 21, 2013, at University of Calgary in Calgary, Canada.
GRANTS
Japan Foundation Japanese Language Learners Event Grant (1st
College Japanese Speech Contest in
Western PA): August 25, 2015. Value: $600
USRC Grant for International Conference Presentation for “Explicit marking of factive/fictive change
participants: An account of alternations between the accusative and other oblique cases in Korean
and Japanese.” 13th
ICLC (International Cognitive Linguistics Conference) on June 20-25, 2015,
at Northumbria University, Newcastle, England. Value: $500.
CHSS special project funding for “Developing online quiz for Japanese and Korean.” March 20,
2015. Value: $1,200
Japan Foundation Teaching Materials Grant: October 28, 2014. Value: $1,000
USRC Grant for International Conference Presentation for “Applying Cognitive Linguistics to the
Study of Japanese as a Second Language: Towards a Semantic Map Approach.” a pre-conference
symposium of the 12th ICLC (International Cognitive Linguistics Conference) on June 21, 2013.
University of Calgary in Calgary, Canada. Value: $2,000.
Japan Foundation Salary Assistance Grant for Japanese-Language courses. June 7, 2013. Value:
$20,000
Japan Foundation Institutional Project Support - Small Grant Program. March 18, 2013. Value:
$24,386.96
AWARDS
President’s Advancing Grantsmanship Award (IUP) November 11, 2013. Value: $1,250
Four credit course release in Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 as a matching fund for two Japan Foundation
Grants.
President’s Advancing Grantsmanship Award (IUP) April 11, 2013. Value: $1,250
Fifteen Samsung Galaxy 2 10.1 tablet computers and cases from the Dean of CHSS as matching fund
of Japan Foundation Institutional Project Support Grant. Value: $5,354
President’s Advancing Grantsmanship Award (IUP) October 16, 2012. Value: $2,500
CONFERENCES ATTENDED
The 13th
ICLC (International Cognitive Linguistics Conferencea, Northumbria University, Newcastle,
England, June 20-25, 2015
The 40th
Spring Methodology Conference, Indiana, PA, April 17, 2015
The 39th
Spring Methodology Conference, Indiana, PA, April 25, 2014
AATJ (American Association of Teachers of Japanese) 2014 Annual Spring Conference, Philadelphia,
PA. March 27, 2014
The 15th
Harvard-International Symposium on Korean Linguistics, Cambridge, MA. August 3, 2013
A pre-conference symposium of the 12th ICLC (International Cognitive Linguistics Conference),
University of Calgary in Calgary, Canada. June 21, 2013
WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
Samulnori workshop (3 hours/week) at Cogswell 128, traditional Korean percussion quartet, October
5-November 6, 2015
College Technology Day August 2015
Liberal Studies Workshop-Teaching Writing Across the Curriculum at IUP, May 12-13, 2015
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Samulnori workshop (5 hours/week), traditional Korean percussion quartet, March 3-April 11, 2015
College Technology Day January 2015
College Technology Day August 2014
College Technology Day August 2013
College Technology Day January 2013
Web-based Financial Reports Training December 2012
College Technology Day August 2012
TEACHING
AUGUST 2012 to present. Assistant Professor, Indiana University of PA, Indiana, PA
Courses taught at IUP
JAPN 101 Elementary Japanese I
JAPN 102 Elementary Japanese II
JAPN 201 Intermediate Japanese
CRLG 109 Elementary Korean I
CRLG 159 Elementary Korean II
ASIA 281 Language, Cognition and Culture in East Asia
ASIA 281 Cultural Exploration of Traditional Korea
ASIA 281 Cultural Exploration of Contemporary Korea
Invited lecture
“How to teach fundamental Korean conversation in immersion style” as a part of a series of Building
Classroom Target Language Use by APPLES (Appalachian Professional Language Educators’
Society), September 26, 2015.
Other Teaching Experience
Summer Honors Program at IUP, “Language, Cognition and Culture in East Asia” (Summer 2014)
Instructor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Languages and Culture Studies.
Charlotte, NA (August 2010 to July 2012)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Western Washington University, Department of Modern and Classical
Languages, Bellingham, WA (September 2009 to July 2010)
Instructor, Kanazawa University, Department of English Language and Literature (September 2006 to
August 2007)
SERVICE
UNIVERSITY
Organizer of 3rd
Japan/Korea Night, November 6, 2015
Organizer and player of Samulnori, traditional Korean percussion quartet, October 5-November 6,
2015
New course proposal of KORE 101 approved by Department Curriculum Committee (Fall 2015)
New proposal of certificate in foreign languages in the Department of Foreign Languages with Dr.
Kilam (approved by Senate on September 15, 2015)
Set up a table of Japan and Korea Study Abroad for Education Abroad Fair, October 21, 2015
Organizer of a presentation on Shift from politics to people in North Korea by Liberty in North
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Korea, September 29, 2015
Organizer of a workshop on Japanese traditional paintings by Japan-America Society of
Pennsylvania, September 21, 2015
Set up a table of Japan and Korea Study Abroad for I on the World: Asia, September 17, 2015
Created a retractable banner of Summer Culture Tour to Korea and Korean course, Fall 2015
Faculty-led Summer Culture Tour to Korea (ASIA 281-801 Cultural Exploration of Traditional Korea,
ASIA 281-802 Cultural Exploration of Contemporary Korea), (May 2015 to present)
Assisted OIE to establish institutional partnership between IUP and Miyazaki University in Japan,
Summer Intensive Program for Japanese Language and Culture at Miyazaki University
(Fall 2012 to present)
Organizer of weekly voluntary peer tutoring for Japanese and Korean (Spring 2015 to present)
Organizer of weekly Japanese Conversation Club (Fall 2013 to Spring 2015) and Korean
Conversation Club (Fall 2014 to Spring 2015)
Organizer of T-shirt of 1st
College Japanese Speech Contest in Western PA (Spring 2015)
Organizer of 1st
College Japanese Speech Contest in Western PA. McVitty Auditorium, April 11,
2015
Organizer of 1st
Japanese Speech Contest at IUP. McVitty Auditorium, March 27, 2015
Set up a table of Japan and Korea Study Abroad for I on the World: Asia, March 26, 2015
Organizer and player of Samulnori workshop, traditional Korean percussion quartet, March 9-April
11, 2015
Organizer of 2nd
Japan Night, November 7, 2014
Co-organizer of 2nd
East Asia Night, October 24, 2014
Organizer of promotion of Korean 1, offered in Spring 2015: Creating, printing of flyers, posters and
distributing leaflets at Oak Grove from October 3rd
, 2014 to October 17, 2014; Setting up a
promotion table from October 6th
, 2014 to October 17, 2014
Organizer of Japanese Tea Ceremony via Japan-America Society of Pittsburgh, on October 9th
, 2014
Living Learning Liaisons-Global Awareness liaison (September 2013 to present)
Temporary faculty committee member for APSCUF (2013-2014)
Organizer of Japanese table at Passport Program, September 15, 2014
Organizer of facebook groups: IUP Japanese Program (Fall 2012 to present), IUP Korean Program,
(Spring 2013 to present), Summer Culture Tour (Spring 2015 to present)
Chair of panel session Applying Cognitive Linguistics to Japanese Pedagogy in AATJ (American
Association of Teachers of Japanese) 2014 Annual Spring Conference, Philadelphia, PA. March
27, 2014
Organizer of Thursday conversation sessions for JAPN 101, 102 and 201 for both IUP and LHUP
students (Spring 2013 to Fall 2014)
Organizer of three Japanese content courses, Anime; Cognition, Language and Culture in East Asia
(Fall 2013); Japanese Pop culture (Spring 2014)
Organizer of 1st
Japan/Karaoke Night, November 15, 2013
Co-organizer of 1st
East Asia Night, October 11, 2013
Organizer of Japanese table at Passport Program, October 2, 2013
New course proposal of Distance Education of JAPN 101 and JAPN 102 submitted (September 2013)
New course proposal JAPN 101 and JAPN 201 submitted to UWUCC (University-wide
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee) (Summer 2013)
Organizer of 1st
Asian Karaoke Night, April 6, 2013
New course proposal of JAPN 101 approved by UWUCC (University-wide Undergraduate
Curriculum Committee) (Spring 2013)
Organizer of Colloquia on Cognitive Linguistics, “Types of Cognition and Types of Language” by Dr.
Nakamura from Kanazawa University in Japan. Keith 233, February 1, 2013
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Adviser of JAPASO (Japanese Student Association) (August 2012 to present)
Supervisor of KSA (Korean Student Association) (August 2012 to present)
Member of Asian Studies Committee at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (August 2012 to present)
Coordinator of Japanese/Korean Program (Fall 2012 to present)
COLLEGE
Chair of Summer Asian Language Scholarship committee (May 2015 to present)
Adviser of students of Asian Studies (Japan and Korean specialty)
DEPARTMENT
Committee member of Spectrum
Organizer of 2015-2016 IUP Korean Program hoodie
Organizer of 2015-2016 IUP Japanese Program hoodie
Organizer of 2014-2015 IUP Japanese Program hoodie
Organizer of 2013-2014 IUP Japanese Program T-shirt
Organizer of 2012-2013 IUP Japanese Program T-shirt
Methodology Conference Committee (Fall 2013 to present)
Departmental Honors Society Committee (Fall 2013 to Spring 2015)
Departmental Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (Fall 2012 to Fall 2014)
SCHOLARLY COMMUNITY
Lifetime member of Discourse and Cognitive Linguistics Society of Korea (1998 to present)
Member of the Society of Kugyol (2007-2012)
Member of Japanese Cognitive Linguistics Association (2000 to present)
Member of Asian Studies (2007-2009)
Member of National Council of Japanese Language Teachers (2009 to present)
Member of Association of Teachers of Japanese (2009 to present)
