Writing, research and work
- Associate Professor, English Dept., Pukyong National University (부경대학교), Busan, Korea (since 2020)
- EFL Professor, Korea University, Seoul, Korea (2014-2020)
- Research Professor & Educational Consultant, Center for Teaching & Learning, Korea University (2010-2014)
- Ph.D., Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
- M.A., Linguistics, & M.A. TESOL (Teaching English as a Second/Other Language, Applied Linguistics), Univ. Illinois
- English Wiki at www.enwiki.org
- LinkedIn profile
- List of publications
- GitHub: kentlee7
- My Medium blog site
- My résumé
Writing projects
Professional, academic, and technical writing & content creation
Coaching SOP
Standard Operating Procedures manual for university pedagogical coaching in Korea:
Citation guides
Rather complete guides for citations & references in APA, Chicago Manual of Style, and MLA.
Understanding your reaching philosophy
Understanding your teaching style, implicit beliefs & practices in college teaching, and writing teaching statements: Articulating your teaching philosophy
Course and instructional design
Courses and workshops at two universities that I designed from scratch:
Other guides and manuals
Data analysis & research projects
Some of my projects relevant to data analysis and research
Professional development program for grad students
I created a professional development program for graduate students in Korea. Survey research was conducted to evaluate the program, participants’ needs, and their English language skills.
Methods: Correlation & logistic regression in SAS; Results: Three papers published, and program improvements
Blog Post
Community group demographic analysis
A demographic survey that I designed and then analyzed for a community organization in Seoul.
Methods: Survey development, correlation & logistic regression in SAS; Results: Detailed reports helped stakeholders to better understand attendees, their needs, and degree of satisfaction.
Blog Post
Student motivation in EMI
Korean students’ ability to handle courses taught in English, efficacy, & motivation.
Methods: Survey data collection, statistical analysis in SAS; Results: Conference presentations on student difficulties & recommendations
Blog Post
Other projects
Pedagogical coaching
Coaching issues among new university professors in Korea: pedagogy, professional development, and English skills. Results: Paper published in 2023. Blog Post
English pronunciation
A project on improving Korean students’ English pronunciation. Methods: Classroom experimental research design, hierarchical linear modeling in R; Results: Published research article; more & better teaching materials. Blog Post
Writing connectors project
Analysis of writings of Korean & Chinese students showed overuse & underuse patterns for English connectives. Methods: Loglinear regression in SAS; Results: Two published research papers. Blog Post
Noun phrase project
Data on noun phrase patterns from students to be analyzed; also, large language corpus data set to be analyzed for NP patterns. Methods: Pragmatic judgment questionnaires, statistical analysis to be conducted in SQL and R; previous studies with loglinear regression in SAS. Results: Several previous studies published; two major papers to be submitted in later 2024; better teaching materials. Blog Post
Kaggle: Employement data set
Analysis of a small Kaggle data set on employement patterns of an Indian company. Methods: Logistic regression analysis and plots in R; Results: A report with data summaries and R code. Report
Zoom fatigue
A survey study found effects of Zoom fatigue for online classes during the pandemic, which was influenced by personality factors. Methods: Correlation in R; Results: Conference presentation, recommendations for future online classes. Blog Post
Others
About two dozen research articles published over my academic career. My Papers
Curriculum Vitae
Skills
- Computer & software skills:
- Linux (Ubuntu, Fedora, KDE), Windows
- Excel, R, SAS, SQL, regex, LibreOffice, Obsidian
- HTML, CSS
- Familiar with MediaWiki, WordPress, DaVinci Resolve, Latex, GIMP, Jupyter, Anaconda, Visual Studio
- Currently learning Docker, SQL/MySQL, GitHub, Tableau & Python
- Statistics: Correlation / regression; logistic/loglinear regression, hierarchical linear modeling, PCA, various multivariate methods, chi-square analysis, data cleaning
- Soft skills: Analytical, problem solving, & critical thinking skills, hypothesis testing (in social science research); Strong verbal & written communication skills (from classroom teaching & research)
- Research & analysis: Researched and published two dozen research articles in academic journals, using quantative and/or qualitative research, in linguistics and education. Research presentations at over thirty academic conferences. Comfortable with working in many different theories, paradigms and models in social sciences and other fields.
- Language skills: Native English speaker; strong verbal and writing skills, including research and technical writing. 3A level in German; 1A-1B levels in Spanish, French, Korean, Mandarin, Latin.
Certifications
- IBM Data Science Professional Certificate (December 2024, expected)
- Google Business Intelligence Professional Certificate (April 2024)
- Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate (April 2024)
- CompTIA Network+, N10-008 (March 2024)
- CompTIA Security+, SY0-701 (Feb. 2024)
- CompTIA Linux+, XK0-005 (Feb. 2024)
- Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate (Feb. 2024)
Key publications
- Areas: Applied linguistics, phonology, delimiters (def./indef. articles), pragmatics, psycholinguistics
- All publications
- Lee, K. (2023). Improving English pronunciation accuracy among Korean adult learners. Modern English Education 24(0) 272-283. DOI:10.18095/meeso.2023.24.1.272.
- Lee, K. A. & Lee, H. (2023). Faculty coaching and faculty needs in Korean universities. Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 27(2), 27-52). http://www.paal.kr/html/sub04_03.asp
- Lee, K. A. & Lee, H. (2023). Faculty Coaching and Faculty Needs in Korean Universities. Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 27(2), 27-52). http://www.paal.kr/html/sub04_03.asp.
- Lee, K. (2023). A comparative analysis of English nuclear stress principles in conversation. Topics in Linguistics, 24(1), 18-42. doi.10.2478/topling-2023-0002
- Lee, K. (2021). Evidence for ‘like’ as a focus marker. Language Research, 57(1), 1-29. http://doi.org/10.30961/lr.2021.57.1.1
- Lee, K.(2021). Teaching articles: Addressing university students’ misconceptions. Journal of Learner-centered Curriculum and Instruction, 21(2), 1-25. http://dx.doi.org/10.22251/jlcci.2021.21.2.1
- Lee, K., & Lee, H. (2018). An EAP professional development program for graduate students in Korea. TESOL Quarterly, 52(4), 1097-1107. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.447
- Lee, K., & Lee, H. (2018). Korean Graduate Students’ Self-perceptions of English Skills and Needs in an English-medium Instruction Context. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 39(8), 715-728. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2018.1438442
- Lee, K. (2017). A “the” or the “a”? L2 learner problems and patterns. Korea TESOL Journal, 13(2), 25-48.
- Lee, K., & Lee, H. (2017). Korean graduate students’ perceptions of guidance and professional development. Higher Education, 73(5), 725–740. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-016-9988-9
- Lee, K. (2013). Koreans’ use of English connectors and topic management in writing. English Language Teaching, 25(2), 81-103
Personal bio
- Home base: Currently based in Searcy, Arkansas, while residing and working in Busan, Korea
- Previous locations: Grew up in Amarillo, Texas. Also lived in: West Lafayatte, IN; Hamburg, Germany; Urbana-Champaign, IL; Seoul, Korea.
- College: Purdue University (B.A., German)
- Graduate School: University of Illinois: M.A., Linguistics; M.A., TESOL (Teaching English as a Second/Other Language, or applied linguistics); Ph.D., Educational Psychology; doctoral research focus: psycholinguistics