Mihyon Jeon is Associate Professor and teaches Korean language and culture at York University. She joined York University in 2005 after receiving her PhD in Education Linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania. She has developed the Korean section within the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics by designing and offering a variety of courses including advance-level Korean language, Korean Popular Culture, Korean Cinema, Korean Linguistics, etc. She has received grants from York University (Teaching-Learning Development Grant) and the Ontario government (Ontario Online Initiative Fund) for developing online and blended courses. Her research interests include Korean language education as a heritage language in North America and English as second language education in Asia. She focuses on language ideologies and maintenance issues among Korean immigrants in North America as well as native-speaking English teachers’ transnational experiences and identities who teach English in Asia.
Research Specialties:
Sociolinguistics, language policy, globalization and language, heritage language, language maintenance, Korean language education pedagogy
Mihyon Jeon
Associate Professor
Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics
mihyjeon@yorku.ca