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President
Mee-Jeong Park, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Chair
Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures
University of Hawaii at Manoa

Executive Secretary
Bumyong Choi, Ph.D.
Teaching Professor and Korean Language Program Coordinator
Dept. of Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures
Emory University

Treasurer
Angela Lee-Smith, Ph.D.
Senior Lector II and Coordinator of the Korean Language Program
Dept. of East Asian Languages & Literatures
Yale University

Communications Officer
Sangbok Kim, Ph.D.
Teaching Professor and Korean Language Program Coordinator
Dept. of Asian Languages and Civilizations
University of Colorado Bolder
Members of the Executive Board
(3-year term)
[2026-2029]

Kyung-Eun Yoon, Ph.D.
(Conference Committee)
Associate Professor
Dept. of Modern Languages, Linguistics & Intercultural Communication
University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Namseok Yong, Ph.D.
(Outreach Committee)
Lecturer in Korean Language
Dept. of East Asian Studies
Princeton University

Jieun Kim, Ph.D.
(KHS Committee)
Senior Lecturer in Korean Language
Dept. of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
The University of Chicago
[2025-2028]

Jeeyoung Ahn Ha
(Conference Committee)
Director of the Korean Language program
Dept. of East Asian Languages and Cultures
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


[2024-2027]

Ahrong Lee, Ph.D.
(Conference Committee)
Associate Professor
Dept. of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
York University


Mina Lee, Ph.D.
(KHS Committee)
Professor and Associate Provost
Educational Technology and Development
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center



Korean Special Interest Group at ACTFL

Past presidents of AATK
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