Keynotes

  •  Keynote speech scheduled for the 31st Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference, Monash University. 31 October – 2 November, 2024. 

  • Language in the workplace: Korean immigrants in New Zealand. Keynote speech delivered at the Postgraduate Symposium on Approaches to Multilingualism. University of Sheffield. November 9, 2020.

  • Heritage language use in New Zealand. Keynote speech delivered at the International Conference on Korean Language Education. Seoul National University. October 31, 2020.

  • Heritage language use and identity. Keynote speech delivered at the 14th Annual New Zealand Association of Korean Schools Conference. Travelodge Wellington. July 16, 2020.

Invited Presentations

  • De/reconstructing Koreanness: The role of Korean language use. Invited talk as part of the invited colloquium ‘Semiotics of Global Koreanness’. Sociolinguistics Symposium 25. Curtin University, Australia. 24-27 June, 2024. 

  • Identity, agency, and linguistic marginalization in South Korean higher education: Voices of North Korean refugee students. Korean Studies Association of Australasia. 28 May, 2024.

  • Linguistic diversity and discrimination in South Korea. University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesia. 21 May, 2024.

  • Linguistic marginalization and insecurity: Experiences of North Korean refugees in South Korean higher education. Academy of Korean Studies. 10 May, 2024.

  • Addressing linguistic discrimination in (English language-dominant) higher education. Department of Second Language Studies. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. 22 February, 2024.

  • Parental ideologies and family language policy in interlingual families: Korean migrant mothers and non-Korean fathers in New Zealand. Invited talk. University of South Australia. 22 November, 2022.

  • The use of an e-portfolio project in a Korean language classroom. Invited talk. Korean Studies Research Session for Teaching and Technology. Monash University. June 5, 2022.

  • Identity and heritage language learning among mixed-heritage Korean New Zealanders. Invited talk. Korean Studies Centre, University of Queensland. May 18, 2022.

  • From student to early career researcher: Building an academic path in Korean Studies. Invited talk. Korean Studies Association of Australasia (KSAA) Emerging Researchers Group. May 4, 2022

  • Changing language attitudes and heritage language education: Perspectives from Vietnamese migrant mothers in South Korea. Invited talk. Department of English Education, The Education University of Hong Kong. November 25, 2021.

  • Language attitudes and heritage language education. Invited talk. Asia Research Center, National University of Singapore. November 16-17, 2021.

  • Marriage migrant women and care discourses in South Korea. Invited talk. Asia Institute, University of Melbourne. July 15, 2021.

  • Enhancing student participation in an online Korean language classroom. Invited talk. Faculty of Arts Mentoring Retreat. University of Auckland. June 5, 2021.

  • Enhancing student participation in an online Korean language classroom. Invited talk delivered at the Korean Studies Research Session for Teaching and Technology. Monash University. September 16, 2020.

  • Linguistic adaptation and identity construction among North Korean refugees in South Korea. Invited talk. The Australian Symposium of Korean Communities, Bilingual Practices and Cultural Identities. University of South Australia. November 28-29, 2019.

  • Identity construction among North Korean refugees in South Korea. Invited talk. Asia Institute, Seoul National University. November 12, 2019.

  • “I don’t want to be distinguished by others”: North Korean refugees in South Korea. Invited talk. Asia Institute, University of Melbourne. August 22, 2019.

  • Challenges of maintaining the mother’s language: Marriage-migrants and their mixed-heritage children in South Korea. Invited talk. Monash University. April 15, 2019.

  • “I feel more Korean now”: Identity transformation and heritage language use of a mixed-heritage Korean New Zealander. Invited talk. Australian Symposium on Korean Migration and Language. University of South Australia. November 14-15, 2018.

  • Gender ideologies and Korean language learning: A study of Southeast Asian marriage-migrants in South Korea. Invited talk. Australian Symposium on Korean Language Learning and Teaching. University of South Australia. November 20, 2017.