Hye-Sook Wang
Associate Professor:
East Asian Studies
Phone: 863-3869
Phone 2: 863-2778
Hye-Sook_Wang@brown.edu
Professor Wang's research has focused on sociolinguistic and pragmatic aspects of Korean language acquisition.
Biography
Hye-Sook Wang received her Ph.D. in English Language and Linguistics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1993 and joined the Brown faculty in the same year. Professor Wang teaches all levels of Korean language and culture courses and coordinates Korean Studies and study abroad in Korea. Her primary research interests are in sociolinguistics, cross/intercultural communication and pragmatics, and applied linguistics (mainly acquisition of Korean as a second or foreign language).
Interests
Professor Wang is primarily interested in how English learners of Korean acquire Korean as a foreign language (KFL). She is also interested in the gender differences in language learning and usage, especially from a politeness perspective. Professor Wang also investigates cross-cultural and intercultural communication. In addition to conducting research on these topics, she has been actively developing language teaching materials.
Awards
National Flagship Language Initiatives Program Evaluation Grants, Center for Advanced Study of Language, University of Maryland, 2005-2006
LangNet Grants, National Foreign Language Center, University of Maryland, 2003-2005
Humanities Research Grants, Brown University, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006
Henry Merritt Wriston Fellowship (as recognition of excellence in teaching, one semester leave with full compensation), Brown University, 1999-2000
IVY League Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning Grants, 1996-1997, 1997-1998,1998-1999, 2000-2001
Fellowship, Center for Language Education and Research, Michigan State University, for Computer Assisted Language Learning workshops, summer 1997
Curricula Development Grant, Brown University, 1996-1997, 1997-1998, 1998-1999, 2004-2005
Wayland Collegium Faculty Study Grant, Brown University, 2000-2002 (with K. Yamashita & L. Domizzio)
UTRA (Undergraduate Teaching and Research Assistantship) award, Brown University, 1993-1994, 1994-1995, 1995-1996, 1997-1998, 1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2004-2005, 2006-2007
Guy S. Lowman Award, Department of English, University of Wisconsin, 1993
Travel Grant for graduate students, Department of English, University of Wisconsin, 1991, 1993
Affiliations
American Association of Teachers of Korean (AATK)
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
International Association for Korean Language Education (IAKLE)
International Gender and Language Association (IGALA)
Korean Society of Bilingualism (KSB)
National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL)
Sociolinguistic Society of Korea (SSK)
Teaching
Hye-Sook Wang teaches Korean at all levels and Korean Culture and Society.
Funded Research
National Flagship Language Initiatives Program Evaluation Grants, Center for Advanced Study of Language, University of Maryland, 2005-2006
LangNet Grants, National Foreign Language Center, University of Maryland, 2003-2005
Humanities Research Grants, Brown University, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006
Henry Merritt Wriston Fellowship (as recognition of excellence in teaching, one semester leave with full compensation), Brown University, 1999-2000
IVY League Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning Grants, 1996-1997, 1997-1998,1998-1999, 2000-2001
Fellowship, Center for Language Education and Research, Michigan State University, for Computer Assisted Language Learning workshops, summer 1997
Curricula Development Grant, Brown University, 1996-1997, 1997-1998, 1998-1999, 2004-2005
Wayland Collegium Faculty Study Grant, Brown University, 2000-2002 (with K. Yamashita & L. Domizzio)
Undergraduate Teaching and Research Assistantship (UTRA) award, Brown University, 1993-1994, 1994-1995, 1995-1996, 1997-1998, 1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2004-2005, 2006-2007
Guy S. Lowman Award, Department of English, University of Wisconsin, 1993
Travel Grant for graduate students, Department of English, University of Wisconsin, 1991, 1993