Education
| 1993-1999 | University of Pennsylvania Department of Linguistics Ph.D. in Linguistics Advisor: Prof. Anthony Kroch Title: The Structure and Interpretation of Imperatives: Mood and Force in Universal Grammar |
| 1991-1993 | University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, Educational Linguistics Division M.S.Ed. in TESOL (Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages) |
| 1989-1991 | Ewha Womans University (in Seoul, Korea) Department of English Language and Literature M.A. in English Literature |
| 1985-1989 | Ewha Womans University (in Seoul, Korea) Department of English Language and Literature B.A. in English Language and Literature |
Academic Positions
| 2014-Present | Professor, Department of Linguistics, Simon Fraser University |
| 2007-2014 | Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, Simon Fraser University |
| 2001-2007 | Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, Simon Fraser University |
| 1999-2001 | Postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Research in Cognitive Science, University of Pennsylvania |