Hana Jee

Dr. Hana Jee is a Lecturer in Korean language and linguistics at York St John University's School of Education, Language and Psychology. With expertise spanning language, cognition, and culture, Dr. Jee teaches Korean language modules while contributing to English linguistics instruction. Her academic journey began with a BA in English Education from Seoul National University, followed by over a decade teaching English in South Korea before pursuing advanced degrees in the UK.

Her research focuses on the universal systematicity between linguistic forms and meanings across languages, with particular emphasis on semantic ambiguity, grapheme-phoneme correspondences, and cognitive overload in Korean language processing. Dr. Jee has developed innovative methods to quantify linguistic qualities such as the distance between word meanings and letter shapes.

Dr. Jee's scholarly output reveals a strong concentration on grapho-phonemic systematicity in writing systems, particularly Hangul, with increasing exploration of semantic variation in political and social contexts. Her work spans linguistics, cognitive science, and sociolinguistics, demonstrating interdisciplinary approaches to understanding language structure and processing.

• Highly Commended Dissertation Award (MSc in Psychology of Language)
• British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant (2023)
• Students as Researchers Scheme awards (2022, 2023)
• Hangul Association Research Grant for Early Career Researchers (2023)

As a dedicated educator and researcher, Dr. Jee actively engages with the academic community through professional roles including Communication Lead of the Korean UK Academic Society (since 2025) and Honorary Secretary of the British Association for Korean Language Education (since 2023). Her public engagement efforts include publishing Korean language textbooks and maintaining educational YouTube content through her '하나하나한국어' channel.