Nayoung Kwon

Nayoung Kwon is an Associate Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of Oregon, affiliated with the Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages. Her research focuses on neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics, and syntax, particularly how language systems interact with cognitive functions and grammatical variations map to processing. She employs ERP, eye-tracking, and self-paced reading methodologies for cross-linguistic parsing studies.

• Ph.D. in Linguistics & Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego
• M.A. in Linguistics & Applied Linguistics, UC San Diego & Korea University

Her recent work explores honorific processing, pronoun resolution, and social hierarchy computation in Korean and Chinese. She supervises psycholinguistic research using an SR Eyelink eye-tracker and Brain Vision EEG system, offering opportunities for PhD students in East Asian Linguistics and MA candidates in Linguistics and Pedagogy. Her teaching portfolio includes courses on Korean linguistics, psycholinguistics, and research methods.