Sue Y. Yoon

Sue Y. Yoon is a Lecturer in Korean at Columbia University's Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures. Her work bridges Korean linguistics and pedagogical practices, focusing on interactional dynamics in language learning and use.

• PhD: Korean Language and Linguistics, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (2023)
• MA: Linguistics with specialization in Language Teaching Studies, University of Oregon (2017)
• MA: Korean Linguistics and Pedagogy, University of Oregon (2017)
• BA: Linguistics, University of Oregon (2015)

Her research interests include Korean Linguistics and Pedagogy, Interactional Linguistics, Conversation Analysis, and Multimodality. Her doctoral dissertation, "The Interactional Uses of Response Tokens in Korean Conversation: As Resources for Managing Turns, Sequences, and Stances," explores how response tokens in Korean facilitate interactional work like turn-taking and stance management. She teaches courses such as First Year Korean (KORN UN1101) and Second Year Korean (KORN UN2201).