Yun Sil Jeon

Dr. Yun Sil Jeon is an Associate Professor of Spanish at Coastal Carolina University. Her research focuses on sociolinguistics of Korean communities in Argentina and Thailand, Spanish linguistics, and second language acquisition. Born in South Korea, she moved to Argentina at age 8 and later conducted her Ph.D. in Spanish Linguistics at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2000), studying the Korean diaspora in Argentina. She has also worked in Thailand as Vice Director of Latin American Studies Center at Chulalongkorn University.

• Education: Ph.D. in Spanish Linguistics and Theory of Literature, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2000)

Her teaching areas include Spanish linguistics, sociolinguistics, grammar, and methodologies for teaching Spanish as a second language. She emphasizes multilingualism through her family's transnational experiences, speaking Spanish, Korean, Catalan, French, and English. Her work integrates globalization perspectives with language education and cultural studies.