1. Young-ok Yum 1
CURRICULUM VITA
May 2015
ADDRESS
509 N. 17th
Street
Manhattan, KS 566502, USA
E-MAIL: youngok@cox.net
PH: +1 785 341 4652
WORK
Founder
Center for Global Local Solutions (organization, forthcoming)
Manhattan, KS 66502
EDUCATION
Ph.D. 2000
May
Communication Arts and Sciences(formerly, SpeechCommunication) The
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
M.A. 1993
Dec
English/TESOL
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, USA
B.A. 1987
Feb
English Language and Literature (minor in Political Science)
Yonsei University, Seoul,Republic of Korea
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
Associate
Professor
2007-14 Department of Communication Studies,College of Arts & Sciences,
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS,USA
Visiting
Professor
(Sabbatical)
2011-12 College of Communication, Yonsei University, Seoul,Korea.
Adjunct
Faculty
2011-12 Dept.of Emergency&Disaster Management,College of Public Safety and
Health, American Public University System,Charles Town,WV, USA
Adjunct
Graduate
Faculty
2008-14 TeachingEnglish as Foreign Language, Department of Modern
Languages, College of Arts & Sciences,Kansas State University
Adjunct
Faculty
2000-11 American Ethnic StudiesProgram, College of Arts & Sciences,Kansas
State University
Lecturer 2007
(March)
The Maastricht Center for Transatlantic Studies (MCTS)/TeikyoUniversity,
Maastricht, The Netherlands
Assistant
Professor
2001-7 Department of Communication Studies (formerly, Speech
Communication), Theatre and Dance,College of Arts & Sciences,Kansas
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State University
Visiting
Assistant
Professor
2000-1 Department of SpeechCommunication, Theatre and Dance,College of
Arts & Sciences,Kansas State University
Acting
Assistant
Professor
1999-
2000
Department of Communicology (formerly, Speech),University of Hawaii
at Manoa, Honolulu, HI,USA
Graduate
Teaching
Assistant
1996-8 Department of SpeechCommunication, Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA, USA
Lecturer 1995 Korea University Graduate School of International Studies, Summer
International School, Korea University, Seoul
BLIND, PEER REFERED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Yum, Y., Canary, D.J.,
& Baptist, J.
2015 The Role of Culture and Equity in Maintaining Relationships: A
Comparison of the U.S.,Malaysia, and Singapore. Submitted to
InternationalJournalof InterculturalRelations. IJIR-D-13-00163
Yook, E., Yum, Y., &
Kim, S.
2014 TheEffectsof Hallyu onthe EthnicIdentityofKorean Transnationalsin
theU.S. Asian CommunicationResearch,11, 5-21.
Yum, Y., & Canary, D.
J.
2009 Cultural differencesin equity theory predictions of relational
maintenance strategies. HumanCommunicationResearch,35(3), 384-
406. DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.2009.01356.x
Li, Desroches, Yum et
al.
2007 Asymmetrical talk betweenphysicians and patients. Canadian
Journal ofCommunication, 32(3), 417-433.
Yum, Y., & Li, H. Z. 2007 Associations among attachment style, maintenance strategies, and
relational quality across cultures. Journal ofIntercultural
CommunicationResearch, 36(2),71-89.
Li, H. Z.,Zhang,Z.,
Bhatt, G., & Yum, Y.
2006 Rethinking culture and self-construal: China as a middle land.
Journal ofSocial Psychology,146(5),591-610.
Yum, Y., & Hara, K. 2005 Computer-mediated relationship development:A cross-cultural
comparison. Journalof Computer-MediatedCommunication,11(1),
article 7.
Li, H. Z., Yum, Y.,
Yates, R., Aguilera, L.,
Mao, Y.,& Zheng,Y.
2005 Interruption and involvement in discourse: Can intercultural
interlocutors be trained? Journalof InterculturalCommunication
Research, 34(4), 233-254.
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Yum, Y., & Schenck-
Hamlin, W.
2005 Reactions to 9/11 as a function of terror management and
perspective taking. Journal ofSocial Psychology,145(3),265-286.
Yum, Y. 2004 Culture and self-construal as predictors of responses to
accommodative dilemmas in dating relationships. Journalof Social
and PersonalRelationships,21, 817-835.
Yum, Y. 2003 The relationships among loneliness, self/partner constructive
maintenance behavior, and relational satisfaction in two cultures.
CommunicationStudies,54(4), 451-467.DOI:
10.1080/10510970309363303
INVITED, PEER REFEREED CHAPTERS & REPORTS
Baptist, J.,&
Yum, Y.
Canary, D. J.,&
Yum, Y.
In
press
In
press
Doesmodernization change communication strategies? In the NCFR Report*:
Family FocusonEffective Communication.[*NCFRReport is the member news
magazine of the NCFR, or National Council on Family Relations.]
Relationship maintenance strategies. In Charles Bergerand Michael Roloff
(Eds.), InternationalEncyclopediaof InterpersonalCommunication.Chichester,
UK: Wiley.
Kulcsar, L., &
Yum, Y.
2011 One nation, one brand?: Controversies in branding discourse in post-
communist Hungary. In Nadia Kaneva, Branding post-communist nations:
Marketizing national identitiesin the“new” Europe.Oxford, UK:Routledge.
Yum, Y., &
Canary, D. J.
2003 Maintaining relationships in Korea and United States: Features of Korean
culture that affectrelational maintenance beliefs and behaviors. In D.J.
Canary & M.Dainton (Eds.), Maintaining relationshipsthroughcommunication:
Relational, contextual,andcultural variations. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates.
Yum, Y., &
Mezzacappa,D.
2000 Attachment style differencesas a function of culture among African American
and South Korean patterns. In M.K. Asante & E.Min (Eds.), Socio-cultural
conflicts betweenAfrican andKorean Americans. Boston: University Press of
America.
Yum, Y. 1998 The communication stereotypes of Whites and Asians in the White-dominant
classroom. In K. S.Sitaram & M.H. Prosser (Eds.), Civic discourse:
Multiculturalism,cultural diversity,and global communication (pp. 415-425).
Greenwich,CT: Ablex.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
Have beeninvestigating the adaptation of communication behaviors and beliefs about marriage
and family of Koreanethnics dispersed across the Asian region since the Korean diaspora at the
turn of the 20th
century,focusing on ethnicKoreans in China, South Korea, and the
Commonwealth of IndependentStates of the former Soviet Union (CIS States). Co-author: Dr.
Natalya Yem is a sociologist, department of Korean studies, al-Farabi Kazakh National University,
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Almaty, Kazakhstan. She will focus on helping data collection and analysis in the CIS States.
Maintaining relationships in the 21st
centuryin Korea and the US:I collectedopen-endedand
quantitative data during my sabbatical year in spring 2012 and am in the process of translating the
data and plan to work on testing them to discover the implications of a culture-specificRMS
measurementdevelopment.
RMS data collected with a collaborator at Balkh University, Afghanistan
Data on individual differencesin interpersonal perception and response post 9/11, Iraq War,
Katrina, Gustav, and Virginia TechShooting has some initial coding. Interview and survey data
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
(Competitive or Invited)
Yum, Y., &
Nakanishi, M.
2014 Nov Chinese Dream,Cool Japan,and Korean Wave:TheSoft Power ofEast
Asian Countriesin theU.S. Heartland.Presented at the annual
meeting of National Communication Association in Chicago.
Yook, E., Yum, Y.,&
Kim, S.
2013
August
TheEffectsof Hallyu onthe EthnicIdentityofKorean Transnationals
in theU.S. Presented at the 2013 World Communication Association
conference,Seoul,Korea.(The first author was the presenter)
Yum, Y., Canary, D.
J., & Baptist, J.
2013
June
Maintaining RomanticRelationshipsin Different Cultures:A Cultural
ModernizationTheoryPerspective.Competitive paper presented in
Interpersonal Communication Division Spotlight Session at the
63rd Annual Conference of International Communication
Association, London, UK. June 17-21.(The first author and
presenter)
Yum, Y. 2013
June
PopCulture and Brand CompetitivenessofChina,Japan,and South
Korea according to Ordinary Young Americans. Competitively
selectedresearch presentation, the 2013 “The BRICS Nations:
BetweenNational Identity and Global Citizenship” Pre-Conference
of International Communication Association, London, UK.
Yum, Y. 2012 Nov Asian Femalesas Third-CultureAdultsin theU.S.
Academia. Theoretical presentation in Women'sStudies at the 98th
Annual Convention of National Communication Association,
Orlando, Florida.
Yum, Y. 2012
July
Nation Branding andIdentity ReconstructioninPost-Communist
Hungary:ImplicationsforBrand Korea. The 9th
Biennial Convention
of the Pacific Asian Communication Association on "Culture,
Communication, and a New Vision in Asia." Seoul,Korea.
Li, H. Z.,& Yum, Y. 2010
June
InterruptionandPatient Satisfactionin Resident-Patient
Consultations. Paperpresented at the 60th
Annual Conference of
the International Communication Association, Singapore.
Yum, Y., & Canary,
D.J.
2008
Nov
The Influencesof Equity and Culture on Assessments of Relational
Maintenance Strategies. Presentedat the 94th
annual meeting of
National Communication Association, San Diego,CA.
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Yum, Y. 2008 May TheImpact of ModernizationandFairness on Personal Relationships.
The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.[I was invited to a
relationship researchgroup run by Drs. Glenn Adams and Omri
Gillath in the Department of Psychology.]
Yum, Y. 2007 Nov Engaging the Enemyin a Crisis Situation: The Terror Management
TheoryPerspective. Presentedat the 93rd
annual meeting of
National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
Yum, Y. 2007 Nov Communicating Love in Close Relationships: A Non-Western
Perspective.Presented at the 93rd
annual meetingof National
Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
Yum, Y., &
Kissick Buoy, A.
2007 May Differencesin Relationship Quality and Maintenance Behaviors
betweenActive Parents and Empty Nesters. Presentedat the 57th
annual meetingof International Communication Association, San
Francisco, CA.
Yum, Y., &
Canary, D. J.
2006 Nov Another Look at the Role of Equity in Relational Maintenance
Strategies: Four Moderating Factors. Presented at the 92nd
Annual
Meetingof National Communication Association. San Antonio, TX.
Yum, Y.,
Procter, D.,&
Schenck-
Hamlin, W.
2006 June The Role of Facilitated Discussions in Political Cynicism and Trust.
Paper presented at the Annual Meetingof International
Communication Association. Dresden,Germany.
Yum, Y., &
Alicesteen,R.
2006, May The Implications of Equity Theoryon Relational Maintenance and
Relational Satisfaction during Pregnancy.Paper presented at the
Annual Meetingof International Communication Association.
Dresden,Germany.
Alicesteen,R., &
Yum, Y.
2005 May The Impact of SexualCommunication on Relationship Satisfaction
during Pregnancy: Pregnant Women’s Perspective.Paper
presented at the Annual Meetingof International Communication
Association. New York, NY.
Yum, Y. 2005 April The Role of Trust in Political Participation: The Case of 2004 U.S.
Vice-/Presidential Campaigns. Paper presented at the 2005 Annual
Meetingof the Central States Communication Association. Kansas
City, MO.
Yum, Y. 2004 Nov The effectof relationship alternatives to relationship maintenance
and quality: A cross-cultural comparison. Paper presented at
National Communication Association in Chicago, IL.
Yum, Y., &
Schenck-
Hamlin, W.
2004 May Reactions to 9/11 as a function of terror management and
perspective taking. Paper presentedat the 2004 annual meeting of
International Communication Association in New Orleans, LA (Top-
Paper Panel in Applied Interpersonal Communication).
Yum, Y. 2004 May Testing the cross-cultural variability of relational maintenance
behavior scales across cultures:“Doesone size fit all?” Paper
presented at the Annual Meetingof International Communication
Association in New Orleans.
Yum, Y., &
Schenck-
2004 April Terror management in the contextof post-9/11 and its implications on
interpersonal behaviors. Paper presented at Louisiana State
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Hamlin, W. University in Baton Rouge, LA.
Yum, Y., &
Hara, K.
2003 The effectof culture on interpersonal communication in
cyberspace:Korea, Japan, and United States.Paper presentedat the
2003 Annual Meetingof National Communication Association in
Miami, FL.
Yum, Y. 2003 Computer-mediated communication and relational communication in
different cultures. Paper presented at the 2003 Annual Meetingof
International Communication Association in San Diego,CA.
Yum, Y. 2003 Testing equity theory-based predictions of relational maintenance.
Paper presented at the 2003 annual meeting of International
Communication Association in SanDiego, CA.
Yum, Y. 2002 July Developinga theory for computer-mediatedinterpersonal
communication among Koreans. Paper presented at the 52nd
Annual
Convention of International Communication Association. Seoul,
Korea.
Yum, Y. 2002 July The effectof commitment on problem-solving strategies used in
dilemmatic situations in close relationships. Paper presented at the
52nd
Annual Convention of International Communication Association.
Seoul,Korea.
Yum, Y., Chen,
L., Hara, K.,&
Puertas, S.
2002, July Cross-cultural comparison of the use of maintenance strategies in
romantic relationships as a function of commitment: Testing the
investment model. Paper presentedat the 52nd
annual convention of
International Communication Association. Seoul, Korea.
Yum, Y. 2002 April Cross-cultural comparison of relational problem-solving strategies: A
social exchange theoretical perspective.Paper presented at the
Annual Convention of National Association for Ethnic Studies
Convention. Vancouver, BC (April 4-6).
Yum, Y. 2002
March
Relational problem-solving strategies as a function of culture,self-
construal, and culture orientation type. Paper presented at the Annual
Convention of Western States Communication Association, Long
Beach,CA. (Top Paper Panel in Division of Intercultural
Communication)
Yum, Y. 2001 Nov The effectof attachment style on relational maintenance strategies
and relational quality in Hawaii, Korea, and U.S.mainland. Paper
presented at the Annual Convention of National Communication
Association.
Yum, Y. 2001 May The effectsof equity,investment size, and interpersonal
dispositions on relational maintenance strategies across cultures.
Paper presented at the International Communication Association
Convention at Washington, D.C.
Yum, Y. 2001 May DifferencesbetweenKoreans and Americans in maintaining intimate
relationships: A cross-cultural perspective.Presentedat the
International Communication Association Convention. Washington,
D.C.
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Yum, Y. 2001
March
The effectof ethnolinguistic identity on participation in university
classrooms: Perception of self and other. Paper presented at the
29th
Annual Conference of National Association for Ethnic
Studies.New Orleans.
Yum, Y. 2001
March
The effectsof equity and exchange orientation on maintaining
couple relationships across nation cultures. Paper presented at
the 10th
Annual Cultural StudiesSymposium, Kansas State
University, Manhattan, KS.
Yum, Y. 2001
Feb
Cross-cultural comparison of relational maintenance strategies in
equitable and inequitable relationships: Koreans versus European
Americans. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Western
States Communication Association (Top Paper Panel in
Intercultural Communication).
Yum, Y. 2000
Nov
The effectsof culture and exchange orientation on problem-
solving behavior in close relationships: European Americans and
Koreans. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of National
Communication Association. Seattle,WA.
Yum, Y. 2000
Nov
Collectivistic Koreans and individualistic Americans?:An
empirical test of individualism and collectivism using SCS.Paper
presented at the Annual Conference of National Communication
Association, Seattle, WA.
Yum, Y. 2000
June
Cross-cultural comparison of communication behavior in
equitable and inequitable dating relationships: Koreans versus
European Americans. Paper presented at the 50th Annual
Conference of International Communication Association,
Acapulco, Mexico.
Yum, Y. 1999
Nov
The effectof loneliness on relationship satisfaction and
self/partner pro-relationship behavior: A cross-cultural
comparison betweenthe US and Korea. Paper presentedat the
Annual Conference of National Communication Association,
Chicago.
Yum, Y. 1999
May
The use of proactive and reactive maintenance behaviors among
American and Korean college students in close relationships.
Paper presented at the 49th Annual Conference of International
Communication Association, San Francisco.
Yum, Y. 1998
Nov
Cross-cultural comparison of relational maintenance
communication: A case of the United States and South Korea.
Paper presented at the National Communication Association
Convention, New York
Mezzacappa,D.,
& Yum, Y.
1998
Nov
Attachment-style differencesamong college students in the
United States and Asia. Paper presentedat the National
Communication Association Convention, New York.
Yum, Y. 1997
Nov
Intercultural communication as a forced-compliance
situation: A self-presentation view. Paper presented at the
National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, IL.
Yum, Y., &
Canary, D. J.
1997
July
The role of culture in the perception of maintenance behaviors
and relational characteristics: A comparison betweenthe U.S.
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and Korea. Paper presented at the International Network on
Personal Relationships (INPR) Conference,Oxford,Ohio.
Yum, Y. 1997
July
U.S.versus Korean participant perceptions of maintenance
strategies and relational characteristics. Paper presented at the
International Network on Personal Relationships Pre-conference,
Oxford, Ohio.
Yum, Y. 1996
July
The communication stereotypes of Whites and Asians in the
White-dominant classroom. Paper presented at the Rochester
Institute of TechnologyConference on Multiculturalism, Cultural
Diversity, & Global Communication, Rochester,NY. (Outstanding
Student Paper).
DISCIPLINARY SERVICE
Editorial Board
Member
2015-
present
Asian CommunicationResearch. A publication of Korean Society
for Journalism and Communication Studies.
Paper reader 2015 Reviewed competitivepapers submittedtothe2015 Annual
ConventionofNational CommunicationAssociation(Asia/Pacific
American Communication StudiesDivision).
Editorial Board
Member
2005-
present
Journal ofInterculturalCommunication Research. A publication
of World Communication Association.
Member 2014 Industry Advisory Council, American Public University System,
June 11, 2014 (Review and evaluation of the APUS curriculum)
Ad hoc Article
Reviewer
2014 New Media& Society,Manuscript #3338-12638-2-RV
Ad hoc Article
Reviewer
2014 Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics,Manuscript #2014-0006
Chair 2014 Competitive Papers in Interpersonal Communication
Spotlighted ResearchSession (#5612), June 2013, Annual
International Communication Association Conference,London.
Paper reader 2012 2013 National Communication Association meeting-Washington
D.C.(International and Intercultural Communication &
DevelopmentDivision)
Ad hoc article
reviewer
2012 Journal ofSocial and PersonalRelationships
Paper Reader 2012
Nov/Dec
International Communication Association meetingin London
(Interpersonal Communication Division)
Ad hoc article
reviewer
2012 July Journal ofMarriage and Family
Chair 2012 July The “Media& Society in PR” session at the 9th
Biennial
Convention of the Pacific Asian Communication Association
(PACA) on "Culture, Communication, and a New Vision in Asia."
Seoul,Korea.
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Respondent 2012
April
Paper and roundtable, “Addiction to digital media: Exploring
the Korean contextof digital media research through meta
analysis” (trans.), Annual Spring Conference,Korean
Women’s Association for Communication Studies,Gyeongju,
Gyeongsangnam-do, Republic of Korea.
Ad hoc article
reviewer
2012
March
Journal ofInternational& InterculturalCommunication (editor:
Shiv Ganesh)
Respondent 2011 Nov “Migrant laborers’ social media” (trans.), Annual Autumn
Conference,KoreanWomen’s Association for
Communication Studies.Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Ad hoc article
reviewer
2011 Journal ofSocial and PersonalRelationships
Ad hoc article
reviewer
2011 Journal ofYouthandAdolescence
External reviewer 2010-11 Reviewedthe tenure application material, invited by Dept.of
Communication, Sam Houston State University, Texas
Ad hoc article
reviewer
2010 Journal ofComputer-MediatedCommunication
Ad hoc article
reviewer
2009 Cyber Psychology
Ad hoc article
reviewer
2009 Journal ofMarriage and Family
Ad hoc article
reviewer
2009 Journal ofSocial and PersonalRelationships
Ad hoc article
reviewer
2009 Journal ofComputer-MediatedCommunication
Ad hoc article
reviewer
2009 CommunicationMonographs
Paper reader 2009 The annual meetingof the International Communication
Association Convention, Singapore
Chair &
Respondent
2008
May
“An eclecticmix of topics in intercultural communication,”
The 58th
Annual Meetingof Intercultural Communication
Association, Montreal, Canada.
Ad hoc article
reviewer
2008 Journal ofMarriage and Family
Paper Reader 2007-8 The 2008 Annual Conference of International Communication
Association (Intercultural Communication Division)
Ad hoc article
reviewer
2007-8 HumanCommunicationResearch
Ad hoc article
reviewer
2007 HealthEducation
Ad hoc article
reviewer
2007 Journal ofMarriage & Family
Panel Organizer &
Participant
2007 Communicating with the Enemy,proposal submitted to the
annual meetingof National Communication Association (The
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Peace and Conflict Division)
Ad hoc article
reviewer
2007 Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
Governing Board
Member
2007 Korean American Communication Association
Ad hoc article
reviewer
2006 CommunicationTheory
Ad hoc article
reviewer
2006 Journal ofMarriage and Family
Chair &
Respondent
2006
Nov
“Communicating in a flat World: Taking action, making
connections.” Sponsored by Division on Communication and
the Future at the Annual Meetingof National
Communication Association. San Antonio, TX.
Respondent 2006
Nov
Communication, culture,and family: Sharing and learning in
cultural contexts. Sponsored by Korean American
Communication Association at the Annual Meetingof
National Communication Association. San Antonio, TX.
Chair 2006
June
The “Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Intercultural
Encounters” session, Intercultural & Development
Communication Division. The 56th
Annual Meetingof
International Communication Association, Dresden,
Germany
Chair 2006 The “Mediaand Cultural Boundaries” session. Intercultural &
DevelopmentCommunication Division, The 56th
Annual
Meetingof International Communication Association,
Dresden,Germany.
Governing Board
Member
2006 Korean American Communication Association
Ad hoc article
reviewer
2005 Journal ofMarriage and Family
Ad hoc article
reviewer
2005 Journal ofSocial and PersonalRelationships
Ad hoc article
reviewer
2005 Journal ofInterculturalCommunicationResearch
Paper Reviewer 2005 Reviewedcompetitive papers submitted to the Intercultural
& DevelopmentCommunication Division, 2006 annual
meeting of International Communication Association
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Chair 2005 May The “Culture and Advertising: New Approaches” panel,
Intercultural & DevelopmentCommunication Division. The 55th
Annual Meetingof International Communication Association.
New York, NY
Governing
Board
Member
2005 Korean American Communication Association
Chair 2004 May International Development/Intercultural Communication
Division, International Communication Association. New
Orleans, LA.
Ad hoc article
reviewer
2004 WesternJournalof Communication
Ad hoc article
reviewer
2003 CommunicationStudies
Secretary 2003 Korean American Communication Association
Panelist 2002 July Roundtable Discussion “East meetsWest: Transcultural
communication” at the biennial convention of Pacific and Asian
Communication Association, Seoul.
Ad hoc article
reviewer
2002 WesternJournalof Communication
Secretary 2002 Korean American Communication Association
Secretary 2001 Korean American Communication Association
Chair &
panelist
2001 Nov “Radicalizing Asian Cultural Roots in the Diaspora: Past Practices
and Future Directions.” The 2001 Annual Meetingof National
Communication Association. Atlanta.
Respondent 2001 Nov “Radicalizing Korean American Cross-Cultural Research:
Intercultural Adaptation, Communication Style, and
Individualism-Collectivism” session of the 2001 Annual Meeting
of National Communication Association. Atlanta.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
(Department, College, University, and Beyond)
Graduate School
contact person
2013-4 Department of Communication Studies
Outside
chairperson
2012-4 Ph.D.candidate, Jill Frost-Stewart, dissertation
committee, Family Studies, College of Human Ecology
Major
professor/MA
thesis advisor
2013-4 Jessica Brayton, Dept.of Communication Studies
Committee
member for MA
thesis
2013-4 Chris Mueller,Dept.of Communication Studies
Focus group
facilitator &
interpreter
2013 Facilitated a 2-hour-long group discussion among Korean
American residents in Junction City, KS,regarding
“community assets” and “quality of life” research project
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(director: Vicki Collie-Akers) sponsored by the Geary
Community Hospital, Geary County Health Department,
and USD 475.Collie-Akers (Ph.D.,M.P.H.)is the Associate
Director of Health Promotion Research,KU Work Group
for Community Health and Development.
http://communityhealth.ku.edu
Invited seminar
participant
2013
Sept.24
COMM720Perspectives on Human Communication
(Professor Sarah Riforgiate)
Invited
participant
2013
July 18-19
Presented a summary of “Individual and Cultural Indicators
of (& Readiness for) Social Integration in East North East
Asia: A Communication Perspective” at the expertgroup
meeting hosted by the United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Subregional
Office for East and North East Asia (SRO-ENEA)in Incheon,
South Korea, “MeasuringRegional Integration in East and
North-East Asia.” http://www.k-
state.edu/today/announcement.php?id=9326&category=p
ublications_and_presentations&referredBy=K-State Today
Archive
Workshop
presenter
2013
Apr 22
Staff/social workers meetingof Homecare& Hospice,
Manhattan, KS on Death,Aging,andCultural Competency
Guest lecturer 2013 Nov. 14 MC765 Communication Theory(Professor Angela Powers)
Seminar
participant
2012 Sept.6 COMM720Perspectives on Human Communication
(Professor Sarah Riforgiate)
Outside
chairperson
2010-12 Doctoral Dissertation Committee for Matthew James
Miller, “An interaction framework for multiagent
systems.” Department of Computing and Information
Science,KansasState University, ProQuest, UMI
Dissertations Publishing. 3513495
Guest Speaker 2012
July 7
Launching a21st
CenturyOdyssey:Globalizationand
Parenting.Deliveredto the Doosan We’Ve Apartment
Community Association, Dongtan Shindoshi, Gyeonggido,
South Korea
Guest Speaker 2012 June 20 “Keeping yourEye onthe Ball”:The GlobalAge andYoung
Koreans’Odyssey2012. Deliveredat Hakik High School
(boys only), IncheonMetropolitan City, South Korea
Guest Speaker 2012
May 26
CommunicationandRelationship in theGlobalized
Workplace. The X-DesignWorkshop, Center for
EngineeringEducation Innovation, College of Engineering,
Yonsei University Seoul,Korea
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Guest Speaker 2012
May 21
Being a KoreanHigh School Girl in theGlobal Age.Deliveredat
Youngshin Girls’ High School, Nowongu, Seoul,Korea
Guest Speaker 2012
April 16
TheIdentityofanEnglish Major in theGlobal Age.Yonsei
University Wonju Campus, Wonju, Gangwondo, South Korea
Guest Speaker 2011
Nov 22 &
29
Maintaining theSelf and RelationshipthroughCommunication
in theKorean Family Context.Doosan Apartment Community
Association, Dongtan Shindoshi,Gyeonggido, South Korea
Founder 2007-2010 Advancesin CommunicationTheoryandResearch, a student-
run online journal publishing student research papers in
human communication and related fields, http://www.k-
state.edu/actr/about/default.htm (Studenteditorsin chief
have beena motivated, high-achieving second-yeargraduate
student. The inaugural was Natalie Pennington who served
for two years. The second chief editor was MeganOliver. In
2010, the editor and website manager were paid student
workers)
Founder 2010 K-State Wildcat Communication Club
https://www.facebook.com/pages/K-State-Wildcat-
Communication-Club/178905108802434 Canceled. Student
organization to create campus-wide social group and promote
good communication on campus among individuals from
diverse cultural backgrounds and serve the related needsof
the Greater Manhattan community.
Organizer 2010 March Field trip to Garden City, KS.I organized the trip with the help
of Kayla Lee (a Communication Studiesgraduate and Garden
City native) and visited civic and community leaders serving
the Garden City community to learn about how the city has
beenmanaging and catering to the diverse international
refugee communities and other minority communities so
effectively. http://www.gctelegram.com/news/ethnic-
minority-leaders-3-29-10
Court-
appointed
interpreter
2013-
present
Dickinson County District Court
Court-
Appointed
Interpreter
2010-
present
Riley and Geary County District Courts
Founding
member
2010-2014 K-State Eisenhower Circle. Related link: http://www.k-
state.edu/media/newsreleases/oct12/alumawards102512.html
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Founder/
Donor
2010-2013 Kansas Peace Awards (inaugurated as the Wildcat Peace
Awards). Created the awards (and donated small amounts) to
celebrate the International Day of Peace (Sept. 21) in concert
with the K-State Community Cultural Harmony Week
festivities and to recognize one K-State student and one
community/faculty member everyyear for their efforts to
maintain a peacefuland inclusive climate on campus and in
the surrounding communities. Related link: http://www.k-
state.edu/today/students/announcement.php?id=4947&categ
ory=events&referredBy=todayRSSFeed
Member 2009 College of Arts & SciencesAssistant Dean for Diversity
Reappointment Decision Committee
Member 2008-2010 Advisory Board for the MA-TEFLProgram in Department of
Modern Languages,Kansas State University
Presenter 2008
Sept 22
Doyou speakAmerican? Barriers tointercultural
communication,Kansas International Educators Association
Conference,Alumni Center,Kansas State University
Guest
Speaker
2008
Sept 2
U.S. Culture 101:Communicating withAmericans. International
Student Workshop, International Student and Scholar
Services(formerly, International StudentCenter), Kansas
State University
Field trip
organizer
2008 June Planned and executedafield trip with a group of university-
level English teachers/professors from Afghanistan as part of
a class activity (COMM780) to The Dwight D.Eisenhower
Library, Museum,and Boyhood Home in Abilene, KS
Digital
Advising
2012-4 Created digital spaces in K-State Online to facilitate
communication among faculty/staff, graduate students, and
undergraduate students together and separately ("The
Commons"). I also created"Young's Advising Corner" in KSOL
for my undergraduate advisees.
Chair 2007-8 Faculty Search Committee for a tenure-track,assistant
professor position in Organizational, Interpersonal, and
Health Communication. Dept.of Communication Studies
Guest
Speaker
2007
August
Classroom communication, K-State Graduate Teaching
Assistant Orientation Workshop, K-State Center for
Advancementof Teachingand Learning
Member 2006-7 Department HeadSearchCommittee of Communication
Studies,Theatre & Dance,appointed by DeanSteve White
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Member 2006-7 Faculty Search Committee for a joint appointment by
American Ethnic Studiesand Social Work, Kansas State
University
Research
Associate
2004-2014 Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy,Kansas State
University
Guest Lecturer 2007 Spring Business Communication (Professor: Dr. Marcus Ashlock),
Department of Communications, College of Agriculture,
Kansas State University
Participant 2006
Feb
International Service Learning Workshop, Office of
International Programs, Kansas State University
Speaker 2005 Sept Intercultural Training Workshop for Faculty and GTAs,
“Communicating with Students in the Classroom,”
Department of Entomology, Kansas State University
Speaker 2005 August “Classroom Communication,” Graduate TeachingAssistant
Orientation Workshop, K-State Centerfor Advancementof
Teachingand Learning
Respondent 2005 May Proposal Planning Workshop for National Institute of Health
(NIH) Grant, sponsored by Keysfor Networking (Topeka, KS)
and Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Guest speaker 2005 May Celebrating the Asian Heritage Month, Kansas Department of
Social and Rehabilitation Services
Member 2004-present College of Arts & SciencesDiversityCommission, Kansas
State University
Faculty
Advisor
2002-4 DevelopingScholars Program (DSP),Kansas State University
Guest speaker 2004 Sept 7 Public Speaking Workshop for International Students, K-State
International Student Center
Presenter 2004
March 17
“Crossing Cultures: Communicating with Strangers,” Cross-
Cultural Awareness Training Workshop for Librarians, Kansas
State University
Member 2000-11 Governance Board of the American Ethnic Studies Program,
Kansas State University
Member 2001-2 2003-4
2004-5
Faculty Search Committee, Departmentof Speech
Communication, Theatre and Dance,Kansas State University
Member 2003 Diversity Committee, Department of SpeechCommunication,
Theatre and Dance,Kansas State University
Member 2003-4 ResearchEvaluation Committee, Department of Speech
Communication, Theatre and Dance Department, Kansas
State University
Volunteer 2002
Fall
Meadowlark Hills RetirementCommunity, Manhattan, KS
Participant 2001 “Preparing Tomorrow’s Teacherswith Technology” (a.k.a.
T3 Academy),selectedby the College of Education, Kansas
State University
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Participant 2000
Fall
Seminar Serieson Aging Research,Galichia Centeron
Aging, Kansas State University
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (Teaching & Research)
Participant 2014, Nov. 22 Attended a Short Course (#21) on Qualitative Research
Methods (Presenters: Sarah Tracyet al.) at the NCA annual
meeting,Chicago
Participant 2014
Jan 31, Feb 1
Teachingworkshop, “Actively Engagingthe Brain,” K-State
Alumni Center
Participant 2013
Oct 18, Dec13
Attended NVivo workshops, Hale Library
Participant 2013
June 22
Participated in the "Bridging the Quantitative-Qualitative
Divide in Comparative Communication Research:Heading
towards Qualitative Comparative Analysis," All-day ICA
Postconference [#9218], London, UK
Online
teaching
2013, May Taught a May Intersession course (COMM480)
Participant 2013, spring Voluntarily participated in the Peer Reviewof Teaching
Program. I identified and implementedteaching
enhancementstrategies in one of my classes in collaboration
with my team and the entire group.
Participant 2012-4 Canvas Trial Group. I used the Canvas trial version as well as
K-State Online to expand and enhance teaching and learning
through newpedagogical platforms and methods.
Off Campus
teaching
2011-2 Taught online communication courses in emergency&
disaster management/communication for online-only, for-
profit university to experience andlearn the course designs
and pedagogical methods of a leading online university,
American Public University System.
Participant 2011
April
Attended two workshops delivered by the annual
conference of the SIETAR-USA(Societyfor Intercultural
Education, Training, and Researchheld in Denver,CO)
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GRANTS FUNDED
Faculty
Development
Award
2013
Spring
Kansas State University in partial support for travel to the
annual ICA conference,London,UK
University Small
ResearchGrant
2009
Fall
K-State’ssupport for the campus climate survey and
intervention research
Special Research
Field Trip Grant
2008
Fall
Center for Engagementand Community Development in
support of a data collection trip in Louisiana post Hurricane
Gustav
Special Research
Field Trip Grant
2008
Fall
College of Arts and Sciencesinsupport of the researchfield trip
post Hurricane Gustav (collaborator: Dr. Joye Gordon, School of
JMC, K-State)
ResearchGrant 2008
Fall
Department of Communication Studies,Theatre and Dance
Experiential,
engaged,and
collaborative
learning
March 2010 Developedand implemented a new teachingstrategy by going
on a field trip with student volunteers enrolled in COMM480
(intercultural communication), 756 (practicum in
communication & conflict), and 780 (intercultural
communication) to the southwestern Kansas to listen to
presentations made by local leaders and new immigrant
communities and interview them for 3 days. The area is known
for drastic demographic changes,identity crisis, cultural
adaptation-engagement, and economic development in the
face of a huge influx of Mexicanimmigrants, followed by the
recentflood of Southeast Asian and African refugeesand
immigrants since early 1980s, who were sponsored by
meatpacking plants in the Southwestern Triangle cities of
Garden City, Dodge City, and Liberal (e.g.,Tyson and ConAgra)
Online
teaching
Summer
C. 2008
Taught 3 credit-hour online courses – COMM630 Topic:
Conflict Management;COMM450/630 Topic:Communication
& Negotiation; and COMM480/780 Intercultural
Communication
Online course
development
2005-8 2013-4 Developed(and taught) all the regular courses in a distance
(online) format (for credit) and in hybrids at both
undergraduate and graduate levels
Course
development
C. 2006-8 Developednew under-and graduate courses (COMM542/742
Relational Communication and COMM780Intercultural
Communication, COMM756Practicum in Communication &
Conflict)
Teaching
abroad
March 2007 Taught an intercultural communication course at the Maastricht
Center for Transatlantic Studies, Teikyo University Europe,
Maastricht, The Netherlands
Online
learning
2004 Took a graduate course (Language and Diplomacy) for credit
offered by DiploFoundation, Malta (www.diplomacy.edu)
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Faculty
Development
Award
2007
Fall
International conference travel grant: Annual Conference of
International Communication Association, Montreal, CA
Curriculum
Development
Grant
2006
Spring
The Tilford Incentive Grant for “Infusingand Assessing
Multicultural Competencies in the AcademicCurricula”
K-State Faculty
Development
Award (FDA)
2005
Fall
Conference travel grant to the annual meeting of International
Communication Association, Dresden,Germany,June 2006
K-State Targeted
Excellence Grant
2005 Worked with the research associates of the Institute for Civic
Discourse and Democracy(P.I.:David E.Procter) William
Schenck-Hamlin,Charles Griffin, Marie Steichen,DonnaSchenck-
Hamlin, etc.
K-State
Community
Service Program
Travel Grant
2004 Conference trip to the 54th Annual Meetingof International
Communication Association
K-State University
Small Research
Grant (USRG)
2003
Fall
Computer-mediated communication and personal relationship
development in Japan, South Korea,and United States
K-State University
Small Research
Grant
2002
Fall
Researchon 9/11, Attribution-Making, and Perspective Taking
K-State FDA 2002
Spring
Travel funds for annual conference of International
Communication Association and the biennial meeting of Pacific
American Communication Association. Seoul,Korea held in July
ResearchTravel
Grant
2002
Spring
North East Asia Council, Association for Asian Studies
Outstanding “Technologyand Communication.” Trip to the 52nd
Annual Convention of International Communication Association
ResearchAward 2002
July
Korean Societyfor Journalism and Communication Studies&
Korean American Communication Association
K-State University
Small Research
Grant
2001
Spring
Investigated college students’ loneliness and its correlates and
the implication for academic and social performances
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES (Prior to 2000 when I earned a Ph.D. degree)
University of Hawaii (1999-2000)
As of January 1999, I was hired as a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Speechas an
ABD (“all but dissertation”) and taught various undergraduate courses until August 2000.
Pennsylvania State University (1996-1998)
Taught stand-alone, introductory public speaking courses as a graduate teachingassistant for 2
years and half until the fall of 1998. In the fall of 1998, I started looking for a new opportunity –
teaching or research position - for careerdevelopment.
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Korea University GSIS International Summer School (1995)
In the summer of 1995, I went back home during the summer break and was invited to teach a 6-
week course on the Contemporary Korean Literature to international students for Korea University,
Seoul.The summer school was offeredby Korea University’s Graduate School of International
Studies (GSIS).
Indiana University of Pennsylvania Translation Service (1993-4)
As a master’s degree graduate student at IUP, Indiana, PA, I was hired to translate and interpret
written and oral communication betweenEnglish and Korean speakers.
The Seo Kwang Language Institute (1988-1991)
I worked for a private supplementary prep school in Seoul as an English teacher.As an employee of
SLI, I was employedby the Korean ElectricPower Corporation (KEPCO) to prepare a class of select
intermediate- and top-level managers for TOEIC* for three months in their education centerin
Seoul in 1991. *TOEICstands for the Testof English as International Communication. I taught
reading comprehension and grammar.
Uri, SaRang Community Church (사랑의교회) WeeklyNews Magazine (1988)
After graduating from college,I worked for the newsletter division of my church,a megachurch
located in Seocho-dong,Gangnam-gu,Seoul,for a year as an investigative reporter and associate
editor during the inaugural year of the newsletter. Prior to it, I was a volunteer news reporter.
Private Tutor (1981-1991)
Throughout my undergraduate years and after graduation, I worked as a private tutor for high
school students helping them to prepare for the nationwide annual university entrance examsin
Korea. I helped prep school kids with improving literacy in English (and Korean) and math.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
International Communication Association
(ICA)
Since 1996
National Communication Association (NCA) Since 1998
Korean American Communication
Association (KACA)
Since 1996
Societyfor Intercultural Education,
Training, & Research(SIETAR-USA)
Since 2011.
International Association for Relationship
Research(IARR)
Since 1997 (when IARR was first called International
Networkon Personal Relationships,or INPR).