Hwanhee Kim

HwanHee Kim (김환희) is a Term Lecturer of Korean in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures. He holds a PhD in Korean Linguistics and an MA in Korean Literature from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. He teaches Korean language and introductory courses on Korean society at Barnard College. His research interests include sociopragmatics, second language acquisition, and sociocultural linguistics. Specifically, he is currently examining how Korean speakers strategically utilize various speech styles across different contexts.