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WOOJOO KIM Seocho-gu Seogho-1dong Ssangyoung Platinum APT #2103 Seoul, Korea

PHONE 82-10-5350-5573 • Email: wjkim1121@gmail.com

EDUCATION

2012 MA Jackson School International Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Thesis: Kim Il Sung and the DPRK- USSR- PRC Triangle: The Creation of an Asian

Dynasty in a Communist State

Chair: Professor Chris D. Jones, Committee: Professor Donald Hellmann

2009 BA, summa cum laude, Political Science, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS

Research paper: NGOs and Food Aid: Working Experiences and Difficulties in the

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, recipient of The Best of ESU: An

Anthology of Undergraduate Essays 2008-2009 The Search for Excellence

Advisor: Professor Phil Kelly and John H. Barnett

2004-2006 Political Science, Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea

Scholarship for Academic Excellence

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Winter 2013 Faculty, The Our School of North Korean Adolescent Defectors, Seoul, Korea

• Taught course on English reading comprehension, 1 semester, 7 students

2012-2013 Lecturer, University of Michigan

• Taught Second Year Korean, 2 semesters, 12-15 students

• Designed and taught weekly computer lab classes focus on speaking

• Participated in Nam Center for Korea Studies’ writing contest as a committee member

Summer 2012 Lecturer, University of Washington

• Taught Summer Intensive Korean, 1 quarter, 18 students

• Supervised two teaching assistants

Spring 2012 Faculty, The United Korean School of Washington State, Seattle, WA

• Taught Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) preparation course on the Korean subject test to Korean heritage high school students, 1 semester, 5 students

• Lectured on Korean history

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2011-2012 Teaching Assistant (in charge of own course), University of Washington

• Taught Second Year Korean, 3 quarters, 19-27 students

• Organized language learning center online tool for course supplement

2010-2011 Teaching Assistant (section instructor), University of Washington

• Taught First Year Korean, 3 quarters, 18-28 students

• Received departmental award for distinguished teaching assistant

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Spring 2014 Telecommuting Reviser, Periplus Publishing Group, Singapore

• Revised and updated “Korean in a Flash Kit Vol. 1,” Tuttle Flash Cards, Soohee Kim, 2011

Winter 2013 Assistant, the East Hana Center, Seoul, Korea

• Organized youth to adult basic English classes for North Korean defectors

• Provided a comprehensive service for new arrivals in their initial stage of settlement

Winter 2010 Assistant, The Center of Korea Studies (CKS), University of Washington, Seattle, WA

• Prepared colloquium and worked with CKS students and faculty

Summer 2009 Intern, the Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University, Seoul, Korea

• Assisted professors translating “North Korea’s Relationship with the Middle East” from English to Korean

• Edited a survey on “North Korean Human Rights Conditions”

• Prepared conference

Summer 2005 Intern, Alpha Beta Colleges, Sydney, Australia

• Monitored and participated in various class sections of English as a Second Language classes from beginner to advanced

PRESENTATION

May 4 2012 “Korean Language and Culture” World Languages Day for high school students,

University of Washington (UW)

April 7 2012 “Who’s Responsible? The Kim Il Sung Dynasty in North Korea (1945-1956)”

Asian Languages and Literature Spring Colloquium, UW

CONFERENCE ATTENDED

June 2012 17th Annual American Association of the Teachers of Korean (AATK) Conference

at Stanford University

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June 2011 16th Annual AATK Conference at Yale University

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

2012-present American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)

2011-present American Association of the Teachers of Korean (AATK)

HONORS AND AWARDS

2009 Outstanding Senior in Social Sciences Nominee, Emporia State University (ESU)

2009 Outstanding Political Science Student, ESU

2009 Achievement of International Education and Degree Completion, ESU

2008-2009 Guaranteed GPA Scholarship, ESU

2008 The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

2007-2008 Achievement for Chinese: Asian Language & Culture I and II, ESU

2004-2006 Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Soongsil University

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Korean: Native Speaker

English: Advanced, Completed the B.A. and the M.A. in the United States

Chinese: Intermediate, Achievement for Chinese: Asian Language & Culture I and II, ESU

REFERENCES

Soohoo Kim, Department of Asian Languages & Culture, University of Washington

Amy Ohta, Department of Asian Languages & Culture, University of Washington

Chris D. Jones, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington