Biography

The 16th President,
Lee Ki-jeong​​​​​​​

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Personal Information

Position

16th President, Hanyang University

Birth

July 30th, 1959

Name

Ki-jeong Lee, Ph.D.

Education

Education
1992 University of Minnesota, Ph.D. in Linguistics
1990 University of Minnesota, M.A. in Linguistics
1985 Hanyang University (Seoul, Korea), M.A. in English
1983 Hanyang University (Seoul, Korea), B.A. in English

Academic Positions

Academic Positions
2005 – present Professor, Department of English, Hanyang University (Seoul, Korea)
2004 – present Honorary Professor, Department of English, Yanbian Institute of Technology (China)
2000 – 2005 Associate Professor, Department of English, Hanyang University (Seoul, Korea)
1996 – 2000 Assistant Professor, Department of English, Hanyang University (Seoul, Korea)
1994 – 1996 Full-time Lecturer, Department of English, Hanyang University
1992 – 1994 Lecturer, Department of English, Hanyang University
1989 – 1992 Teaching Assistant, Department of Linguistics, University of Minnesota

Administrative Positions

Administrative Positions
2023 – present President
2019 - 2021 Executive Vice President (Global)
2000 – 2018 Vice President, Office of International Cooperation, Hanyang University
2004 – 2006 Director, International Language Institute, Hanyang University
2000 – 2004 Secretary General, Office of the President, Hanyang University
1995 – 2000 Director, Office of International Cooperation, Hanyang University
1996 - 2000 Associate Director, International Language Institute, Hanyang University

Professional Organizations

Professional Organizations
2017-present Executive Committee, International Student Exchange Program (ISEP)
2016 – 2019 Vice President, Asia Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE)
2013 - present Chairman, International Education Quality Assurance System, Ministry of Education
2012 Chairman of Organizing Committee, 1st World Congress of Scholars of English Linguistics
2007 Chairman, Board of Korean Scholastic Aptitude Test
2006 – 2008 President, The Phonology-Morphology Circle of Korea
2004 – 2005 President, Korean Association of Foreign Student Administrators (KAFSA)
2005 – 2009 Research Director, Korea Association of Teaching English
2005 – 2006 Chairman, The Evaluation Committee for University Internationalization Ministry of Education and Human Resources
2002 – 2006 Director, Korean Association for the Study of English and English Linguistics
1996 – 1998 Research Director, The Linguistic Society of Korea
1994 - 2010 TOEFL Supervisor (Hanyang University Test Center) Educational Testing Service (ETS)

National Advisory Board

National Advisory Board
  University Science and Technology (UST)

International Advisory Board

International Advisory Board
  Feng Chia University, Taiwan
  Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU), Japan