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Associate Professor of Korean Language and Linguistics<\/p>\n
PhD, Cornell University
MA, Cornell University
MA, Seoul National University
BA, Seoul National University<\/p>\n
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Professor Seongyeon Ko\u00a0joined Queens College in 2012 as the sole full-time faculty member in the Korean Program. He also serves as the advisor for the East Asian Studies major (Area Track) and the Korean minor. Since his appointment, he has directed the Korean Program, developed and taught all levels of Korean language and culture courses, and played a central role in the program\u2019s significant expansion. He has also successfully secured major grants from the Korea Foundation and the Academy of Korean Studies.<\/p>\n
Professor Ko\u2019s research spans a wide range of areas including phonetics, phonology, morphosyntax, historical-comparative linguistics, language documentation, and language education. His empirical focus centers on Korean and its neighboring \u201cAltaic\u201d languages. He has published extensively in these fields, including his first monograph, Tongue Root Harmony and Vowel Contrast in Northeast Asian Languages<\/em>\u00a0(Harrassowitz, 2018).<\/p>\n Professor Ko is currently serving as the department chair.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/cmalc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/06\/IMG_8777-300×225-2.jpg” alt=”Ko’s photo” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_css_main_element_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_css_main_element_phone=”order: 2;”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”contact” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ text_font=”Open Sans||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”16px” header_4_font=”Open Sans||||on||||” header_4_text_color=”#e71939″ global_colors_info=”{}” custom_css_main_element_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_css_main_element_phone=”order: 3;”]<\/p>\n