External Grants
Fellowship, Fudan University, China, 2025
Fellowship, Academy of Korean Studies, South Korea, 2024
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) – Insight Grant (2026-2030)
Voices from the Margins: Examining Linguistic Discrimination and Advancing Linguistic Justice in Higher Education Co-Investigator with A/P Angelica Galante (PI), McGill University and A/P Ruth Fielding (Co-I), Monash University
Korean Studies Grant, The Academy of Korean Studies 2024-2025 (Principal Investigator)
Project title: Korean as a foreign language (KFL) learners’ motivation, demotivation, and language achievement: The Australian and New Zealand contextWith Dr Min Jung Jee (Co-I), University of Queensland
The Worldwide Universities Network - Research Development Funding 2024-2025 (Principal Investigator)
Project title: Linguistic diversity and linguistic discrimination in higher education: Opportunities and challenges
https://wun.ac.uk/wun/research/view/linguistic-diversity-and-linguistic-discrimination-in-higher-education-opportunities-and-challenges/Strategic Research Institute (SRI) Grant, The Academy of Korean Studies 2022-2033 (Co-Investigator) Project: Korean Studies beyond Oceania: Enhancing Korean Studies in Oceania, and Expanding it to the South Pacific, the Indonesian Archipelago, and Central Asian Highlands With Dr Changzoo Song (PI), Sunhee Koo (Co-I), Irene Lee (Co-I), University of Auckland
Korean Studies Grant, The Academy of Korean Studies 2021-2022 (Co-Investigator)
Project title: Language use, language maintenance, and ethnic identity among Korean heritage speakers in the Asia-Pacific region (Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii)
With Dr Min Jung Jee (PI), University of Queensland, and Dr Sang Yee Cheon (Co-I), University of Hawaii at ManoaKorean Studies Grant, The Academy of Korean Studies 2017-2018 (Principal Investigator)
Project title: Language use and identity construction of mixed-heritage children in South KoreaThe Worldwide Universities Network - Research Development Funding 2015-2016 (Co-Investigator)
Project title: Multilingualism and Mobility in the Northern & Southern Hemispheres With Professor Kristine Horner (PI), University of Sheffield, UK
Internal Grants
Research Development Fund, Faculty of Education, University of Auckland (Co-Investigator)
Project title: Linguistic diversity and linguistic discrimination in higher education. With Professor Stephen May (PI), Dr Peter Keegan (Co-I)Faculty Research Development Fund, Faculty of Arts, University of Auckland 2021-2022 (Principal Investigator)
Project title: Family language policies and language use among Korean migrant families in New ZealandFaculty Research Development Fund, Faculty of Arts, University of Auckland 2014-2016 (Principal Investigator)
Project title: Exploring language learning and identity in the context of migration: Migrant brides in South Korea