EDUCATION:

2000—present Ph.D., Yale University, U.S.A., Linguistics.
• Degree expected in May 2008.
• Thesis advisor: Prof. Louis Goldstein.
• Thesis Title: Korean Place Assimilation: Gestural Overlap and
   Gestural Reduction.

2005 M.Phil., Yale University, U.S.A., Linguistics.
• Thesis advisor: Prof. Louis Goldstein.
• Thesis Title: The Categorical Nature of Korean Place Assimilation:    Gestural    Overlap and Gestural Reduction.
• Thesis Title: Three-Way Laryngeal Contrast in Korean-speaking
   Children Aged 13-20 Months.

2002 M.A., Yale University, U.S.A., Linguistics.

1998 —1999 University of California in Los Angeles, U.S.A., Linguistics.
• Funded by Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship.
   Rotary International.
• Exchange student

1996—1998 M.A., Yeungnam University, Rep. of Korea, English Language
  and Literature.

1991—1995 B.A., Yeungnam University, Rep. of Korea, English
   Language Education.

1995 Certificate of Second Level Teacher (for Secondary School).
• Ministry of Eudcation of the Republic of Korea.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

2001—present Research Assistant for Prof. Louis Goldstein, Dept. of Linguistics, Yale University & Haskins Laboratories, and to Professor Catherine Best, Dept. of Psychology, University of Western Sydney & Haskins Laboratories. Research supported by U.S. National Institute of Health grant DC 00403 to Haskins Laboratories, "Early Ontogeny of Attunement of the Language Environment." (Professor Catherine T. Best. Principal Investigator).

Summer 1999 Research Assistant for Prof. Terry Au, Dept. of Psychology and Prof. Sun-Ah Jun, Dept. of Linguistics, University of California in Los Angeles. Research supported by U.S. National Institute of Health grant R01MH56118 to the University of California in Los Angeles, "Language Acquisition-Timing and Nature of Output." (Professor Terry Au. Principal Investigator).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

2006 —2007 Teaching Fellow for Prof. Seungja Choi, Kren 130, Intermediate Korean, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Yale University. (Level II.)

2004—2005 Teaching Fellow for Prof. Seungja Choi, Kren 130, Intermediate Korean, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Yale University. (Level II.)

Spring 2004 Teaching Fellow for Prof. Stanley Insler, Ling 112b, Historical Linguistics, Dept. of Linguistics, Yale University. (Grader, Level IV.)

Fall 2003 Teaching Fellow for Prof. Louis Goldstein, Ling 120/520a, General Phonetics, Dept. of Linguistics, Yale University. (Level IV.)

Spring 2003 Teaching Fellow for Prof. Louis Goldstein, Ling 236, Articulatory Phonology, Dept. of Linguistics, Yale University. (Level IV.)

Fall 2002 Teaching Fellow for Prof. Dianne Jonas, Ling 490, Research Methods in Linguistics, Dept. of Linguistics, Yale University. (Level IV.)

Spring 1998 English Lecturer at Foreign language Institute, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Rep. of Korea.

Jan—Feb 1996 English Lecturer, Paeyoung Girls Vocational High School, Taegu, Rep. of Korea.

Oct—Dec 1995 English Lecturer, Kyungsang Vocational High School, Taegu, Rep. of Korea.

Peer-reviewed publications:

Book Chapters:
• Son, Minjung, Alexei Kochetov, and Marianne Pouplier (in press). The
   role of gestural overlap in perceptual place assimilation: Evidence from    Korean. In J. Cole, & J.I. Hualde (Eds.), Papers in Laboratory Phonology IX.
   Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. [pdf]

Conference Proceedings:
• Kochetov, Alexei, Maranne Pouplier, Minjung Son (2007). Cross-language    differences in overlap and assimilation patterns in Korean and Russian.    Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Phonetics Science    (ICPhS). [pdf]

In preparation:
• (in preparation). Son, Minjung. Consonant cluster simplification.
• (in preparation). Kochetov, Alexei, Marianne Pouplier, and Minjung Son.    Variability and gradience in Korean place assimilation.
• (in preparation). Son, Minjung. Acquisition of laryngeal contrast in    Korean-speaking children aged 13-20 months.

PRESENTATIONS
• Son, Minjung. "Implication on within-language variability between labials'    and coronals' reduction". Poster to be presented at 82nd Annual Meeting of    the Linguistic Society of America." Chicago, USA, January 3—6, 2008. [pdf]
• Alexei Kochetov, Marianne Pouplier, and Minjung Son. "Cross-language    differences in overlap and assimilation patterns in Korean and Russian".    Paper presented at the 16th International Congress of Phonetics Science    (ICPhS)." The Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany, August
   6—10, 2007.
• Son, Minjung. "Consonant cluster simplification." Poster presented at
   152nd Acoustical Society of America meeting. Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.,    November 28—December 2, 2006. [pdf]
• Alexei Kochetov, Marianne Pouplier, and Minjung Son. "Variability and    gradience in Korean place assimilation." Paper presented at International    Conference on East Asian linguistics. University of Toronto, Toronto,    Canada, November 10—12, 2006.
• Son, Minjung. "Acquisition of laryngeal contrast in Korean-speaking
   children aged 13—20 months." Poster presented at 10th Laboratory    Phonology meeting. Paris, France, June 28—July 1, 2006.
• Son, Minjung. Alexei Kochetov, Marianne Pouplier. "The role of gestural    overlap in perceptual place assimilation: Evidence from Korean." Poster    presented at 9th Laboratory Phonology meeting. University of Illinois,    Urbana Champaign, Illinois, U.S.A., June 24—26, 2004.
• Son, Minjung. Alexei Kochetov, Marianne Pouplier. "On the categorical    nature of Korean /pk/ assimilation." Poster presented at 147th Acoustical    Society of America meeting. New York, New York, U.S.A., May 24—28,    2004.

GRANTS/SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS/HONORS/OTHER AWARDS:

2006—2007 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Yale University.

Dec 2006 Alumni Fund (for travel stipend). Yale University.

Nov 2006 Simon Fraser University President's Research Grant 871517 (for travel stipend). (Prof. Alexei Kochetov, Principal Investigator). British Columbia, Canada.

2005—2006 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Yale University.

2004 —2005 University Dissertation Fellowship, Yale University.

Jun 2004 Alumni Fund (for travel stipend). Yale University.

May 2004 Simon Fraser University President's Research Grant 871517 (for travel stipend). (Prof. Alexei Kochetov, Principal Investigator). British Columbia, Canada.

Summer 2002 The Graduate and Professional Student Senate’s Summer Academic Funding Awards. Yale University.

Summer 2002 Departmental subsidy. Yale University. (for German language course at Yale University). Yale University.

Summer 2002 Graduate School Summer Study Fellowship, Yale University.

2001— present Research Fellowship. Haskins Laboratories. Research supported by U.S. National Institute of Health grant DC 00403 to Haskins Laboratories, (Prof. Catherine T. Best, Principal Investigator).

Summer 2001 Graduate School Summer Study Fellowship, Yale University.

2000 — present Premium Award, Yale University.

2000—2004 University Fellowships, Yale University.

1998—1999 Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship. Rotary International, Rep. of Korea.

1996—1997 Yeungnam Fellowship. Yeungnam University, Rep. of Korea.

1993—1994 Yeungnam Fellowship. Yeungnam University, Rep. of Korea.

1992—1995 Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs Fellowship, Taegu, Rep. of Korea.

1986—1990 Taegu Metropolitan Office of Education Grant. Taegue, Rep. of Korea.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Native: Korean.

Near native fluency: English.

Varying degrees of reading ability and knowledge of linguistic structure: German, Chinese, Swahili,

(Formal coursework taken.), Nuchanulth (North American Indian Language)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Linguistic Society of America since 2000

Acoustical Society of America since 2000

The Korean Society of Phonetics and Speech Technology (1999-2000)