The 16th President,
Lee Ki-jeong

Personal Information

  • Position
    16th President, Hanyang University
  • Name
    Ki-jeong Lee, Ph.D.
  • Birth
    July 30th, 1959

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

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

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

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

University Science and Technology (UST)

International Advisory Board

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