M.A. Student Emmy is a first-year MA student who graduated cum laude from Ball State University in Spring 2017 with a B.A. in Telecommunications. She also received minors in TESOL, creative writing, and French. She went on to teach English as a second language in both France (2017-2019) and South Korea (2020-2022). She is the co-founder of UGA's Korean Conversation Club (KCC) and works as the secretary and treasurer. Her primary research interests are Korean, Phonetics and Phonology, Language Variation, and Sociolinguistics. Education Education: B.A. Telecommunications, cum laude, Ball State University Research Areas of Interest: Phonetics and Phonology Sociolinguistics and Language Variation Specific Research Areas: Korean, Korean Translation, English Loanwords in Korea Awards, Honors and Recognitions Awards and Special Recognitions: ROOST Award Recipient 2022-2023 Co-founder and secretary/treasurer of Korean Conversation Club (KCC)
