CU hires assistant professor of linguistics

Dr. Jihyun Nam

Samantha Stevenson

Campbellsville University

Dr. Jihyun Nam, a native of South Korea, has been employed at Campbellsville University as assistant professor of linguistics, according to an announcement from Dr. Michael V. Carter, president of CU.

Nam is a 1990 graduate of Suseong High School in South Korea.

He recently defended his doctorate dissertation with Indiana University Bloomington.

He and his wife, Kaeyoung Park, have two children, Yoonseo Nam and Samuel Yoonbin Nam.

Nam is a member of the International Society for Language Studies and Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages.