Byung-jin Lim is an associate professor of Korean Language and Linguistics in the Department of Asian Language and Cultures at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison), United States. His areas of interest are phonetics, phonology, second language acquisition, computer-mediated communication, and Korean language textbook development.

Jieun Kim is an adjunct instructor at Christian Life College, United States. She teaches courses in languages, psychology, and education. As an instructor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she taught Korean conversational courses and Korean culture. Jieun engages in longitudinal research projects to explore how Korean/English bilingual students construct identities as readers and writers.

Ji-Hye Kim is an associate research fellow at the Korean Educational Development Institute. She earned her PhD in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at UW-Madison, United States. With a BA in Korean Language and Literature and Education, she taught elementary and advanced level Korean language and literatures at UW-Madison. Her areas of interest are curriculum reforms, teacher education, language, and multicultural issues of immigrant students.