Previous to her current appointment she was Junior Professor of Korean Culture and Society and Director of Korean Studies at Frankfurt University (Goethe Universitat Frankfurt am Main). Jo has also previously taught Korean literature at the School of East Asian Studies (the University of Sheffield), and was a Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies (University of Leeds). She also has an interest in developing teaching and learning practices in the Higher Education system, and has worked as an academic developer and researcher at Sheffield Hallam University's Centre for Excellence for Teaching And Learning, with a specific interest in Learner Autonomy.