Master of Arts in Korean Studies
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Dr. Daniel C. S. Ahn is the President of Strategic Offshore Business
Development at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd, and is also currently
Chairman of the Board of IIC. He has had a distinguished career at Hyundai
spanning back to 1978. Dr. Ahn received his PhD in Ocean Engineering from
MIT, and completed the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at Harvard Business
School. In addition, he has received Masters of Science degrees in
Meteorology and Naval Architecture from MIT. In his professional life, he
has worked as an engineer, researcher, and manager on many international
projects. As he advanced further in business, he has accumulated many years
of valuable experience as a senior international business executive and CEO,
providing leadership for several prominent international companies,
including Hyundai. He also the published author several books and articles, and he has received many awards. The President of Korea granted him the "Industrial Medal Award" in
1990, and he has received the "National Leadership Award" from the National
Republican Congressional Committee in 2000. The Asian American Business
Development Center selected Dr. Ahn one of the “Outstanding 50 Asian
Americans in Business.”
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Lenore Kim Blank received a Master's
degree from Columbia University and completed her doctorate at University
of San Francisco. She worked as a Coordinator of Korean Language
Program for the K-12th grades in the San Francisco Unified School
District and also served on California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
and on SAT II- Korean Committee for College Board. She co-authored
the High School Korean Language Curriculum Guide and taught at several
educational institutions both in Korea and in the U.S. She was instrumental
in establishing the Single Subject Assessment Test for Korean and
the Korean Language Teaching Credential Program at the Intercultural
Institute of California in collaboration with San Francisco State
University.
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Professor Jeong-Hwa Choi received his Master of Arts and Ph.D.
in Communication from Michigan State University. His main academic
interests include journalism, mass media and intercultural communication.
Dr. Choi has been a faculty in the Department of Communication
Studies at San Jose State University since 1989. His teaching
areas have been quite diverse ranging from Public Speaking to
the Graduate Seminar on Social Science Research Methodology. Professor
Choi has taught many classes on Intercultural Communication, both
at undergraduate and at graduate levels. Asde from his academic
career, Dr. Choi is currently the editor-in-chief for the magazine
C&K Review, a monthly for the Korean-speaking communities
in the U.S.
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Hilary V. Finchum-Sung (Ph.D. Indiana University) is Assistant Professor of Korean Studies at IIC and a Visiting Research Fellow at U.C., Berkeley's Center for Korean Studies. An ethnomusicologist specializing in Korean music and culture, her doctoral specialty is Korean contemporary composition based on court and folk music structures. She has coordinated symposiums including “Divided Nation” (2003, IIC), "Composing Identity: Korean Sentiment and Sounds in an American Context” (2003, Berkeley), and "Korea Connections: Bringing Korea to the Midwest" (2002, Indiana). Dr. Finchum-Sung has presented her work at international conferences and at universities in the U.S. and Korea. She has published articles and book reviews in academic journals and currently is preparing a manuscript on contemporary Korean compositions for publication. She has won several grants and recognitions for her work including those from the Korea Foundation, the Society for Friends of Korean Studies, and the Society for Ethnomusicology.
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Ilpyong J. Kim (Ph.D., Columbia University) is Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Relations at University of Connecticut, Storrs. He has served as founding President of the International Council on Korean Studies, President of New England Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, and Chairman of the Columbia University Faculty Seminar on Korea. He was Fulbright Professor at Tokyo University of Japan and Seoul National University and served as a Visiting Professor at Columbia University and as a Visiting Scholar at Harvard’s Fairbank Center for East Asian Research. Dr. Kim has lectured at universities throughout the U.S. and at American Cultural Centers in Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia. In addition to the State Department’s Scholar-Diplomat program, he has participated in research seminars organized by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. As an ROK Army Officer during the Korean War, Dr. Kim was awarded the U.S. Bronze Star Medal for his distinguished service and bravery. Professor Kim has authored or edited a dozen books and contributed more than thirty-eight articles to academic and professional journals and edited volumes. His most recent book is Historical Dictionary of North Korea (2003).
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Dr. Kichung Kim earned his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, and has devoted his professional life to academics, teaching, and writing. He has taught subjects ranging from English literature to Korean literature. He is professor of English emeritus, at San Jose State University, as well as being an adjunct professor here at IIC. He has
also guest lectured at the Asian Museum, and for the Spring of 2003, he was visiting Professor of Korean Literature in the Dept. of East Asian Literature and Culture at UC Berkeley. He is a published author of numerous academic & literary texts, and journal articles. His publications include "An Introduction to Classical Korean Literature: From Hyangga to
P'ansori, published in l996."
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Professor Kim received his Ph. D. in linguistics from University
of Hawaii at Manoa and M. A. in linguistics from University of
Southern California. Professor Kim taught at Soongsil University
in Seoul, and taught Korean language in Kapiolani Community College,
Monterey Institute of International Studies and Outreach College
in University of Hawaii at Manoa. Currently, professor Kim is
an assistant professor in Korean Department at Defense Language
Institute and adjunct faculty of the Intercultural Institute of
California.
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Professor Kim received his Ph. D. in linguistics from University
of Hawaii at Manoa and M. A. in linguistics from University of
Southern California. Professor Kim taught at Soongsil University
in Seoul, and taught Korean language in Kapiolani Community College,
Monterey Institute of International Studies and Outreach College
in University of Hawaii at Manoa. Currently, professor Kim is
an assistant professor in Korean Department at Defense Language
Institute and adjunct faculty of the Intercultural Institute of
California.
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Nemo Kim is an academic and broadcaster. She has lectured widely
on Korean cinema in Europe and in Korea. She has taught Korean
Studies, with a focus on Korean cinema at the University London,
Korea University, and Korea University of Foreign Studies, in
both undergraduate and graduate levels. She has worked in the
Korean film industry as a programmer at the Pusan International
Film Festival. She is a broadcaster on the Arirang Broadcasting
Station and a visiting professor in Department English Language
and Literature at the University of Seoul (UoS). She received
a Master's degree in Comparative Literature and a B.A in English
Literature from the University of London, UK. In addition to English,
Nemo Kim speaks Korean, French and German.
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Professor Koh received her Ph. D. in Mythodological Studies from
Pacific Graduate Institute; M. A. in Culture and Creation Spirituality
from Holly Names College; M. S in Paleontology from Kyoung-Pook
National University; and B. A. in Geology from Kyoung-Pook National
University. She worked as an Educational program Developer and
Lecturer for The Environment Group, Pulenpyonghwa, and Amnesty
International Press Coordinator in the Korean Section. She is
an adjunct faculty member of the IIC.
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Professor Eun-Hee Koo received her Doctorate in Education (Ed.D.)
in 1998 from the University of Houston, Texas, and her Master
of Arts degree from Adelphi University. She is currently the Director
and Assistant Professor of Teaching Korean as Foreign Language
(TKFL) Program at IIC. She was formerly the Vice- President of
the Foundation for SAT II Korean, and the Assistant Professor,
Supervisor of Student Teaching and the program director for Hope
International University for founding a credential program with
an emphasis for teaching Korean. She is an Adjunct Professor in
the Modern Language Department at La Sierra Universit, formerly
a lecturer in the Asian and Asian-American Studies Department
at California State University. In addition, she is a test developer
and senior examiner concerning Korean testing for the International
Baccalaureate Organization based in the United Kingdom. She has
developed the HangulPhonics, a software for learning Korean through
computer. She has written many journal and newspaper articles,
and two books: Dear King Sejong, and The Characteristics of Academic
Achievement of Asian-Americans in Texas, as well as publishing
numerous Korean poems. http://www.freechal.com/jiphyunjun
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Professor K. W. Lee studied Journalism at West Virginia University
and the University of Illinois after he came to America in 1950,
and started his reportorial career with dailies in Tennessee,
West Virginia and California – much of the last two decades with
the Sacramento Union where he was in charge of investigative coverage
and an internship program. He is a winner of more than 29 professional
awards, including those from the national Headlines Club, the
AP News Executive Council, and Columbia University’s Graduate
School of Journalism. In 1994, he became the first Asian journalist
to receive the Free Spirit Award from the Freedom Forum. After
40 working years as a reporter, an editor, and a publisher in
both mainstream and ethnic journalism, he was inducted into the
Newseum’s Journalism History Gallery in Arlington, Va., in 1997.
He has been invited to lecture investigative journalism in the
UC system and he is currently teaching journalism at UCLA and
UC Santa Barbara.
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Jacqueline Pak is an academic and activist. As a bilingual public speaker, she has lectured widely on the subject of Korea and Korean-America in Europe, Americas and Asia and has been featured in various media. Currently, she teaches modern Korean history at University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University. Her book, The Founding Father: An Ch'angho and the Origins of Korean Democracy (Stanford University Press, forthcoming) is based on the private papers of Ahn Changho and Seo Jaepil for the first time. As one of the most controversial works in Korean Studies, the book will be published also in Korean translation.
She holds a Ph.D. in history from University of London; M.A. in Korean Studies from Harvard University; M.A. in Politics from New York University; and B.A. in Foreign Affairs from University of Virginia. A recipient of Luce, Korea Foundation and Dosan Foundation fellowships, her work experience includes the United Nations, Harvard Business School, Library of Congress and Smithsonian. As a community activist committed to the cause of civil rights and human rights, she is an officer or board member of numerous professional and civic associations on Korean-America and Asian-America, including Philip Jaisohn Foundation. In recent years, she has been working on a multi-generational memoir of her family members who were pioneering leaders of the Korean independence and women's movements.
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Professor J. S. Park received her Ph. D in Language Education
from University of Georgia and M. A. in English Literature and
Linguistics in Chonnam National University. She has taught college
students in both Korea and United States for more than 15 years.
She has also published twelve papers on language learning, acquisition
and education emphasizing cross-cultural understanding and acculturation.
She was appointed as an Outstanding Academic Researcher from the
Korean Ministry of Education in 1999, and nominated as a KRF Overseas
Korean Studies Teaching Professor funded by Korean Government
in 2000. She was also a visiting scholar at the University of
California-Berkeley and an exchange and later adjunct professor
of IIC. She is currently teaching and working on developing web-based
Korean teaching/learning material. For more than five years, as
Assistant Director of a University Foreign Language Center, she
has administered the center’s curricular design for undergraduate
students and teacher training program development for K- 12 English
teachers of regional school systems. She has also had administrative
and teaching experience for four years at Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
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Professor Patterson, author of “The Koreans in America 1882-1974”,
“The Korean Frontier in America” and “Ilse”, is 2003 distinguished
scholar at the IIC. He received his M. A. and Ph. D. in International
Relations and M. A. in history from University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Patterson is a recipient of numerous grants and honors, including
Donald B. King Outstanding Scholar Award. He was a visiting professor
at University of Hawaii at Manoa, University of Wisconsin, Yonsei
University and Korea University in Korea, and an invited lecturer
at Minnesota State University, UC Berkeley, Nihon University in
Japan, and The Korea Society in New York City. In 2001, Dr. Patterson
served as a visiting scholar of Korean history at Harvard University.
He is currently a professor of history at St. Norbert College
in Wisconsin.
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Leonid A. Petrov graduated from St. Petersburg (Leningrad) State
University in 1994 with a Diploma of Honours Degree in Asian and
African History. In 2003, he earned a PhD in History from the
Australian National University, where his dissertation was a study
on the rise of the Socio-economic school and the formation of
official North Korean historiography. In addition to English,
Dr. Petrov speaks five other languages: Russian, Korean, Japanese,
Mandarin and Persian. In 1994-1996, he was a full time interpreter
for the coaching staff for the South Korean Olympic Soccer Team.
Since 1999, he maintains a professional information web resource
NORTH KOREAN STUDIES <http://north-korea.narod.ru>, which
has had more than 300,000 visitors. Dr. Petrov is the author of
numerous articles and essays on contemporary Korean politics and
culture. His current work is focused on the issues of North-South
Korean academic cooperation.
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Prof. M. Pettid received his Ph. D. from the University of Hawaii
in Korean literature. Since that time he spent three years at
the Academy of Korean Studies as a Visiting professor and has
also taught for two years at Ehwa Women’s University. He has
published numerous articles on both pre-modern and modern Korean
literature. Presently, he is the Korea Foundation Postdoctoral
Fellow at the University of California at Berkeley where he is
writing a book on the creation of the ‘virtuous woman’s discourse
in Chosun period Korea’.
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Hyekyung Sung is currently a Director of Academic Affairs at
the Intercultural Institute of California and Social Science Research
Associate at the School of Education, Stanford University. Dr.
Sung received a Ph.D. in Education from Stanford University in
1995, specializing in bilingualism and second language acquisition.
Dr. Sung is currently working as Research and Evaluation Coordinator
at the California Foreign Language Project, a state-funded professional
development project for foreign/heritage language teachers in
K-16 levels. She has been teaching courses on second language
acquisition, foreign language education, teaching methodology
and assessment, and basic linguistics at San Jose State University,
National Hispanic University, and University of California, Santa
Cruz Extension. Dr. Sung has presented numerous research papers
on foreign language education, student/parent motivation to learn
heritage languages, and evaluation of professional development
programs for language teachers at the ACTFL, AAAL, CABE, and NABE.
She also published dozens of papers in Foreign Language Annals
and The Modern Language Journal.
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