Organization

Center programs are guided by three committees composed of faculty members of the University of Hawai‘i.

The Academic and Student Affairs Committee is responsible for developing balanced academic offerings related to Korea and suggesting additional programs to enhance Korean studies. The committee's activities include:

• recommending new courses and curriculum changes;
• evaluating instructional and research staff and resources;
• screening applications for new faculty and visiting faculty positions in the Center; and
• facilitating academic interchange via colloquia, academic exchanges, and organizational networks.

The Research Committee recommends general policies for individual and group research conducted under the auspices of the Center. It screens, evaluates, and makes recommendations on funding proposals for all conferences and research projects sponsored by the Center and administers the awarding of student scholarships and grants.

The Publications Committee sets the standards governing Center publications; seeks out and encourages the submission of scholarly works that meet such standards; and supervises the evaluation, editorial policy, and publication of the Center's journal, Korean Studies, a variety of books, and its newsletter published in cooperation with the Association for Asian Studies Committee on Korean Studies.

People

Faculty

With more than thirty faculty members offering courses and conducting research related to Korea, the Center has by far the greatest number of scholars of any department in the United States, and our resources for scholarship on Korea rank in the upper echelon of academic institutions throughout the world. Courses relating to Korea in fields such as Asian studies, dance, economics, history, language, linguistics, literature, music, political science, and sociology are regularly offered.

With its dedicated faculty and staff, and its many Korea-related activities, the Center for Korean Studies offers a rich opportunity for those interested in the study of Korea.

Chizuko T. Allen  International Research and Fellowship Coordinator, School of Pacific and Asian Studies

Sun-Ki Chai  Associate Professor of Sociology*

Minja Kim Choe  Senior Fellow, East-West Center, and Affiliate Graduate Faculty, UHM Population Studies*

Yong-ho Ch'oe  Emeritus Professor of History

C. Michael Douglass  Professor of Urban and Regional Planning and Director, Globalization Research Center*

Hugh H. W. Kang  Emeritus Professor of History

Jang Hyun Kim  Assistant Professor of Speech*

Joung-Im Kim  Associate Professor of Communication

Karl E. Kim  Professor of Urban and Regional Planning

Min-Sun Kim  Professor of Speech*

Yung-Hee Kim  Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures

Hagen Koo  Professor of Sociology

Fred Lau  Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology*

Byong Won Lee  Professor of Ethnomusicology

Chae Ho Lee  Assistant Professor of Design*

Chung Hoon Lee  Professor of Economics and Associate Dean, College of Social Sciences

Dong Jae Lee  Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures

Hye-ryeon Lee  Associate Professor of Speech*

Sang-Hyop Lee  Assistant Professor of Economics*

Yean Ju Lee  Associate Professor of Sociology

Karl Moskowitz  Associate Member**

Duk Hee Murabayashi  Associate Member**

William O'Grady  Professor of Linguistics

Gary Pak  Associate Professor of English

Mee-Jeong Park  Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures

Gay Garland Reed Associate Professor of Educational Foundations*

Mooweon Rhee  Assistant Professor of Management and Industrial Relations*

S. Ghon Rhee  K.J. Luke Distinguisted Professor of International Finance and Banking*

Jungmin Seo  Assistant Professor of Political Science

Edward J. Shultz  Professor of Asian Studies and Interim Dean, School of Pacific and Asian Studies

Ho-min Sohn  Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures

Judy Van Zile  Professor of Dance

Alexander V. Vovin  Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures

* Associate member
** Community associate member

 
Staff

Ho-min Sohn  Director

Brandie H. Chun   Program Coordinator

Linda Miyashiro  Secretary

Chang-yu Hong  Library Research Assistant

Sorin Huh  Library Research Assistant

Jin Sook Kim  Library Research Assistant

Jee-yeon Song  Library Research Assistant

Su Jung Kim  Publications Assistant