1881 East-West Road + Honolulu, Hawai'i 96822

Faculty

With more than thirty faculty members offering courses or 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 (chizuko@hawaii.edu)  International Research and Fellowship Coordinator, School of Pacific and Asian Studies

Sun-Ki Chai (sunki@hawaii.edu)  Associate Professor of Sociology*

Minja Kim Choe (mchoe@hawaii.edu)  Senior Fellow, East-West Center, and Affiliate Graduate Faculty, UHM Population Studies*

Yong-ho Ch'oe (choeyh@hawaii.edu)  Emeritus Professor of History

C. Michael Douglass (michaeld@hawaii.edu)  Professor of Urban and Regional Planning and Director, Globalization Research Center*

Hugh H. W. Kang (hwkang@hawaii.edu)  Emeritus Professor of History

Jang Hyun Kim (jangkim@hawaii.edu)  Assistant Professor of Speech*

Joung-Im Kim (joungim@hawaii.edu)  Associate Professor of Communication

Karl E. Kim (karlk@hawaii.edu)  Professor of Urban and Regional Planning

Min-Sun Kim (kmin@hawaii.edu)  Professor of Speech*

Yung-Hee Kim (yunghee@hawaii.edu)  Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures

Hagen Koo (hagenkoo@hawaii.edu)  Professor of Sociology

Frederick Lau (fredlau@hawaii.edu)  Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology*

Byong Won Lee (byong@hawaii.edu)  Professor of Ethnomusicology

Chae Ho Lee (chaeho@hawaii.edu)  Assistant Professor of Design*

Chung Hoon Lee (lchung@hawaii.edu)  Professor of Economics and Associate Dean of the College of Social Sciences

Dong Jae Lee (dongjlee@hawaii.edu)  Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures

Hye-ryeon Lee (hyeryeon@hawaii.edu)  Associate Professor of Speech*

Sang-Hyop Lee (leesang@hawaii.edu)  Associate Professor of Economics*

Yean Ju Lee (yjlee@hawaii.edu)  Associate Professor of Sociology

Karl Moskowitz (ksaltd@attglobal.net)  Associate Member**

Duk Hee Murabayashi (murabaya@hawaii.edu)  Associate Member**

William O'Grady (ogrady@hawaii.edu)  Professor of Linguistics

Gary Pak (gpak@hawaii.edu)  Associate Professor of English

Mee-Jeong Park (meejeong@hawaii.edu)  Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures

Gay Garland Reed (ggreed@hawaii.edu)  Associate Professor of Educational Foundations

Mooweon Rhee (mooweon@hawaii.edu)  Assistant Professor of Management and Industrial Relations*

S. Ghon Rhee (rheesg@hawaii.edu)  K.J. Luke Distinguished Professor of International Finance and Banking*

Jungmin Seo (seoj@hawaii.edu)  Assistant Professor of Political Science

Edward J. Shultz (shultz@hawaii.edu)  Professor of Asian Studies and Interim Dean of the School of Pacific and Asian Studies

Ho-min Sohn (homin@hawaii.edu)  Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures

Judy Van Zile (zile@hawaii.edu)  Professor of Dance

Alexander V. Vovin (vovin@hawaii.edu)  Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures

* Associate member
** Community associate member