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 anthropology, 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.
Members
Chizuko T. Allen (chizuko@hawaii.edu) International Research and Fellowships Coordinator, School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Christopher J. Bae (cjbae@hawaii.edu) Associate Professor of Anthropology
Tae-Ung Baik (tubaik@hawaii.edu) Associate Professor of Law
Sang Yee Cheon (scheon@hawaii.edu) Assistant Professor of Korean Language
Joung-Im Kim (joungim@hawaii.edu) Associate Professor of Communication
Karl E. Kim (karlk@hawaii.edu) Professor of Urban and Regional Planning
Mary Shin Kim (maryskim@hawaii.edu) Assistant Professor of Korean Language
Min-Sun Kim (kmin@hawaii.edu) Professor of Communicology
Yung-Hee Kim (yunghee@hawaii.edu) Director, Center for Korean Studies, and Professor of Korean Literature
Hagen Koo (hagenkoo@hawaii.edu) Professor of Sociology
Byong Won Lee (byong@hawaii.edu) Professor of Ethnomusicology
Sang-Hyop Lee (leesang@hawaii.edu) Professor of Economics
Yean Ju Lee (yjlee@hawaii.edu) Associate Professor of Sociology
William O'Grady (ogrady@hawaii.edu) Professor of Linguistics
Gary Pak (gpak@hawaii.edu) Professor of English
Mee-Jeong Park (meejeong@hawaii.edu) Assistant Professor of Korean Language
Young-a Park (yapark@hawaii.edu) Assistant Professor of Asian Studies
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 Korean Language and director of the Korean Language Flagship Center
Alexander V. Vovin (vovin@hawaii.edu) Professor of East Asian Languages
Associate Members
Sun-Ki Chai (sunki@hawaii.edu) Associate Professor of Sociology
Erica Soonyoung Chang (syoungc@hawaii.edu) Librarian, Korean Language Cataloger, Thomas H. Hamilton Library
Minja Kim Choe (mchoe@hawaii.edu) Senior Fellow, East-West Center, and Affiliate Graduate Faculty, UHM Population Studies
Bum Jung Kim (bjk2001@hawaii.edu) Assistant Professor of Social Work
DongKwan Kong (dongkwan@hawaii.edu) Assistant Professor of Korean Language
Frederick Lau (fredlau@hawaii.edu) Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology
Chae Ho Lee (chaeho@hawaii.edu) Associate Professor of Design
Hye-Eun Lee (helee@hawaii.edu) Assistant Professor of Communicology
Hye-ryeon Lee (hyeryeon@hawaii.edu) Associate Professor of Communicology
Hyoung-June Park (hjpark@hawaii.edu) Assistant Professor of Architecture
Gay Garland Reed (ggreed@hawaii.edu) Associate Professor of Educational Foundations
Mooweon Rhee (mooweon@hawaii.edu) Professor of Management and Industrial Relations
S. Ghon Rhee (rheesg@hawaii.edu) K.J. Luke Distinguished Professor of International Finance and Banking
Jude Y. Yang (yoonlim@hawaii.edu) Korean Studies Librarian, Hamilton Library
Community Associate Members
Karl Moskowitz (karl.moskowitz@ksaltd.com) Associate Member
Duk Hee Murabayashi (dhmura@hawaii.rr.com) Associate Member
Retired Members
Yong-ho Ch'oe (choeyh@hawaii.edu) Professor of History
Hugh H. W. Kang (hwkang@hawaii.edu) Professor of History
Chung Hoon Lee (lchung@hawaii.edu) Professor of Economics
Dong Jae Lee (dongjlee@hawaii.edu) Associate Professor of Korean Language
Judy Van Zile (zile@hawaii.edu) Professor of Dance
