With more than forty faculty members offering courses or conducting research related to Korea, the Center has, by far, the greatest number of scholars of any such institution in the United States. Our resources for scholarship on Korea also rank in the upper echelon of academic institutions throughout the world. Courses relating to Korea in fields such as anthropology, Asian studies, business, communication, dance, economics, history, journalism, language, law, linguistics, literature, music, political science, social work, 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.
Listed below are the faculty members of CKS, both past and present, who has helped the center become what it is today. To read more about them, please visit our CKS Faculty page.
Full Members

Chizuko T. Allen

Christopher J. Bae

Tae-Ung Baik

Sang Yee Cheon

Han-Byul Chung

Cheehyung Harrison Kim

Karl E. Kim

Mary Shin Kim

Min-Sun Kim

Yung-Hee Kim

David Krolikoski

Byong Won Lee

Hye-ryeon Lee

Sang-Hyop Lee

Yean Ju Lee

William O'Grady

Thomas A. Osborne

Hyoung-June Park

Mee-Jeong Park

Young-a Park

S. Ghon Rhee

R. Anderson Sutton

Donald R. Womack

Myungji Yang
To read more about our full contributing members, please visit our CKS Faculty page.
Associate Members

Sun-Ki Chai

Erica Soonyoung Chang

Sumi Chang

Andre Haag

Seunghye Hong

Ji Young Kim

Hye Seung Lee

To read more about our contributing associate members, please visit our CKS Faculty page.
Community Associate Members

Karl Moskowitz

Duk Hee Murabayashi


To read more about our contributing community associate members, please visit our CKS Faculty page.
Retired Members

Minja Kim Choe

Yong-ho Ch'oe

Hugh H.W. Kang

Joung-Im Kim

Hagen Koo

Frederick Lau

Dong Jae Lee

Gary Yong Gi Pak

Edward J. Shultz

Ho-min Sohn

Judy Van Zile

To read more about our members, please visit our CKS Faculty page.