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Infusing Korean Studies Institute Faculty
Infusing Korean Studies Institute Faculty
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Presenting Faculty
- Chungmoo Choi teaches cultural studies, critical theory, gender, literature, film and religion of Korea at the University of California, Irvine where she serves as professor in the Department of East Asian Studies. She is author of Healing Historical Trauma in South Korean Film and Literature (2020). She co-edited and translated Voice of the Korean Comfort Women: History Rewritten through Memories (2023) and co-edited the oft-cited anthology, Dangerous Women: Gender and Nationalism in Korea (1997). She has served various scholarly journals as member of editorial collective.
- David Krolikoski is assistant professor of Korean literature at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. He specializes in modern Korean poetry, colonial literature, and translation. Krolikoski’s scholarship and critical writing have appeared in Japanese Language and Literature, Azalea: Journal of Korean Literature & Culture, The Routledge Companion of Korean Literature, Hyŏndae sihak, and Sima, and his translations of Korean literature have been published by The Margins and Chicago Review, among other outlets. A co-translated collection of essays by Kim Hyesoon titled To Write as a Woman: Lover, Patient, Poet, and You is forthcoming from Action Books. Krolikoski has recently presented his research at venues that include The Modern Language Association Convention and the Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference. He also served as a research consultant for the AppleTV+ adaptation of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko.
- Byong Won Lee received his PhD (1974) and MA (1971) in Ethnomusicology from the University of Washington and his BA (1964) in Korean Music Theory from Seoul National University. His publications include: the “Korea” entry in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (6th edition); Buddhist Music of Korea (1987); and Styles and Esthetics in Korean Traditional Music (1977). In 2001, Dr. Lee authored, coordinated, and served as main lecturer for the “Workshop on Korean Music for Overseas Musicologists,” co-sponsored by the Korea Foundation and the National Gukak Center. He has twice been a Fulbright scholar in Korea (1972–73 & 1980–81) and was an Academy of Korean Studies visiting professor (1996–98). He served as the first President of the Association for Korean Music Research (1995–96) and as Secretary-General for the 26th International Council for Traditional Music (1980–81) and for the 1994 First International Conference on Korean Studies. He was invited in 1990 to UNESCO’s “Integral Study of the Silk Road Maritime Route Expeditions” as a senior scholar.
- Hye Young Choi Smith is a Korean language instructor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures (EALL) at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM). She holds a Master’s degree in Second Language Studies and a Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Literatures (EALL), specializing in Korean linguistics, both from UHM. Her research interests encompass interactional linguistics, conversational analysis, Korean pragmatics, and teaching Korean as a second language (KSL). She is particularly intrigued by Korean sentence enders, modality, and politeness in Korean linguistics, and she finds joy in teaching the Korean language by actively utilizing K-dramas and K-pop songs, through which she connects with her students. She is also passionate about creating online content and interacting with learners of Korean from all over the world. Hye Young has been teaching undergraduate Korean language classes of all levels since 2015.
- Rob York is Director for Regional Affairs at Pacific Forum. He is responsible for editing their publications, including the PacNet series, the Comparative Connections e-journal, and the Issues & Insights series. He also oversees their fellowships and internship programs, as well as counter-disinformation and media training. Rob previously worked in Hong Kong as a production editor at The South China Morning Post. He earned his PhD (2023) in Korean history at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Rob contributes commentary on inter-Korean and Indo-Pacific affairs to NK News, The South China Morning Post, The American Conservative, China Review International, and The Journal of American-East Asian Relations, as well as conducting interviews in various media outlets.
Presenting Faculty
- Chungmoo Choi teaches cultural studies, critical theory, gender, literature, film and religion of Korea at the University of California, Irvine where she serves as professor in the Department of East Asian Studies. She is author of Healing Historical Trauma in South Korean Film and Literature (2020). She co-edited and translated Voice of the Korean Comfort Women: History Rewritten through Memories (2023) and co-edited the oft-cited anthology, Dangerous Women: Gender and Nationalism in Korea (1997). She has served various scholarly journals as member of editorial collective.
- David Krolikoski is assistant professor of Korean literature at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. He specializes in modern Korean poetry, colonial literature, and translation. Krolikoski’s scholarship and critical writing have appeared in Japanese Language and Literature, Azalea: Journal of Korean Literature & Culture, The Routledge Companion of Korean Literature, Hyŏndae sihak, and Sima, and his translations of Korean literature have been published by The Margins and Chicago Review, among other outlets. A co-translated collection of essays by Kim Hyesoon titled To Write as a Woman: Lover, Patient, Poet, and You is forthcoming from Action Books. Krolikoski has recently presented his research at venues that include The Modern Language Association Convention and the Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference. He also served as a research consultant for the AppleTV+ adaptation of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko.
- Byong Won Lee received his PhD (1974) and MA (1971) in Ethnomusicology from the University of Washington and his BA (1964) in Korean Music Theory from Seoul National University. His publications include: the “Korea” entry in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (6th edition); Buddhist Music of Korea (1987); and Styles and Esthetics in Korean Traditional Music (1977). In 2001, Dr. Lee authored, coordinated, and served as main lecturer for the “Workshop on Korean Music for Overseas Musicologists,” co-sponsored by the Korea Foundation and the National Gukak Center. He has twice been a Fulbright scholar in Korea (1972–73 & 1980–81) and was an Academy of Korean Studies visiting professor (1996–98). He served as the first President of the Association for Korean Music Research (1995–96) and as Secretary-General for the 26th International Council for Traditional Music (1980–81) and for the 1994 First International Conference on Korean Studies. He was invited in 1990 to UNESCO’s “Integral Study of the Silk Road Maritime Route Expeditions” as a senior scholar.
- Hye Young Choi Smith is a Korean language instructor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures (EALL) at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM). She holds a Master’s degree in Second Language Studies and a Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Literatures (EALL), specializing in Korean linguistics, both from UHM. Her research interests encompass interactional linguistics, conversational analysis, Korean pragmatics, and teaching Korean as a second language (KSL). She is particularly intrigued by Korean sentence enders, modality, and politeness in Korean linguistics, and she finds joy in teaching the Korean language by actively utilizing K-dramas and K-pop songs, through which she connects with her students. She is also passionate about creating online content and interacting with learners of Korean from all over the world. Hye Young has been teaching undergraduate Korean language classes of all levels since 2015.
- Rob York is Director for Regional Affairs at Pacific Forum. He is responsible for editing their publications, including the PacNet series, the Comparative Connections e-journal, and the Issues & Insights series. He also oversees their fellowships and internship programs, as well as counter-disinformation and media training. Rob previously worked in Hong Kong as a production editor at The South China Morning Post. He earned his PhD (2023) in Korean history at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Rob contributes commentary on inter-Korean and Indo-Pacific affairs to NK News, The South China Morning Post, The American Conservative, China Review International, and The Journal of American-East Asian Relations, as well as conducting interviews in various media outlets.