[KS] Announcing the New Director of the James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies

[SEOK LEE]

Dear colleagues,

It is with great pleasure that we announce Hyunjoon Park (Korea Foundation
Professor of Sociology) as the new director of the James Joo-Jin Kim
Program in Korean Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.  Director
Park’s appointment will begin on July 1, 2019.  Hyunjoon Park brings to the
James Joo-Jin Kim Program his comprehensive leadership experience, deep
knowledge of Korean studies, and a forward-looking perspective.

Professor Park received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison in 2005. He has published a single-authored book,
*Re-Evaluating
Education in Japan and Korea: De-mystifying Stereotypes* (2013 Routledge)
and co-edited a book, *Korean Education in Changing Economic and
Demographic Contexts* (with Kyung-Keun Kim, 2014 Springer), and two
previous volumes of Research in the Sociology of Education (Vol 19. Family
Environments, School Resources, and Educational Outcomes with Grace Kao,
2016; and Vol. 17. Globalization, Changing Demographics, and Educational
Challenges in East Asia with Emily Hannum and Yuko Butler, 2010). Park has
also edited three journal special issues as either a single editor or
co-editor on the topics of education as a positional good, young adults in
East Asia, and growing up in one-parent families in Asia. Park has
published more than 70 journal articles and book chapters. Park is the
director of the research lab, “Korean Millennials: Coming of Age in the Era
of Inequality,” which is investigating multifaceted challenges faced by
Korean Millennials in their pathways to adulthood in the context of rising
inequality (supported by the Academy of Korean Studies).

Please join us in welcoming Professor Park to the James Joo-Jin Kim Program
in Korean Studies.


Best,

Seok

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Seok Lee, Ph.D.

Associate Director

James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies

University of Pennsylvania
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