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President
Joowon Suh, Ed.D.
. Director, Korean Language Program
· Senior Lecturer
· Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
· Columbia University
· 407 Kent Hall
· 1140 Amsterdam Ave. MC 3907
· New York, NY 10027

Executive Secretary
Mee-Jeong Park, Ph.D.
· Associate Professor & Department Chair
· East Asian Languages and Literatures
· University of Hawaii at Manoa
· Moore Hall 353, Honolulu, HI 96822

Treasurer
Bumyong Choi, Ph.D
· Senior Lecturer / Director of Korean Studies
· Dept. of Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures
· Emory University
· 532 Kilgo Cir. Atlanta GA 30322

Newsletter Editor & Webmaster
Kyung-Eun Yoon, Ph.D.
· Coordinator and Senior Lecturer of Korean
· Dept. of Modern Languages, Linguistics, & Intercultural Communication
· University of Maryland, Baltimore County
· Baltimore, MD 21250
Members of the Executive Board
(3-year term)
[2020-2023]

Ho Jung Choi, Ph.D.
· Senior Lecturer
· Director, Korean Language Program
· Dept. of East Asian Studies
· Princeton University
· 211 Jones Hall
· Princeton NJ 08544

Hi-Sun Kim, Ph.D.
· Senior Preceptor and Director of the Korean Language Program
· Dept. of East Asian Languages & Civilizations
· Harvard University
· 5 Bryant St.
· Cambridge, MA 02138

Danielle O. Pyun, Ph.D.
· Associate Professor of Korean
· Dept. of East Asian Languages & Literatures
· The Ohio State University
· 398 Hagerty Hall
· 1775 College Road
· Columbus, OH 43065
[2019-2022]

Insung Ko, Ph.D.
· Teaching Assistant Professor in Korean Language
· Dept. of East Asian Languages & Literatures
· George Washington University
· 801 22nd Street, NW
· Rome Hall 461
· Washington, DC 20052

Mina Lee, Ph.D
· Professor and Dean
· Asian School II (Korean)
· Undergraduate Education, DLIFLC
· Presidio of Monterey, CA

Ms. Meejeong Song
· Senior Lecturer/Coordinator Korean Language Program
· Department of Asian Studies
· Cornell University
· 388A Rockefeller Hall
· Ithaca, NY 14853

Dr. Ihnhee Kim
· Associate Professor of Instruction/Co-coordinator of Korean Language Program
· Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
· Northwestern University
· 1880 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60201

Ms. Eunice Lee
· Education Specialist
· California Pacific Charter School
· Excel Academy
· 1200 Quail Street #175
· Newport Beach, CA 92660

Byung-jin Lim, Ph.D.
· Associate Professor of Korean
· Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
· University of Wisconsin-Madison
· 1214 Van Hise
· 1220 Linden Drive
· Madison, WI 53706

Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Hae-Young Kim
· Professor of the Practice and Chair
· Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
· Duke University
· Box 90414
· Durham, NC 27708

Ph.D. student
HwanHee Kim
· East Asian Languages and Literatures
· University of Hawaii at Manoa
· Moore Hall 366, Honolulu, HI 96822
1st President: 1994-1997
Dr. Ho-min Sohn
· Professor
· Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
· Moore Hall 382,1890 East-West Rd.
· Honolulu, HI 96822
2nd President: 1997-2000
Dr. Yoo-Sang Rhee
· Professor & Chair Emeritus
· Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC)
· 4120 River Bluff Run Way
· Suwanee, GA 30024
3rd President: 2000-2003
Dr. Joe Jungno Ree
· Professor Emeritus
· Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics
· Florida State University
· 225 Ruffed Grouse Way
· Duluth, GA 30097
4th President: 2003-2006
Dr. Hye-Sook Wang
· Associate Professor
· East Asian Studies, Box 1850
· Brown University
· Providence, RI 02912
5th President: 2006-2009
Dr. Young-mee Yu Cho
· Associate Professor
· Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
· 330 Scott Hall CAC
· Rutgers University
· New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732) 932-5603 [O] | (732) 932-7926 [F]
Hye-yucho@rci.rutgers.edu
6th President: 2009-2012
Dr. Hyo Sang Lee
· Associate Professor
· Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures
· Goodbody Hall 229
· Indiana University
· Bloomington, IN 47405
7th President: 2012-2015
Dr. Hae-Young Kim
· Professor of the Practice
· Duke University Dept of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
· Box 90414
· Durham, NC 27708
8th President: 2015-2018
Dr. Sahie Kang
· Professor and Director
· The School of Korean
· Middlebury College
· Middlebury, Vermont 05753
(802) 443-5215 | (510) 430-3387 (Mills)
skang@middlebury.edu | sahiekang@yahoo.com
Chair [2020-2021]
Angela Lee-Smith, Ph.D.
· Senior Lecturer II
· Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures
· Yale University
· P.O.Box 208308
· New Haven, CT 06520-8308
Past Chairs [2006-2009]
Dr. Sahie Kang
· Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center
· Monterey, CA
Past Chairs [2009-2012]
Dr. Sungdai Cho
· Director, Center for Korean Studies
· Project Director, Academy of Korean Studies Grant
· State University of New York at Binghamton
Past Chairs [2012-2015]
Dr. Sahie Kang
· Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center
· Monterey, CA
Past Chairs [2015-2017]
Dr. Namhee Lee
· Associate Professor
· Modern Languages & Literatures
· CSULA
· King Hall D 1054 A3032
Past Chair [2017-2019]
Hee-Sun Kim, Ph.D.
· Coordinator and Lecturer
· Korean Language Program
· Knight Building, Rm 314
· Stanford, CA 94305
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