People at the Center
Staff

Director
Pyong Gap Min, Distinguished Professor

Statistician and Data Analyst
Chigon Kim, Professor at Wright State University, Ohio
Sou Hyun Jang (Census Data Analyst), Ph.D., Graduate Center/CUNY

Research Associates
Young Oak Kim
Chang Jong Kim (Media Specialist)
Sejung Yim
Hayden Ju
Hyeon Ji Lee

English Editor and Proposal Writer
Thomas Chung

Visiting Scholars

July 2019 – June 2020
Sang Soo Kim, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Economics, Korea National Open University, Seoul, Korea
Hyesuk Ha, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Youth Education, Korea National Open University, Seoul, Korea

March 2019 – February 2020
Jin Gyung Cha, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Nursing, Wonkwang Health Science University, Iksan, South Korea

Aug. 2018 – July. 2019
So Yeon Kim, Reporter, Hankookilbo (The Korea Times), Seoul, South Korea
Oug-Ja Kim, Ph.D. in North Korea Studies

Aug. 2018 – Feb. 2019
Jotaro Kato, Adjunct Lecturer at Housei University and University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo, Japan

March 2018 – Feb. 2019
Young Mi Lee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, South Korea

Sept. 2017-Aug. 2018
Eunjin Lee, Associate Professor, Department of Clothing and Textiles, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea

Feb. 2017-Aug. 2018
Mun-Sang Cho, Director of Planning and Cooperation Division, National Assembly Research Servic.
The National Assembly Secretariat of the Republic of Korea

Feb. 2017-Jan. 2018
Mee-Kyung Shin, Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Korea Nazarene University, Korea

Feb. 2017-July 2017
Hongmin Chun, Assistant Professor, Department of Accounting, Chungbuk University, Korea
Jiyun Lee, Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Cultural Contents, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea

September 2015 – August 2016
Jai Gi Kim, Professor, Dept. of Political Science and Foreign Relations, Chonnam National
University in Gwangju, Korea

May 2015 – August 2015
Yill-Yeon Park, Professor, Dept. of Social Welfare and Counseling, Honam Theological
University and Seminary in Gwangju, Korea

Jan. 2015-Aug. 2016
Heejin Lim, The National Youth Policy Institute in Seoul, Korea.
Ph.D. in Health Education from the University of Tokyo, 2001

Jan. 2014-Dec. 2014
Hyuncheol Kim, The National Youth Policy Institute in Seoul, Korea.
Ph.D. in Sociology of Education from Yonsei University, Korea, 2000

4. 2012-7. 2012
Jae-Won Noh, Associate Professor, Area Studies, Tenri University, Japan

2011-2012
Mei Lan Jin, Associate Professor, School of Foreign Languages, Yan Bian University, China

2010-2011
Yong-Gyu Park, Professor, Sangji University, Korea
Kyou-Jin Lee (Ph.D., Ehwa University, Korea)

Advisory Board

Hyun Joo Kwon, Teacher
MS142, Bronx, NY

Seogjoo Jang, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Queens College, CUNY

Sung Eun Choi, Assistant Professor of Nutrition and the Family
Queens College, CUNY

Seongyeon Ko, Assistant Professor of Korean Language and Linguistics
Queens College, CUNY
Sung Hee Shin, Assistant Professor of Education
Queens College, CUNY

David Schober, Associate Professor of Composition, Music Theory, and Piano
Queens College, CUNY

Jane Cho, Director of Administration of Aaron Copland School of Music
Queens College, CUNY