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

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.