Guide to Experts at CSLA



The Office of Public Affairs at CSLA provides a listing of "experts" at Cal State LA in a variety of areas and on a variety of topics, from AIDS to Zoology.

The faculty of CKAKS welcomes inquires from journalists and others on issues related to the Korean American community and on Korean politics, economics, and society.

CKAKS faculty have been interviewed by the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, CNN, Newsweek, the San Francisco Chronicle, U.S. News and World Reports, and many other media organizations.

Please read the profiles to your right to find the best person to contact.

People of CKAKS

 

Executive Committee

Dr. Hyojoung Kim (Director)
Department of Sociology

• Office Telephone: (323) 343-5768
• E-mail: hkim AT calstatela DOT edu
• Web Site: http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/hkim

Dr. Namhee Lee, Associate Director
Department of Modern Language and Literatures

• Office Telephone: (323) 343-4244
• E-Mail Address: nlee8 AT calstatela DOT edu
• Web Site: http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/al/namheelee.php

Dr. Jongwook Woo (Information Systems Director)
Department of Information Systems
Director of HiPIC (High Performance Information Computing Center)

• Office Telephone: (323) 343-2916
• E-mail: jwoo5 AT calstatela DOT edu
• web site: http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/jwoo5

Dr. Iksuk Kim, Executive Committee
Department of Marketing

• Office Telephone: (323) 343-2966
• E-Mail Address: ikim AT calstatela DOT edu
• Web Site: http://instructional1.calstatela.edu/ikim/

 

Former Committee

Dr. Eui-Young Yu (Founder and Director)
Department of Sociology

• E-mail: eyu AT calstatela DOT edu

Dr. Timothy C. Lim, Associate Director
Department of Political Science

• Office Telephone: (323) 343-2242
• E-Mail Address: tclim AT calstatela DOT edu
• Home Page: http://instructional1.calstatela.edu/tclim
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profiles of ckaks faculty

Professor Eui-Young "Jim" Yu is a graduate of Seoul National University (B.A) and the University of Pennsylvania (M.A. and Ph.D.). Dr. Yu is an often-quoted expert and has written many books and articles on Korean demography and the Korean American community. He frequently lectures on the Korean community in America, and his most recent studies detail the changes in L.A.'s Korean Community. Dr. Yu was formerly the director of the University's Institute for Asian-American and Pacific Asian Studies. He was a recipient of Cal State L.A.'s Outstanding Professor Award for 1984-85. Outside of Cal State LA, Dr. You has served (or is currently serving) leading roles in a variety of organizations, including: Chairman of the Economic Research Council; Korean American Economic Development Center, the Director of the Korean American Coalition-Census Information Center; Board Member, Korean Institute of Southern California; Founding President, Korean American Museum, and Chairman, Koreatown Emergency Relief Committtee of the Victims of Sa-I-Gu riots.

 

Professor Timothy Lim* is a graduate of the University of Hawaii at Manoa (Ph.D.) and Columbia University (M.A). His primary areas of research on Korean political economy, transnational migration to Korea (and other parts of Northeast Asia), and human trafficking and smuggling. His most recent research focuses on the challenges and prospects of multiculturalism and Korean national identity. Dr. Lim's recent book, Doing Comparative Politics, is one of the leading textbooks on comparative politics in the United States (originally published in 2006, it reached its third printing by the end of 2007). Dr. Lim is on the editorial board of Korean Studies, the Open Area Studies Journal, and E-Aspac. He is also a former Fulbright scholar (2005-06 and 1995-96) and was a visiting professor at Korea University.

* Professor Lim recently resigned from the Center, but he may still be contacted directly about his research; inquires about the Center should be directed to Drs. Yu or Kim.

 

Professor Hyojong Kim