Education
Bachelor in Political Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 1984. Master of Arts in Sociology, U.Conn., Storrs, 1991. Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1998.
Bachelor in Political Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 1984. Master of Arts in Sociology, U.Conn., Storrs, 1991. Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1998.
Assistant professor University Washington, Seattle, 1998—2006. Special exchange professor Yonsei University, Seoul, 2006. Assistant professor California State University, Los Angeles, since 2006.
Associate director Center Korean American & Korean Studies, Los Angeles, 2007—2008, director, since 2009. Editor-in-chief California Sociology Forum, Los Angeles, since 2008.
Executive committee chair Seattle-Washington State Korean American Association, 2003, executive committee member, 2004. Member of Southern California Association Korean Studies, American Sociological Association (Best Article Award 2004).