Background
Kim, Kyong-Dong was born on November 11, 1936 in Andong, Republic of Korea.
Kim, Kyong-Dong was born on November 11, 1936 in Andong, Republic of Korea.
Bachelor, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, 1959. Master of Arts, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, Itahca, New York, 1971.
Instructor, assistant professor Seoul Womans University, 1961—1967. Research fellow East-West Center, Honolulu, 1965—1966. Instructor to associate professor North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1971—1977.
Instructor Seoul National University, 1968—1969, associate professor to professor, 1977—2002, director, institute social science, 1983—1986, dean planning & coordination, 1987—1989, executive director, development foundation, 1991—1993, professor emeritus, since 2002. Fellow Woodrow Wilson International Center Scholars, Washington, 1986—1987. Member Seoul Metropolitan Government City Planning Comn., 1984—1994, Ministry Education Committee Educational Policy Evaluation, Seoul, 1986—1994.
Visiting professor L'Ecole des Hautes en Science Sociales, Paris, 1991—1991, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1996—1998, Korea Development Institute School Public Policy & Management, Seoul, since 2001. Member National Academy of Sciences, since 2002. Chair professor Graduate School Practical Theology, Icheon, since 2007.
President & board chair Global Metropolitan Forum Seoul, 2007—2009.
President & board chair Korea Forum Volunteerism, Seoul, 2009. Member of American Sociological Association, International Sociological Association, Korea Association Information Society (president & board chair 1997—2007), Korean Sociological Association (president 1989-1989), Alpha Kappa Delta.
Married On-Jook Lee, March 28, 1970.