Siyoung Park and Patti Jones of Western Illinois University led 12 high school teachers Fulbright Group Study Aboard to South Korea in 2005.

Center for Korean Studies at Western Illinois University is housed in the Department of Geography.

Dr. Siyoung Park, Dr. Jongnam Choi and Dr. Su-Yeul Chung are the core faculty members of the center.

Directory of Korean Faculty Members at Western Illinois University

	Name	Department	Office (Phone)	E-mail
1	Cho, Hyung-Yon	Recreation, Park and Tourism Administration	404 Currens Hall (298-1726)	H-Cho99@wiu.edu
2	Choi, Jongnam	Geography and Meteorology	310 Tillman Hall (298-2956)	J-choi1@wiu.edu
		Interest: Climate Impact on Human Health and Activities, Climate Change in East Asia, Environmental Risk Assessment, Quaternary Research
3	Chung, Su-Yeul	Geography	306C Tillman Hall (298-2348)	S-Chung2@wiu.edu
4	Chung, Sungeun	Communication	303g Memorial Hall (298-2219)	S-Chung@wiu.edu
5	Kim, Choonsan	Information Management and Decision Sciences	438 Stipes Hall (298-1027)	C-kim4@wiu.edu
6	Kim, Hyung Ja	Music	219 Browne Hall (298-2163)	HJ-kim@wiu.edu
7	Kim, Joongol	Philosophy	500 Currens (298-1674)	JK116@wiu.edu
8	Kim, Yeongkwun	Computer Science	447F Stipes Hall (298-1351)	Y-kim2@wiu.edu
9	Lee, Byoung J	Computer Science	447K Stipes Hall (298-1441)	BJ-lee@wiu.edu
10	Lee, Hongbok	Marketing and Finance	426 Stipes Hall (298-1545)	H-lee@wiu.edu
		Interest: Financial markets and financial institutes in East Asia, especially Korea.
11	Lee, In	Information Management and Decision Sciences	431 I Stipes Hall (298-1409)	I-lee@wiu.edu
		Interest: Cross-cultural studies (Korea vs. US) in E-commerce.
12	Lee, Jongho	Political Science	424 Morgan Hall (298-1354)	J-Lee6@wiu.edu
13	Lee, Young	Computer Science	447L Stipes Hall (298-1665)	Y-lee2@wiu.edu
14	Park, Siyoung	Geography (Cultural/Urban Geography)	412 Tillman Hall (298-1169)	S-park@wiu.edu
		Interest: Residential and Business Distribution of Korean Americans, Asian Economic Geography, Teaching Korean Language
15	Yoon, Seung-Won	Instructional Technology and Telecommunications	37 Horrabin Hall (298-1645)	S-Yoon@wiu.edu
16	Woo, Jeong-han	Engineering Technology	102 Knobleuch (298-1337)	J-Woo@wiu.edu
	Hurh, Won M	Sociology and Anthropology	Retired	WM-Hurh@wiu.edu
	Kim, Kwang Chung	Sociology and Anthropology	Retired

The current research project is ‘The residential and socio-economic patterns of Korean Immigrants in the United States’ utilizing county- and census tract- level data published by U.S. Bureau of Census, 1980, 1990, and 2000.

Presentation

1. Association of American Geographers: Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, 2004

New: Comparative Study of the Distribution of Asian Americans in the United States

Figures

1. Korean Population 2000 by County

2. Korean Population 1990 by County

3. Change in Korean Population by County (1990-2000) - Increase

4. Change in Korean Population by County (1990-2000) - Decrease

5. Korean United Methodist Churches in the United States

1965, 1980, 1990, and 2002

Statistics on Korean Population by County, 1990 and 2000