Education & Academic Positions

Education

Seoul National University, Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Seoul, South Korea
        B.S., M.S., Ph.D. (2000)

Academic Positions

Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA
              Contracted Lecturer, 2024 (course: Dress and Textiles in World Cultures by Professor Nandini Gopalarathinam)

UCLA School of Theater, Film &Television, University of California Los Angeles, USA
Contracted Lecturer, 2024, 2021 (course: Fashion, Costume & Culture by Professor Deborah A. Landis)

University of Rhode Island, MA, USA

  Guest Lecturer, 2023 Fall, (Graduate course "Fashion East and West" by Professor Linda Welters) 

Loyola Mary Mount  University, CA, USA

         Contracted Lecturer, 2023, 2024 (course: (Summer) Costume History by Professor Leon Wiebers)

Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

         Adjunct Lecturer for Team Teaching, 2022-2023 (General Education course: Hanbok and Korean Culture) This course is developed and run with the support of the Hanbok Advancement Center.

Chapman University, CA, USA

         Contracted Lecturer, 2022 (course: Performing Style and Identity by Professor Rachel Kinnard)

Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA
          Guest Lecturer, 2021 (course: Cross-Cultural Studies by Professor Yuniya Kawamura)

California State University at Los Angeles, USA
      Guest Lecturer, 2021 (course: Body, Appearance, and Adornment by Professor Rachel Kinnard)

Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA
          Contracted Lecturer, 2019-2021 (course: History of East Asian Dress, The Art of the Silk Roads by Professor Kyunghee Pyun)

Academy of Art University, Dept. of Fashion, San Francisco, California, USA
          Adjunct Instructor, 2018 (Course: GLA 613  History of 20th Century Fashion Arts)

Bard Graduate Center, New York City, New York, USA 
          Guest Lecturer, 2017 (course: Fashion and East Asia by Adjunct Instructor Mei Mei Rado)

J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles), Asian Art Museum (San Francisco), de Young Museum   (San Francisco), University of Southern California Pacific Asia Museum (Pasadena),     Fashion Institute of Technology (New York),  Bard Graduate Center (New York), Rutgers     University (New Brunswick, New Jersey), and Other Institutions and Museums, USA; University of British Columbia, Canada; V&A Academy, UK; Yeol Korean Heritage Preservation Society, The Academy of Korean Studies, South Korea.
          Contracted Lecturer for Special Programs, 2013–2024

Seoul National University, Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Seoul, South Korea
          Adjunct Instructor, 1996–2000 (Course: History of Korean Dress)

Kijeon Women’s College, Dept. of Fashion Design, Jeonju, South Korea
          Assistant Professor (Full-Time), 1993–1998