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Education University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
2010 Ph.D. in Theatre Research, Department of Theatre and Drama.
Dissertation: “A Decade of Transformation: A Critical View of Theatre for Children and Young People in South Korea between 1992 and 2002.” Indiana Univeristy, Bloomington, IN
2005 M.A. in Theatre History, Literature, and Theory, Department of Theatre and Drama
Sogang University, Seoul, Korea 2003 B.A. in Communications
Magna Cum Laude.
Teaching Appointments Mar. 2014 – Current Adjunct Professor, Kookmin University, Seoul.
Courses Taught: Theories of Contemporary Theatre Histories of Asian Theatre
Introduction to Performing Arts Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy History of Performing Arts (Graduate) Sept. 2013 – Dec. 2015 Instructor, Sogang University, Seoul.
Courses Taught: Drama and Storytelling (Graduate) Theatre and Education (Graduate) Writing About Literature
Sept.2013 – Jun. 2015 Instructor, Kyunghee University, Yongin. Courses Taught: Tragic and Comic Characters
Introduction to Performance Studies Introduction to Theatre
Sept. 2013 – Dec. 2013 Instructor, Korea National University of the Arts, Seoul.
Course Taught: Research Methodology (Graduate) Sept. 2012 – Jun. 2013 Instructor, Yongin University, Yongin.
Courses Taught: Histories of the Theatre (Graduate) Theatre and Education (Graduate)
Courses Taught: Drama and Education
Introduction to Dramatic Literature
Publications
“CEO Overconfidence, Leadership Ethics, and Institutional Investors.” (Co-authored with C.Y.Chung). Sustainability 2017. 1.
“Examinations of the Newly Founded Theatre Spaces for Children.” The ASSITEJ Korea Journal 13 (2015) 108-113.
“Answering Old Question by Asking New Ones: A Number as a Continuation of Churchill’s Discourse on Power and Identity.” Modern English Drama 27:3 (2014) 397-423.
“Performing Modernization of the Fatherland: Nationalism and School Theatre in South Korea during the Park Regime (1960-1979).” Nationalism and Youth in Theatre and Performance. Angela Sweigart-Gallagher and Victoria Lantz Eds. Routledge: New York, 2014. 50-66.
“Theatres for Young Audiences in the United States of America.” Giving Back Culture and the Future to Children and Young People. Ed. National Theater Company of Korea Theatre for Young Audiences Research Institute.
National Theater Company of Korea, Seoul, 2012. 291-318.
“Not Just a University Theatre: The Significance of Jesuit School Theatre in Continental Europe, 1540-1773.” Catholic Theatre and Drama: Critical Essays. McFarland, 2010. 29-44.
“Ideologies in Theater for Young Audiences in Korea during the 1920s and 1930s.” Theater Festivals: Celebration of Cultural Diversity - The ASSITEJ Book 2008/2009. ASSITEJ International, 2009. 306-319.
Book Reviews
“Book Review of Youth and Theatre of the Oppressed edited by Peter Duffy and Elinor Vettraino.” Theatre Survey 53.1 (April 2012): 168-170.
“Book Review of Illusive Utopia: Theater, Film, and Everyday Performance in North Korea by Suk-young Kim.” Theatre Journal 63.3 (October 2011): 471-473.
“Book Review of The Laity, The Church and The Mystery Plays by Tony Corbett.” Theatre Journal 62.2 (May 2010): 309-310.
2016-2017 Korea National Research Foundation Research Grant 2014-2015 Korea National Research Foundation Research Grant 2013-2014 Korea National Research Foundation Research Grant 2010Vilas Travel Grant, UW-Madison
2009Vilas Travel Grant, UW-Madison
2007Fredrick March Scholarship, Theatre and Drama, UW-Madison 2005Merit Award, Theatre and Drama, Indiana University
2005Theatre Circle Travel Grant, Indiana University 2004Theatre Circle Travel Grant, Indiana University 2001President’s Scholarhip, Sogang University 2001Sogang A Scholarship, Sogang University 2000Sogang A Scholarship, Sogang University
Sogang ASSEACCU (The Association of Southeast and East Asian Catholic Colleges and Universities) Scholarship, Sogang University
Professional Service
2015 – Advisor. Theatre for Young Audiences Research Institute at the National Theater Company of Korea
2015 – Editorial Board. The ASSITEJ Korea Journal 2015 Editorial Board. Review of Eurasian Studies
2013-2014 Secretary General. Korean Association for Drama and Education.
Conference Presentations
2015 “The Identity of ‘Asianness’ in Korean Theatre for Young Audiences.” Asia-Europe Perspective Association (AEPA) Conference, Seoul
2014 “Staging Perception or Staging Reality?: The Inaugural Season of the TYA Research Center of the National Theater Company of Korea.” International Theatre for Young Audiences Research Network (ITYARN), Warsaw
2013 “Perceptions of Childhood and Education and its Effects on Theatre for Young Audiences in Contemporary Korea.” Korean Assocation of Drama and Education (KADE), Seoul
2011 “Educating, Empowering, Liberating: Madang-gut and Applied Theatre in Contemporary Korea.” American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE) Conference, Chicago
2010 “Ideologies of International Theatre for Young Audiences Festivals as Found in the Aesthetical Practices of Korean Productions.” American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE) Conference, San Francisco
Post-War School Theatre of South Korea.” American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE) and Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
Conference, New York City
2009 “Creations of Wartime Narratives in the Last Years of Colonial Korea, Seen through the Examples of Performative Literature for Children.” American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE) and Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) Conference, New York City
2008“Not Just a University Theatre: The Significance of Jesuit Theatre in Continental Europe, 1540-1773.” Catholic Theatre Conference, Loyola Marymount University
2008 “Rethinking Childhood Innocence through Young Characters in The Bridge and On the Other Side.” Working Group – Theatre for Young Audiences. American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR). Boston
2008 “Performing Korean Shamanistic in the Twenty-first Century.” International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR), Seoul
2008 “Ideologies in Theater for Young Audiences in Korea during the 1920s and 1930s.” International Theatre for Young Audiences Research Network (ITYARN), Adelaide
2007 “Using Traditional tools as Catalyst for Change: Applied Theatre in Korea in the 1970s.” American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE), Vancouver 2006 “How to Stage Beckett in North Korea.” University of Wisconsin Theatre and
Drama Graduate Student Conference, Madison
2005 “Hroswitha’s Plays as Agit-prop.” Comparative Drama Conference, Los Angeles
2004 “Comparisons of American Melodrama and Korean Shinpa.” Comparative Drama Conference, Columbus
Practical and Creative Work in Drama/Theatre 2016 Dramaturg. August: Osage County. Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea. 2015 Performer. War and Peace. ASSITEJ-Japan Next Generation Workshop.
Tokyo, Japan.
2015 Translations. Lionboy. National Theater of Korea, Seoul, Korea. 2015 Jury. ASSITEJ – Korea Seoul Children’s Theatre Awards, Seoul, Korea. 2014 Translations. War Horse. National Theatre of Korea, Seoul, Korea. 2014 Jury. Yegreen Musical Theatre Awards, Seoul, Korea.
2008 Festival Intern. 16th ASSITEJ World Congress and Festival of the Arts,
Adelaide, Australia
2007 Education Director. Hibernation, (Annual Theatre for Young Audiences Tour), UW-Madison
2007 Dramaturg (Literary Advisor for Production). Three Sisters, UW-Madison 2006 Light Board Operator. According to Coyote, UW-Madison
2003-05 Assistant to Financial Manager. Theatre and Drama Department. Indiana University
2005 Assistant Stage Manager. Uncle Vanya, Indiana University
2004 Counselor. Midsummer Theatre Camp for Highschool Students, Indiana University
2004 Assistant Director. The Cherry Orchard, Indiana Univeristy 2004 Assistant Stage Manager. Sweet Charity, Indiana University 2001 Actor. Homosapiens, Sogang University
