2004 Ph. D.
Dept. of Leisure Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thesis title: The nature of travelers’ unplanned destination decisions, 2004

1996 – 1999 Ph. D. Coursework
Seoul National University
Dept. of Forest Resources
Major: Outdoor Recreation Management

1996 M.S.
Seoul National University
Dept. of Forest Resources
Degree in Agriculture
Thesis title: A Study on the Effects of Self-Guiding Environmental Interpretation for Forest Recreationists, 1996

1994 B.S.
Seoul National University
Dept. of Forest Resources
Degree in Agriculture
Thesis title: Users’ Attitude on Restriction of Number of User in National Park; A Case Study of Bukhansan National Park, 1994

연구경력

9/10 – Current Editorial Board Member
Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research (SSCI Journal)

3/11 – Current Director
Institute of Tourism and Leisure Research, Dong-A University

3/06 – 2/11 Vice Director
Institute of Tourism and Leisure Research, Dong-A University

8/99 – 1/04 Research Assistant
National Laboratory for Tourism and eCommerce, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

6/01 – 5/02 Affiliated Researcher
Institute for Tourism and Leisure Studies
Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria

6/98 – 8/98 Research Assistant
Institute of Landscape Planning and Nature Conservation, University of München, Germany
(Lehrstuhl für Landnutzungsplanung und Naturschutz, Der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universtät, München)

9/96 – 12/97 Project Manager
UNESCO Man and Biosphere Programme East Asian Biosphere Network (EABRN) Project.
Title: Biodiversity Conservation and the Potential for Ecotourism Development in and around
Changbaishan Biosphere Reserve, Peoples Republic of China.

1/96 – 7/96 Research Assistant
Dept. of Leisure Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Teaching

9/10 – Current Associate Professor
Department of International Tourism, Dong-A University, Korea

9/06 – 8/10 Assistant Professor
Department of Tourism Management, Dong-A University, Korea

9/04 – 8/06 Senior Lecturer
Division of International Tourism, Dong-A University, Korea

1/04 – 5/04 Visiting Lecturer
Department of Leisure Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
- LEIST290 Research in Leisure Studies (2004 Spring)

1/01 – 5/02 Teaching Assistant
Department of Leisure Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
- LEIST290 Research in Leisure Studies (2001 Spring, 2001 Fall, 2002 Spring Semester)

1/02 – 12/03 Guest Lecturer
- LEIST 290 Research in Leisure Studies (2002 Spring)
- LEIST 494 Issues in Tourism and eCommerce (2002 Fall)
- LEIST 199 Contemporary Issues in Tourism (2003 Spring)
- LEIST 199 Leisure and Technology (2003 Fall)

Best Paper Award

- Best paper award. ENTER 2011 Annual Conference of the International Federation of Information Technology and Tourism, Innsbruck, Austria.
Title: Personality and Tourists’ Internet Behaviors

- Best paper award. ENTER 2004 Annual Conference of the International Federation of Information Technology and Tourism, Cairo, Egypt.
 Title: Tell me who you are and I tell you where to go: Travel personality testing for destination recommendation systems

- Best paper award from Globalization Student’s Thesis Competition, SunKyung Ltd., 1995, Korea
 Title: Global Level Environmental Problems and Its Strategies.

Scholarship

- Scholarship from Foundation for the Rural Youth, 1997, Korea

- Mansu Scholarship from Suwon Forestry Alumni, Department of Forest Resources, Seoul National University, 1994

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