Faculty News

With President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol set to take office on May 10, a K-pop expert and associate professor of cultural studies at George Mason University Korea, is calling on the new administration to build more small and mid-sized concert venues for various pop singers and create more platforms where they can meet the audience.

Dr. Hyunyoung Cho was selected by George Mason’s Center for Humanities Research (CHR) to receive summer funding to support her research project. Dr. Cho is the first faculty member at Mason Korea to receive a CHR research grant.

Mason Korea signed an MOU with the Research Institute of Korea Women’s Independence Movement last week to promote educational and intercultural activities and projects between Mason Korea's Peace and Conflict Studies Center Asia Campus and the institute.

Dr. Shannon Davis, Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs and Director of IUCF at Mason Korea, recently received the Southern Sociological Society's Martin L. Levin Distinguished Service Award.

Dr. Hyunyoung Cho, an early modern British literature expert and English Program Coordinator at Mason Korea, was recently elected to serve on the executive committee of the Andrew Marvell Society.

Professor Lee contextualizes what some see as a repeated Grammy snub of the hugely popular band.

Professor Borislava Manojlovic recently led an online panel discussion on the Conflict in Ukraine featuring four experts from around the globe.

Dr. Shannon Davis, Mason Korea's Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs, recently interviewed with Incheon Now, a local magazine published by Incheon Metropolitan City. 

Dr. Roland Wilson recently discussed various aspects of conflict resolution in an interview with Alex Jensen on Koreabizcast, a daily podcast by the Korea Business Leaders Alliance (KBLA).