Faculty News

Mason Korea welcomed nine new full-time faculty to campus for Spring 2021. Learn about a few of them here, and watch Mason Korea news for more.

Lee Gyu-tag emphasized that K-pop is not only for Koreans but for the global market during the interview with the Korea Times.

On Dec. 10, The Korea Times invited three experts including Lee Gyu-tag, assistant professor of cultural studies at George Mason University Korea, to discuss the durability of K-pop and Korean cinema. They presented their analysis of the pandemic-driven shift in hallyu and how the year 2021 will evolve for Korean pop culture overseas.

The use of avatars is not likely that fans will "dig" the virtual members as much as real humans, according to Professor Lee Gyu-tag of pop music and media studies at George Mason University Korea.

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. and Mason alumnus Michael A. Bills recently stepped down as the commanding general of the Eighth U.S. Army in South Korea. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army.

Black Lives Matter, which has organized protests across the United States following the death of George Floyd in police custody, was of special importance to BTS fans, said Crystal Anderson, a faculty member at George Mason University and author of Soul in Seoul: African American Music and K-pop.

Mason Korea accounting Professor Jenny Jung-Wha Lee co-authors a piece on the future of global accounting and AI with Mason Fairfax Professor JK Aier in the Maeil Business Newspaper, the largest business daily in South Korea.

Professor Nam Sang, a professor at George Mason University, shared his thoughts on serious games via web media briefing on Wednesday. Professor Nam Sang has developed various serious games with the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Army, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the U.S. Office of Occupational Safety and Hygiene Management (OSHA).