Marjorie Bingham has taught at every level from 7th grade to graduate school (Hamline University). She served on several national and state committees (Bradley Commission, NAEP Assessment) dedicated to better history teaching. Her scholarship includes the Women in World Cultures thirteen book series, other books and articles on women’s history, and the Oxford textbook An Age of Empires. She graduated from Grinnell College, received her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, and has worked with The Korea Society on several curriculum projects.

Jin Young Choi taught at the University of North Carolina for five years before becoming a professor of American literature at Chung-Ang University in Seoul. She was President of the American Studies Association in 2000. She is a graduate of Seoul National University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Angela Cleveland is a school Guidance Counselor at Auten Road Intermediate School in Hillsborough, New Jersey. As an educational consultant for several school districts, she works to incorporate Korean culture, literature, and history into the curriculum.

John Goulde is Professor of Religion and Director of the Asian Studies Program at Sweet Briar College. He received a B.A. from Seoul National University in Philosophy and Religion in 1975, and a Ph.D. in comparative religion from Harvard University in 1982.

Sojeong Kim joined The Korea Society in November of 2009 where she administers the Korean language classes and coordinates Project Bridge. Ms. Kim has a background in multicultural educational projects having previously led several international youth programs in organizations such as the Korean National Commission for UNESCO and the Seoul Alternative Learning Network. She has also developed educational curricula focusing on Korean culture and language for a multi-cultural audience. Ms. Kim earned a BA in English Education from Ewha Woman’s University, an MA in International Politics from Seoul National University, and a Master's degree in Pacific and International Affairs (MPIA) from the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS) at the University of California, San Diego.

Luz Lanzot graduated from New York University with a B.A. in East Asian Studies and History. She is currently Program Officer of Korean Studies at The Korea Society where she manages professional development programs for educators, school visits, and family programs.

Patricia Rosof is Adjunct Instructor of History at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, New York, and has worked as a consultant for the College Board and The Korea Society. She has taught social studies at Hunter College High School for nineteen years and is the co-author of Student Preparation Guide for the AP European History Exam.

Shin-Hark Suk has taught Korean language at Queens College and The Korea Society. She was a founding dean of the Korean Language School of the Korean Presbyterian Church of New York and the Bethel Korean Language School. In addition, she has served as an item writer for Educational Testing Services in connection with the development of the SAT Korean Language Test.

Gari Ledyard is King Sejong Professor Emeritus of Korean Studies and director emeritus of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University. He is the author of The Dutch Came to Korea (Royal Asiatic Society, 1971), The Korean Language Reform of 1446 (Sin’gu Munhwasa, Seoul, 1998), “Cartography in Korea,” a book-length monograph with over sixty illustrations in The History of Cartography, Vol 2, Part 2 (University of Chicago Press, 1994) and many other monographs, articles, and reviews related to Korean and East Asian history. He was chairman of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures from 1980-1983, and was the founder of the Center for Korean Research in 1992. He retired in 2000 but remains active in research and publication. 

Mark Peterson is head of the Korean Section, Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages at Brigham Young University. Prior to his appointment at BYU in 1984, he was the director of the Fulbright program in Korea from 1978 to 1983. He is a member of the Association for Asian Studies, where he is the chair of the Korean Studies Committee, as well as the Royal Asiatic Society, the International Association for Korean Language Education, the International Korean Literature Association, and the American Association of Korean Teachers. He received a B.A. in Asian studies and anthropology from Brigham Young University in 1971 and a Ph.D. in East Asian languages and civilization from Harvard University in 1987. 

Michael Pettid is Professor of Premodern Korean Studies in the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies and also serves as the Director of the Translation Research and Instruction Program at Binghamton University (SUNY). He received his PhD in Premodern Korean Literature from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He has published widely on Premodern Korean literature, history, religions and culture including monographs on the history of Korean cuisine (Korean Cuisine: An Illustrated History, 2008) and an annotated translation and analysis of a seventeenth century novel (Unyŏng-jŏn: A Love Affair at the Royal Palace of Chosŏn Korea, 2009). He is also a co-editor of Confucianism and Women in Chosŏn Korea: New Perspectives (with Youngmin Kim, SUNY Press, 2011) and the forthcoming Death, Mourning, and the Afterlife in Korea: Critical Aspects of Death from Ancient to Contemporary Times, with Charlotte Horlyck, University of Hawaii Press). His current research projects include a translation of the Kyuhap ch’ongsŏ [Encyclopedia of Women’s Daily Lives], a co-edited anthology of premodern Korean prose, and an agrarian history of premodern Korea. 

Patricia Rosof is Adjunct Instructor of History at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, New York, and has worked as a consultant for the College Board and The Korea Society. She has taught social studies at Hunter College High School for nineteen years and is the co-author of Student Preparation Guide for the AP European History Exam. 

Heidi Roupp is Chair of World History Association (Emeritus) and Managing Editor of World History Connected. She taught World History in Aspen Public Schools for 20 years. She received Fulbright and Woodrow Wilson fellowships, and was the first recipient of the American Historical Association's Beveridge Teaching Prize. During her tenure as president of the World History Association (1998-2000), she organized a nation-wide program of world history institutes for educators preparing to teach world history which was made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the College Board.  

Annette Wallach-Cohen completed her undergraduate degree in Fine Arts from the City University of New York, Hunter College. Her graduate degrees are in Art Therapy and Community School Psychology. During Annette’s 25 years as a School Psychologist in East Harlem, she inspired many of her students to create Asian paintings. She is presently employed at P.S. 116 in New York City. Annette is also a volunteer docent at The Rubin Museum of Art. Annette is an exhibiting photographer and her images can be viewed on her Web site Fotofantasmics.com.