Rebecca Brabant

Rebecca Brabant joined The Korea Society in 2003 after graduating from Scripps College. Rebecca received a B.A. in anthropology and Asian studies with a focus on China.  She has an extensive background in East Asia, having traveled in the region for over 16 years and resided in Seoul, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Harbin, China. During 2002, Rebecca took a yearlong leave of absence from college to pursue an academic scholarship at Hei Long Jiang University in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin.  She is proficient in Mandarin Chinese, Korean and Spanish.

Jungho Kwak

Jungho Kwak was born and raised in Seoul, Korea.  After moving to New York City in 1983, he completed his undergraduate work at the Parsons School of Design in New York.  He received a B.F.A. in 1991.  In recent years, he has worked as a freelance photographer and has exhibited his photographs in Indonesia and the Netherlands.  Jungho has accompanied groups of students and teachers on study tours to Korea under the auspices of The Korea Society for the last several years.