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2011 Summer Fellowship in Korean Studies

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Seventy American educators, led by Yong Jin Choi, Vice President of Korean Studies at The Korea Society, participated in the 2011 Summer Fellowship in Korean Studies from June 22–July 7, 2011 and July 6–20, 2011. The seventy participants consisted of 6th–12th grade Social Studies teachers and a Professor of Curriculum Development. The program required extensive background reading as well as attendance at ten seminars that took place at Korea University. Seminars were taught by Korea’s leading scholars on topics such as history, culture, society, art, education, economics, North-South relations, and language. Morning seminars were supplemented with afternoon field trips in Seoul, including visits to Insadong, the DMZ, the National Museum, and Chŏngdong Theater. The fellows enjoyed interacting with Korean high school students by teaching at Goyang Foreign Language High School and Daeil Foreign Language High School. The fellowship included a five-day field trip to the southern part of the Korean peninsula, including visits to King Sejong’s Tomb in Yŏju, Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan, the Ch'ŏngju Early Printing Museum, Oksan Confucian Academy, Yangdong Village, Kyŏngju National Museum, Haeinsa, Pulguksa, and Sŏkkuram. Mark Peterson, Professor of Korean Studies at Brigham Young University, acted as docent during the field trip and lectured extensively at each site. Evenings were spent brainstorming curriculum development. Teachers from both groups were able to visit the Korean War Memorial Museum and National Folk Museum in Seoul. On their first day in Seoul, the groups were introduced to Seoul’s metropolitan transit system and had a chance to explore downtown Seoul, including a visit to Kwanghwamun Square, where some of King Sejong’s achievements are displayed, as well as a walking tour through Samch’ŏng-dong, where examples of traditional Korean architecture have been conserved. The fellows spent the rest of the extra days for independent research such as attending a shamanistic ritual, witnessing popular Korean Christianity at Yoido Full Gospel Church, crossing the Han River, visiting the Blue House, and watching the changing of the guards at Changdŏk Palace.

2011 Summer Fellows:

Group 1:

 




Sarah Bremer
Teacher
Bishop O’Dowd High School
Oakland, CA

Brian Burback
Social Studies Teacher
Lincoln North Star High School
Lincoln, NE

Victor Brett Buresch
Palatka High School
Palatka, FL

Amy Camardese
Chair, Department of Education/Associate Professor
Westminister College
New Wilmington, PA

Martha Curtis
Social Studies Teacher
Hunter College High School
New York, NY

Brian Cushing
Social Studies Teacher
Lake Region High School
Naples, ME

Tierny Dick
Social Studies Teacher
Smithville Middle School
Smithville, MO

Karl Dotterweich
Social Studies Teacher
Our Lady of Mount Carmel School
Essex, PA

Jermaine Ellerbe
Assistant Professor
Coppin State University
Baltimore, MD

John Hilliard Fox
High School Social Studies Teacher
Saline High School
Saline, MI

Andrew Glasier
Social Studies Teacher
Shaker Heights High
Shaker Heights, OH

Robert Wesley Henderson
World History Honors Teacher
Advanced Technologies Academy
Las Vegas, NV

Lea Heredia
Social Science Teaher
Orange Glen High School
Escondido, CA

Mary Johnston
Social Studies Content Team Leader and Teacher
Wauwatosa West High School
Wauwatosa, WI

Paul Kaliszewski
Middle School World Geography Teacher
Cranbrook Kingswood Boys Middle School
Bloomfield Hills, MI

Steven Kwiatkowski
Social Studies Teacher
Clay High School
Oregon, OH

Steven Lauridsen
Classroom Teacher
Larkin High School
Elgin, IL

Nahyon Lee
History Teacher (Upper School); Senior Class Dean
Noble and Greenough School
Dedham, MA

Jason McDonald
AP Human Geography Teacher
Oviedo High School
Oviedo, FL

Katherine Murphy
Social Studies Teacher
Lexington High School
Lexington, MA

Michelle Murray
Social Studies Teacher and Teacher Librarian
North Scott High School
Eldridge, IA

Bridgette Nadzam
Teacher, 7th Grade History
Hathaway Brown
Shaker Heights, OH

Paul Noble
Teacher
Copper Hills High School
West Jordan, UT

David Noblitt
Teacher, International Baccalaureate History
Hunter Huss High School
Gastonia, NC

Kathy Nye
Social Studies
Golden Ring Middle School
Baltimore, MD

Marc Patterson
Social Studies Teacher
Ravena-Coeymans-Seikirk Central School District
Ravena, NY

Edwin Pierce
High School Social Studies Teacher
Marshwood High School
South Berwick, ME

Stephanie Rizas
Social Studies Teacher
Bethesda Chevy-Chase High School
Bethesda, MD

Lorraine Romano
Cinema Arts/Social Studies Teacher
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts
Jacksonville, FL

Erin Lee Schomburg
Teacher
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South
Princeton Junction, NJ

Sharlyn Scott
Social Studies Teacher
Desert Vista High School
Phoenix, AZ

Victor Shin
Assistant Principal/Director of Student Life
Bishop McNamara High School
Forestville, MD

Traicie Sneed
Secondary Social Studies Teacher
Blue Peak High School
Tooele, UT

Melinda Staubs
Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Instruction
Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville, AL

Emily, Trudeau
High School Social Studies Teacher
Graham High School (Alamance-Burlington School System)
Graham, NC

 

Group 2:

 




David Adams
Social Studies Teacher
Billerica Memorial High School
Billerica, MA

Elan Barresi
Teacher
Patchogue-Medford High School
Medford, NY

Lindsey Bier
Eastern Hemisphere Geography Teacher
Harpeth Hall
Nashville, TN

Amy Braun
World History Teacher
Glendale Union High School District/Greenway High School
Phoenix, AZ

Scott Camillo
World Cultures and AP US History Teacher
St. John’s College High School
Washington, MD

Priscilla Campbell
World History/AP Human Geography
East Hampton High School
East Hampton, NY

Caren Caplan
Social Studies Teacher
Mamaroneck High School
Mamaroneck, NY

Katherine Case
Economics Teacher
Parkville High School
Baltimore, MD

Carolyn Chrisman
7th/8th Grade Social Studies
Kirksville R-III School District
Kirksville, MO

Susan Cimburek
Social Studies Teacher
George C. Marshall High School
Falls Church, VA

Pat Crommett
Social Studies Teacher
Caddo Hills School District
Norman, AR

Colleen Eatmon
World History/Special Ed. Teacher High School
Warren Woods Public Schools
Warren, MI

Robert Hallock
Teacher
Sammamish High School
Bellevue, WA

Brian Hussey
High School Social Studies Teacher
Broadneck High School/Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Annapolis, MD

Lou Kindschi
Social Studies Teacher
Oregon High School
Oregon, WI

Thomas Manning
Social Studies High School Teacher
Valley Catholic School
Beaverton, OR

Brant Mellor
Instructor-AP Human Geography
Redmond School District
Bend, OR

Bonnie Milner
Social Studies Teacher
Woodstock North High School
Woodstock, IL

John Moore
Professor of Social Studies Education (2011 Vice President of NCSS)
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY

Kendra Morgan
High School Social Studies Teacher
Nova High School
Davie, FL

Christopher O’Brien
Social Studies Educator
Mountain Ridge High School
Glendale, AZ

Lawrence Osen
Teacher, US and World History and Geography
San Marcos Middle School
San Marcos, CA

James Redelsheimer
Social Studies Teacher
Robbinsdale Armstrong High Strong
Plymouth, MN

Donovan Robinson
High School Social Studies Teacher
Floyd Central High School
Floyds Knobs, IN

Timothy Rodman
Social Studies Teacher
John F. Kennedy High School
Silver Spring, MD

Bradley Seidman
Social Studies Educator
John F. Kennedy High School
Bellmore, NY

David Singleton
Social Studies Teacher
Richfield High School
Richfield, UT

Rachel A. Kopta Song
6th Grade Silk Road Studies Teacher and K-8 Art
PS MS 161M Don Pedro Albizu Campos
New York, NY

Jerome Staniszewski
Geography and World Cultures Teacher
James Buchanan Middle School
Mercersburg, PA

Diann Terpstra
High School History Teacher
Brandon Valley School District, Brandon Valley High School
Brandon, SD

Jennifer Turner
Social Studies Teacher
Carl Hayden High School
Phoenix, AZ

Julie Wakefield
World History/AP Human Geography
Robert McQueen High School
Reno, NV

Sara Yazdanfar
High School Social Studies Teacher
Bayside High School
Bayside, NY

Richard Zukowski
Social Studies Teacher
Grafton High School
Grafton, WV