Teaching

My teaching experience ranges from university teaching, to public lectures and volunteer teaching in the community, and technical and area training in the military. I primarily teach on the topics of religion – especially that of Korea, Japan, and China – and Korean history, politics, and culture. In addition to my work as a teaching fellow, I have experience giving guest lectures and panel/webinar talks in and out of universities and teaching in the community on a volunteer basis and am available, on a case-by-case basis, for such teaching and speaking.

University Teaching – Assisting/Co-instructor

“Nam Center Undergraduate Fellows Research Seminar I,” with Juhn Ahn, University of Michigan, Fall 2025

“Religion and Culture in Korea,” with Hwansoo Kim, Yale University, Fall 2021 – View the course flyer

University Teaching – Teaching Fellow

“Introduction to Chinese Philosophy,” with Lucas Bender and Eric Greene, Yale University, Spring 2022

“Buddhist Thought: The Foundations,” with Eric Greene, Yale University, Fall 2022

“Philosophy of Religion,” with John Pittard, Yale University, Spring 2023

University Teaching – Guest Lectures

“한국 현대의 종교성,” in “Advanced Korean III,” with Hyunsung Lim, Yale University, Fall 2024

“한국교회와 사회문제,” in “Advanced Korean V,” with Seungja Choi, Yale University, Fall 2024

“Situating and Interpreting Juche,” in “North Korean History,” with Ria Chae, Yale University, Spring 2021

Community Teaching and Public Speaking

Korean Religion Module, in “Religion in East Asia: Diversity and Diffusion,” National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) and the Program for Teaching East Asia (TEA), Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2025

Sunday School “Korean History Lecture Series,” Connecticut Korean Presbyterian Church, January–March 2020

“The ‘Other’ Korea: What is North Korea Really Like?,” Bristol Public Library, September 2021

“Chairman Lee, Shincheonji, and COVID 19: The Verdict,” multi-speaker webinar hosted by Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), February 2021 – Watch the full webinar on YouTube

“Religions of Korea,” Sunday School guest lecture, in Sunday School, Connecticut Korean Presbyterian Church, December 2019

“North Korea: What Do We Know?,” featured lecture at “Basketball Diplomacy and the North Korean Mind: Film and Discussion,” World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, November 2016

“A More Credible Deterrent?: Nuclear and Missile Developments in North Korea, 2016,” at “Missiles, Nukes, Markets, Madman?: North Korea in 2016,” multi-speaker panel event, University of Pennsylvania, October 2016