Self-introductions

[KeaneJerrica]

Hello everyone 🙂 

My name is Jerrica Keane. I am a teacher at Aragon High School in San Mateo, CA. I teach Government/Economics, Ethnic Studies (with Courtney Caldwell who is also participating in this course) and Agency & Social Justice. I am orginally from Edmonton, Canada. I moved to the Bay Area just over 5 years ago. I feel extremely lucky to teach at my current school as I am able to teach courses that I am most passionate about. 

Overall, I'm excited to learn more about Korean pop culture to add depth of personal understanding while also incorporating more diverse topics/text/perspectives into both Ethnic Studies and Agency & Social Justice. 

I'm looking forward to meeting you all!  - - Jerrica

[SonMinhye]

Hi everyone! 

My name is Minhye and I am an assistant professor in Teacher Education at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Although I was born and raised in Korea, I have never studied Korean society through pop culture so I am excited to learn more about Korean society and culture. At Dominguez Hills, I teach language and literacy courses for teacher candidates and I hope to share the knowledge and experience I gain from this program in the future. I am also a mother of two young children who are Korean-English bilinguals and big fans of BTS music! Looking forward to our learning journey together! 

[Joanna Bourque]

I am Joanna Bourque and I teach art K-5 in Central Virginia. I have a broad interest in Asian arts and cultures, though my background is in mostly Chinese and Japanese art. I have been taking seminars and courses about East Asia for about a year now, ever since I discovered NCTA. I personally have had an interest in K-culture for a few years now. I love K-dramas, BTS, and Korean food and I am, in fact, writing this at the airport on my way home from seeing JHope in concert.

 

I have been learning as much as I can about South Korean history and culture to understand its creative arts in context as I hope to soon bring it into my classroom. I am looking forward to our discussions!

[ParkLisa]

Hello!

My name is Lisa Park and I teach Eng 2 and APLit. in Orange County, CA. So many of my students watch Korean dramas that some of them have learned how to speak Korean through just watching years of K-dramas and listening to K-music. When they find out that I also watch K-dramas, we connect in a new way. Sometimes I use K-drama examples when I teach because it works/fits into the lesson. I am excited to take this class to learn more about K-dramas, movies, and music. Currently, I am also watching Extraordinary Attorney Woo 🙂

[DiederichAnn]

My name is Ann Diederich and I teach and lead a global education program at an independent school in Pasadena.  I have a big interest in Asia and recently taught a course on Modern China.  I also co-lead student travel programs to Asia and we made a stop in Korea on our way back from Cambodia, which peaked my interest.  Part of my job is running a global speaker series and I would love to add more events about Korea, particularly about pop culture.

Looking forward to learning in this coming weeks.

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[Taylor Bub]

Hi My name is Taylor Bub and I teach AP Psychology, Physiology and Biology at Kennedy High School.  I am taking this course to gain a greater insight into different cultures and am looking forward to learning about the influences of Korean Pop Culture on our students.  

[Jeanine Alexander]

Hello everyone! My name is Jeanine Alexander and I teach AP US History, California History, and Adapted PE in Moorpark, California where I am in my 30th year teaching. I am very interested in Korean culture and excited to participate in the seminar. I appreciate being part of this group.

One last note- I volunteer as the Sparkle Advisor at Moorpark HS and last year we did a dance to Butter by BTS! I was fantastic!

[Crystal Hsia]

Congratulations on your 30th year teaching! I love the dance of BTS! Would love to see the video:)

[Crystal Hsia]

Hi Claudia,

Glad that I can help! I'd love to join the class of Pop Cultures of East Asia. Would love to hear your sharing of aha moments and anything that you echo from this course with your teaching experiences!

[Kathryn Sutherland]

Hello! My name is Kathryn Sutherland and I am a kindergarten teacher at an elementary school in Los Angeles. I am excited to take this course with Jennifer Jung-Kim! Back in 2018, I took the USC US-China Institute Seminar "East Asia since 1800" and Jennifer Jung-Kim was a guest lecturer for 2 of the lectures. They were phenomenal! So when I saw that she was teaching a course on Korea, I signed up immediately. I am looking forward to learning more about Korean society through pop culture and seeing how I can integrate what I learn into my classroom through books, songs, dances, and movies. 

[BurkotEmily]

Hello everyone!  

My name is Emily Burkot and I am an Upper School (9-12) librarian in Richmond,VA.  I do a lot of collaboration with Literature and History classes, and enjoy bringing different cultures and different perspectives into my lessons.  I am very much looking forward to this class!

 

[MaruKim]

Hello everyone!  

My name is Maru Kim and I am working with IEP Department at a high school in Los Angeles. I'm taking this class to gain deeper and better understanding about K-pop in general so that I can share more educated insight with people around me who come to me and ask many things about Korean culture. 🙂  

[JungYunhee]

Hello!

My name is Yunhee Jung.

I was born and grew up in Seoul, South Korea. 

Currently in Southern California, I have been teaching Korean language for many years in a private and public settings.

I learned about this semiar from Dr. Grace Cho in Fullerton. 

I am excited and thankful for this wonderful learning opportunity and look forward to meeting you all soon!

 

 

[DupuyRoger]

I'm an English language teacher who draws...

I have been teaching and training teachers for the last 23 years for all educational stages (K-12, university) in life. I enjoy the challenge of designing content delivery solutions for any context. I have created educational solutions for international ministries of education: Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, Brazil, France, and others. I've done this with training programs, books, mentorship, workshops over many cups of coffee and savory snacks. Currently, I teach at UC Irvine, and consults for the Dragon Kim Foundation. In my free time, (do I actually have free time?) I enjoy the narrative arts, especially tabletop RPGs, writing music, food, photography and travel. 

[MendozaDonna]

Hello! My name is Donna Mendoza. I am a Spanish teacher in Northern California, in Susanville. I enjoy learning about different cultures, but I have a great interest in Korean culture. I am currently learning Korean and would love to learn more Korean culture. 

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