The purposes of HANSA are to conduct research on issues related to the Korean community in the United States to promote educational and training opportunities in the community, to advocate the issues of the community to public and private entities, to protect and promote Korean American's civil rights and welfare, and to develop resources and means that are needed in achieving prescribed goals to enact above said purposes.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Yoon Lee, Ph.D. (President)
Thomas T.Y. Lhee, Edens Bank, Vice President
Thomas K. Lee, Greater Chicago Area Korean Chamber of Commerce, President
Jay Jungil Kim, Korean Christian Broadcasting of Chicago, Commentator
Kiljoong Kim, Director of Eagan Urban Policy Center, DePaul University
Joseph J. Yi (Advisor)
Sooyeun Lee (Legal Counsel)
RESEARCHERS
Kwan Hur, Ph.D. (Sociology, Adj Asst Prof, Dept of Psychiatry - CS, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle)
Minwoong Sohn, Ph.D. (Sociology, Research Assistant Professor. Dept. of MED-General Internal, Northwestern University)
Jinman Lee, Ph.D. (Economics, Senior Economics Research Specialist. Dept of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle)
Kiljoong Kim, Ph.D. Candiate (Sociology, Director of Egan Urban Policy Center, DePaul University)
Yoon Lee, Ph.D. (Socioolgy, Retired from the Illinois Department of Human Rights, Chief of Research & Development)
Eunice Lee, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Dept of Public Health, Mental Health, and Administrative Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle)
Michelle Choi Wu, Ph.D. (Visiting Clinical Instructor dept: Public Health, Mental Health, and Administrative Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle)
Heeseung Choi, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Dept of Public Health, Mental Health, and Administrative Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle)
RESEARCH ASSOCIATES
John Chung, M.S.
VSISTING SCHOLARS
Youn Jae Lee, Ph.D. (Economics, Soongsil University, Seoul)
STUDENT RESEARCHERS & INTERNS
Wookjin Kim (University of Chicago)
Yeounji Noh (University of Illinois at Chicago Circle)
For further information, please write to:
HANSA Institute
3530 West Peterson Ave. Chicago, IL 60659
E-mail: Info@Hansawon.org