HANSA INSTITUTE
The HANSA Institute (formerly the Korean American Research & Development: KARDI) is a nonprofit organization registered with the Office of the Secretary State of Illinois.

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