Forty-six professors join the CNU faculty this year. Of the 46 full-time faculty members, 39 were the faculty employed through the CNU’s 36th faculty recruitment program and seven were employed through the special appointment program. Of the total employed faculty, 17.4 percent (8 of them) are women.
Cho Jung-gwan, working at Hanshin University, was employed through the special appointment program for the May 18 Research Institute. Since 2004, CNU has recruited a full-time professor for the May 18 Research Institute and the education of the May 18 Movement. CNU has made efforts to attract Prof. Cho for the last one year.
Cho graduated from Yonsei University and obtained his master
s and doctor
s degree from Yale University with his doctoral thesis titled \"Korea
s Democratization Process: From Authoritarianism into the Consolidated Democratized System.\" In 2001 Cho joined the Hanshin University faculty and has educated the democracy to students. Cho will take charge of the research and study field on the May 18 movement and human rights in Gwangju area.
A married couple was newly employed for the Dept. of Medical Science. Prof. Cho Sang-hee and Prof. Park Hyong-wook are the ones.
Seven law professors were employed including Lee Chol-hwan, judge of Sunchon District Court and Lee Hyun-jae, attorney. The number of the full-time faculty for the College of Law increased up to 32. The faculty increase has been a part of the policy to obtain the authorization for the establishment of the Law School program.
Through the special appointment program, Chong Kyong-un and Lee Mu-yong were employed for the Graduate School of Cultural Studies. Prof. Kim Byong-in was employed for the courses of Honam Studies at the Dept. of History.
Prof. Oh Ki-seok, employed to work at the Dept. of Veterinary Medicine, graduated from the same department in 1977 and has been working as a researcher at the department. The
new faculty members are as follows:
College of Business Administration: Shim Deok-seop (Dept. of Business Administration)
College of Engineering: Yoo Wu-sang (Dept. of Architecture), Hwang In-tae (Dept. of Electronics and Computer Engineering)
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences: Kim Soo-young (Dept. of Applied Bioscience & Biotechnology), Kim Ik-soo (Dept. of Applied Plant Science), Lee Hyang-beom (Dept. of Applied Bioscience & Biotechnology), Lee Ji-woong (Dept. of Animal Science), Kim Jeong-il (Dept. of Applied Bioscience & Biotechnology) , Bae Han-jong (Division of Forest Resources and Landscape Architecture)
College of Law: Lee Chol-hwan (Dept. of Law), Im Sang-kyu (Dept. of Law), Chong Kyong-soo (Dept. of Law), Lee Hyun-jae (Dept. of Law), Jeong Moon-sik (Dept. of Law), Seong Seung-hyun (Dept. of Law), Kim Yon-mi (Dept. of Law)
College of Education: Ryu Ji-hyun (Dept. of Education)
College of Social Sciences: Cho Jeong-gwan (Dept. of Political Science, May 18 Research Institute), Cho Jin-seon (Dept. of Anthropology), Kim Jae-kwan (Dept. of Political Science)
College of Veterinary Medicine: Oh Ki-seok (Dept. of Veterinary Medicine)
Medical School: Lee Seung-rok, Chong Yong-yon, Cho Kyong-a, Kim Hyong-seok, Cho Sang-hee, Jeong Eun-kyong, Lee Joon-kyu, Park Hyong-wook, Park Young-kyu, Seo Hyong-yon, Kim Kye-hoon, Moon Gyong-seop, Park Man-seok, Shin Sang-soo, Yoon Sook-jung, Kim Yo-kyong
College of Humanities: Kim Byong-in (Dept. of Histrory, Honam Study Research Institute), Chong Seung-un (Dept. of Japanese Lang. & Lit.), Na Yoon-hee (Dept. of English Lang. & Lit.), Im Jong-myong (Dept. of History)
College of Natural Sciences: Hwang In-gak (Dept. of Physics), Kim Il-chol (Dept. of Biology)
Graduate School of Cultural Studies: Chong Kyong-un, Lee Moo-yong
Graduate School of Dental Medicine: Kook Min-seok
