Welcome to K-GSP Forum

Korean-American Global Scholars and Professionals Forum

There is something particular about thinking from the middle of two worlds.

You carry the rigor of one tradition and the instincts of another. You have learned to read a room in more than one language, to hold ideas that do not always translate cleanly, and to find meaning in the space between where you came from and where you are. That position can feel like dislocation. We have come to believe it is actually a gift.

K-GSP Forum is where that gift gets put to work.

What This Forum Is

K-GSP Forum is the Korean-American Global Scholars and Professionals Forum — a community of scholars, educators, researchers, and practitioners who live and work at the intersection of Korean and American intellectual life, and who care about ideas that reach beyond either.

This Substack is one part of what we do. Here, we publish essays, reflections, book reviews, dialogues, and short takes on leadership, human development, organizational life, culture, and the future of work. Our writers are faculty members, consultants, independent scholars, and professionals who bring both academic depth and hard-won experience to everything they write.

What holds us together is not a single discipline or institution. It is a shared commitment: to think carefully, write accessibly, and engage honestly with ideas that matter.

Who We Write For

We write for curious professionals and scholars who are hungry for ideas that connect to their real work and inner lives. You do not need a faculty appointment to read us. You need only the desire to think a little more carefully about the world you are navigating.

If you lead teams, study organizations, consult across cultures, teach in classrooms, or simply find yourself asking harder questions than your daily work allows — this is a space made with you in mind.

What You Will Find Here

Lead Essays — Long-form pieces that develop a single idea with care, evidence, and a point of view.

Short Takes — Focused, punchy reflections on a current tension, observation, or question worth sitting with.

Book Reviews — Honest engagements with books that deserve more than a star rating.

Dialogues — Conversations between K-GSP Forum members across disciplines and perspectives.

Reflections — Personal, practice-rooted writing that connects scholarly insight to lived experience.

Our Editorial Board

Young Choi — Regent University

Paul Hong — University of Toledo

John J. Han — Missouri Baptist University

Yoon G. Kim — California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt

Jeonghwan (Jerry) Choi — Editor-in-Coordination, University of Maine at Presque Isle

Our Commitments

We do not fabricate sources. We do not sensationalize. We preserve each contributor’s voice while holding every piece to a shared standard of clarity, honesty, and intellectual care.

We began as a Korean-American scholarly community. We are building toward something more global. We welcome readers and contributors who share our values, regardless of where they are from or what field they call home.

Join Us

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Think globally. Write clearly. Engage meaningfully.

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