Resume for David A. Mason

EMPLOYMENT   EXPERIENCE:

2005 - 2006   Full-Time Professor of Korean Tourism for
                    KyungHee (Gyeonghui) University, Seoul.
                    College of Hotel and Tourism Management

2005    Communications and P. R. Director for the
          UNWTO ST-EP Foundation
          headquarters office in downtown Seoul.

2003 - 2005   Adjunct Professor [Gyeomin-gyosu] of International
               Tourism for Hanyang University's Graduate School
               of International Tourism, in Seoul.

2001 - 2005     Expert Tourism & P.R. Consultant for the
                 Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Korean Government,
                       Project Team for Visit Korea Years 2001-2002, the
                Ambassador of Tourism and Sports, and the
                       Korea Culture and Tourism Policy Institute.
I worked on the Promotion of Inbound Tourism, writing original content for web-sites
and brochures, writing speeches and articles, answering interviews,
correspondence, arranging events and promotional projects, researching tourism
conditions and reporting on them, recommending improvements, guiding tours for
foreign tourists to Korean cultural & historic sites, educating Korean tour-guides,
editing & proofreading of all written productions from these offices.

2001 - 2004 Proofreader for the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism
Lotus Lantern (its English-Language quarterly magazine) and other publications.

2003 - 2004 Special Assistant to the President for the
      Korea Freedom League (a U.N.-linked NGO that promotes Democracy,
Liberty, Human Rights, and the Peaceful Reunification of Korea)

1990 - 2005 Many lectures and guided tours nationwide on the history of Korea,
with strong emphasis on cultural and religious development, for: the Royal Asiatic
Society - Korea Branch, the Korea Youth & Student Travel Service, Fulbright
Education Commission, the Korea International Education Development
Organization, Hanyang University Graduate School of Tourism Management, and
the Lotus Lantern International Buddhist Center -- all located in Seoul.

2001    Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS),
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Government of Korea, in Seoul City:
Senior Lecturer teaching very advanced English to Junior Diplomats.

1999 - 2000   Yonsei University, Maeji Campus, Wonju City, Kangwon
Province, Korea: Assistant Professor in the Department of English Literature.
Responsible for curriculum design, text-creation / selection, class planning,
instruction in beginning and intermediate English Conversation and Writing (9-15
hours per week), and evaluation of student progress.

1988 - 1997     Kangwon National University, Chuncheon City,
Kangwon Province, Korea: Assistant Professor in the Department of English
Education. Responsible for curriculum design, text-creation / selection, class
planning, instruction in beginning and intermediate English Conversation and
Writing (12-15 hours per week), and evaluation of student progress. Also, Senior
Lecturer for the Kangwon Provincial Teacher's Training Institute in
Chuncheon and Gangneung (providing intensive Refresher and Upgrade Courses
for Middle and High School Teachers, every Summer and Winter).

1987    Pohang Iron and Steel Company [POSCO], Pohang City, Korea:
Training Institute; Responsible for curriculum design, text-creation / selection, class
planning, instruction in beginning and intermediate Business, Tourism, and
Conversational English, and evaluation of student progress.

1986    Kyeongju Tourism Training Institute, run by the Korea National
Tourism Organization (KNTO), Kyeongju City: Teacher of Tourism English.
Authored new Hotel English textbook for school use.

1984 - 85   North Star Center, run by North Star Education Foundation, at Harbin
Hot Springs in Middletown, California:    Lecturer on Oriental Philosophy and Culture;
also resort manager.

1981 - 83    Various English Conversation teacher jobs in Seoul and Taipei, Taiwan.

RESUME for David A. Mason

	EDUCATION: 1990 - 97 Graduated 8/97 with a Masters' Degree in Korean Studies from the GSIS of Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea. Focus was on the History of Korean Culture, Religion and Philosophy. 1985 - 87 Masters' Degree in Education from American Pacific University in Costa Mesa (Los Angeles), California. Thesis subject: *Oral Testing of English as a Foreign Language. May 1981* Graduated from California State University, San Francisco, with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in {Oriental} Philosophy. PUBLICATIONS: September 2005 Passage to Korea Essays, with photos by Marc Verin May 2003 산신 the translation into Korean of SPIRIT OF THE MOUNTAINS by Hollym Publishing Co., Seoul. Sept. 2001 Academic Article: "The Revival of San-shin as a Key Figure in Korean Religious Culture" presented to the KICKS 2001 conference at Keimyung University of Daegu City; published in their volume of the proceedings Exploring the Origin of Homo Koreanus, Academia Koreana, Daegu-shi, Dec. 2001. Spring 2001 Contributing Editor of Riding Through History on Seoul Subway (a book translating and explaining the names of all 500 stations) by Prof. Jeremey Seligson of Hanguk University of Foreign Studies. Not yet published in full. 2000 Major feature article: "Taebaek-san and Its Ceremony to Heaven" published in the Winter 2000 issue of the academic journal Korean Culture, by the Korean Cultual Center in Los Angeles, CA. 1999 Major book: SPIRIT OF THE MOUNTAINS: Korea's San-shin and Traditions of Mountain-worship, by Hollym Publishing Co., Seoul. Researched and written 1988-1999. Reviewed and reported on in many media. Awarded "Best Book on Korean Culture" by Korea's National Academy of Sciences, in 2002. 1997 Researched and wrote half of KOREA: Travel Survival Kit 4th Edition, published by Lonely Planet, Australia; sold globally with excellent reviews. 1993 KOREA: A Sensory Journey, essays on Korea by David Mason with photos by Marc Verin; published by Woojin, Seoul. Still in print. 1991 Researched and wrote academic journal article on the history and significance of the Sam-hwang-je Bae-hyang, a 300-year-old Korean Neo- Confucian Ceremony (first study of this subject, ever). Published in the Korea Journal, Autumn 1991 edition, UNESCO, Seoul. 1987 Researched and wrote two textbooks: POSCO Business English published by Pohang Steel Company, N. Kyeongsang, in August 1987; and Modern Hotel English, published by Hollym Publishing, Seoul, in July 1988 and re-printed 8X since.

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