Won K. Yoon, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
304 B, La Sierra Hall
(951) 785-2428
wyoon@lasierra.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D.: Sociology, Louisiana State University, 1976
M.A.: Sociology, University of Manitoba, Canada, 1973
B.A.: Theology, Korea Sahmyuk University, 1964

AREAS OF TEACHING

Social Theory
Methods of Research
Globalization
Race and Ethnicity
Asian History
Asian American

AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST

Effects of globalization
Interface of East and West
Asian diaspora communities
Ethnic churches

PUBLICATIONS (BOOKS)

The Passage of A Picture Bride. Loma Linda University Press, 1989.

Context and Continuity: Korean Adventist Church in North America and Its Future Generations. Andrews University Press, 2008.

"Leadership Insight for Asians in the 21st Century" a chapter in Embracing Diversity edited by Leslie N. Pollard. Review and Herald Publishing Association, 2000.

Shaped by Triangular Global Pulls: The Korean Community in Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires (work in progress).