<Education>
- September 1985 – July 1991: (USA) Harvard University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Anthropology / Ph.D. awarded November 1991
- October 1988 – September 1989: (Japan) Research Fellow, Cultural Anthropology Laboratory, Graduate School of the University of Tokyo
- March 1984 – July 1985: Master’s Program in Korean History, Graduate School of Seoul National University
- March 1978 – February 1983: Graduate School of Seoul National University, Department of Anthropology
Master of Arts
- March 1974 – February 1978: Seoul National University, College of Social Sciences, Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology

<Career>
- December 2008 – Present: Vice President, Korea Immigration Society
- March 2008 – Present: President, Society for Education for International Understanding(Previously Vice President, August 2000 – February 2008)
- January 2007 – December 2008: Program Manager (Regional Studies), Social Science Foundation, Korea Research Foundation
- May 2006 – March 2008: Member, Presidential Advisory Committee on Sustainable Development
- March 2006 – Present: Editorial Board Member, Korea Journal
- June 2004 – May 2007: Advisory Member, Overseas Koreans Foundation
- June 2004 – May 2006: Editor-in-Chief, Korean Society for Cultural Anthropology
- May 2003 – Present: Editorial Advisory Committee Member, KOREANA, Korea Foundation
- February 2003 – January 2005: President, Korean Society Abroad
- March 2003 – February 2005: Member, Social Sciences Division, Korean National Commission for UNESCO
- August 2000 – Present: Member, Educational Development Advisory Committee, UNESCO Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU)
- June 2000 – May 2004: Vice President, Korean Society of Environmental Sociology
- February 2000 – January 2002: Editor-in-Chief, Korea Social Science Research Council
- June 1997 – May 2002: Chair, Textbook Development Committee, Korean Society for Cultural Anthropology(Responsible editor for Meeting Myself in a Strange Place and Cultural Anthropology for the First Time)*
- March 1992 – February 2000: Full-time Lecturer, Assistant Professor, and Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Kangwon National University
- September 1986 – June 1988: Teaching Fellow (including Junior Tutorial), Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, Senior Thesis Advisor for candidates graduating with honors (guidance and evaluation)
- April 1981 – July 1984: Republic of Korea Navy (discharged as Lieutenant)
- May 1980 – August 1984: Passed the 14th Foreign Service Examination with top honors; served at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- December 1979: Elected as a Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies (KFAS) Overseas Scholarship Student (Scholarship recipient 1985–1991)

* Served as Editorial Member, Modern Japanese Society; Editorial Member, Korean Society of Social History
* Served as Lecturer at Seoul National University (Department of Anthropology and Graduate School), Yonsei University (International Education), Korea University (Institute of International Education), Hallym University, Sogang University, and Chung-Ang University