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Frank Concilus
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Dr. Concilus is a veteran of the UMUC faculty in Asia, teaching for many years at locations throughout Korea, and occasionally in Japan. He earned his B.A. in anthropology, linguistics and sociology from Colgate University, his M.A. in East Asian regional studies from Harvard University, and his Ph.D. in English with a concentration in linguistics and rhetoric at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where his dissertation was about Korean identity constructions. Dr. Concilus has taught at Harvard University, Sophia University in Tokyo, and at Ajou University and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Korea. His initial experiences in Korea were with the U.S. Peace Corps, teaching at Pusan National University and at the secondary level in Pusan. He has carried out varied research in Korean culture, notably Korean Shamanism, resulting in a number of publications and presentations at professional conferences. Dr. Concilus also teaches a number of Distance Education courses. Dr. Concilus serves as FAC representative for Asia.
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Stephen Garrigues
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Dr. Garrigues holds the position of Professor at Kyungpook National University in Daegu, South Korea, where he has been teaching since 1986. He did his BA in Japanese history at Sophia University in Tokyo, and both his MA (Colorado State University) and PhD (Lucknow University, India) are in cultural anthropology. He has been teaching classes in Anthropology, Sociology, and Asian Studies for UMUC in Korea since 1985. Most of his life has been spent in the Asia-Pacific region, including 7 years in Japan, 4 years in India, 6 years in Tonga, and over 25 years in Korea. His research interests are in intercultural communication, comparative semantics, and ethnomusicology. In addition to his academic work, Dr. Garrigues is a passionate photographer.
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Jon Huer
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Dr. Huer holds a B.A. in sociology from California State University at Los Angeles, and an M.A. and Ph.D., also in sociology, from the University of California at Los Angeles. He has taught at Indiana-Purdue University at Indianapolis, the University of Alabama, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Dr. Huer's many books and other publications cover a wide range of topics in American culture and institutions, as well as topics such as Third World development. He has taught primarily in Korea, and also in Misawa and the distance education program, since joining the UMUC faculty in 1994. Dr. Huer also served as UMUC Asia Academic Coordinator for Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology.
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Gary Laugel
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Dr. Laugel received his B.A. in psychology from Kent State University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in experimental psychology from Washington State University. He took additional graduate work in psychology at Cleveland State University. Dr. Laugel has taught at Washington State University and the University of Idaho and gained experience in areas ranging from computer-based data analysis to conducting research using animals while serving as a research assistant at Cleveland State University and Washington State University. He joined the Asian Division faculty in 1987 and has taught throughout Korea, as well as in Okinawa, Misawa, and the distance education program, and served for several years as UMUC Asia Psychology Coordinator.
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Larry Lustig
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Dr. Lustig earned his B.A. in English literature from Stetson University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy from Florida State University. His primary research and teaching interests are in the fields of government and politics and political philosophy. He has taught at the University of Florida, Florida State University, Florida A&M University, Auburn University, and Tougaloo College as well as with the U.S. Navy's Program for Afloat College Education (PACE) aboard Navy vessels. Dr. Lustig has lived for an extended period in Korea, including active-duty military service as an interrogator-linguist with the U.S. Army and as a TOEFL instructor with the U.S. Peace Corps. He once placed first in a Korean language speech contest for foreigners sponsored by The Korea Herald. He joined the UMUC Asia faculty in 1988 and has taught since then at Yongsan and numerous other sites in Korea.
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