- Association for Asian Studies (AAS), National Conference, San Francisco, CA. 2006
- AAS, Chicago, IL. (Legacy makers: Female Rulers in China, Korea and Tibet) 2005
- AAS, Phoenix, AZ. (Queen Sindŏk) 2004
- Pacific and Asian Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia
(Korean under Japanese colonial rule: oral histories) 1998
- AAS, Pomona, CA. (Korean genealogy records) 1996
- 2002, 2005 Center for Korean Studies, University of California, Berkeley
1996–2014
- USC Korean Studies Institute, Los Angeles, CA
See video from 2014, “Keeping Track of Family: Korean Lineage Records Then and Now”
- Korean History and Culture Seminar, Santa Clara, CA
- Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
- University of California, Berkeley: Center for Korean Studies
- University of California, Davis
- San Francisco State University: Korean studies
- San Francisco Intercultural Institute of California, Master’s Program
- Classroom teaching, K–12
- Special Education—Resource Specialist
- Chair: Critical Thinking Project
- Teacher Training (Northern California)
- University of California, Berkeley, CA
- Books and articles for teachers, Korean history, and stories for children
See separate list on the Publications page
- Chengli and the Silk Road Caravan
2012–2013 Asian/Pacific American Librarians Award for Children’s Literature
- Under the Black Umbrella: Voices from Korea 1910–1945
2010 Chosen as one of the top 100 books in English about Korea by the Korea Foundation
- Creating an inclusive Classroom
2000 Early Childhood News, Directors’ Choice Award
