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John I. Goulde, Ph.D.
Professor of Religion
Department Chair
Director of Asian Studies Program

Contact:
Sweet Briar College
Sweet Briar, VA 24595
E-Mail: goulde@sbc.edu

231 Ridge Drive
Amherst, Va 24521
Tel: 434-946-9073 (Home)
Tel: 434-381-6172 (Office)
Fax: 434-381-6173 (Office)

Education
Ph.D. Harvard University Comparative Religion 8/85
A.M. Harvard University Comparative Religion 6/80
B.A. Seoul National University Philosophy and Religion 2/75
n.d. Marquette University Classics and Theology

Awards
2000 East-West Center Research Fellowship (POSCO Program)
2000 Who's Who Among America's Teachers
1999/97/95 Sweet Briar College Travel Abroad Grants
1994/93 Sweet Briar College Faculty Fellowship
1993/1982 Fulbright Hays Senior Research Fellowships
1991/1987 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Fellowships
1990 Mellon Fellowship in Bio-Ethics
1990 Sweet Briar College Excellence in Teaching Award
1989 Wye Seminar Fellowship in Public Policy

Teaching
2003 Full Professor, Sweet Briar College
1999 Visiting Associate- Randolph-Macon Woman’s College
1991 Associate Professor- Sweet Briar College
1991 Visiting Associate- Randolph Macon College-Ashland
1988 Visiting Assistant-Lynchburg College
1986 Assistant Professor- Sweet Briar College
1983-86 Lecturer/Assistant- Central Michigan University

Publications
-6 Articles on Korean Monks, Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia, 3 Vols, ABC-CLIO, December 2004

-Review: Being Buddhist in a Christian World: Gender and Community in a Korean
American Temple
, Association for Asian Studies Journal, November 2004

-Article: Scholarly Women before Confucianism: The Case of Hwang Chin-I, in Pathways into Korean Language and Culture, Seoul: Pagijong Press, 2002

-Article: Exploring the Origins of Korean Ethno-Nationalism , Acta Koreana Vol. 2 1998

Pre-publication review: The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment: Korean Buddhism's Guide to
Meditation
, SUNY Press 1997

-Review: Chông Yagyong: Korea's Challenge to Orthodox Neo-Confucianism, published in Acta Koreana Vol. 1. 1997

-Review: The Zen Monastic Experience, History of Religions, Chicago, 1996

- 67 Articles on "Korean Religions" in Harper Collins Dictionary of Religion, Scholar's
Press, 1995

-Article: Korean Contributions to World Culture; Lesson of the Past, SAT II 4th International Conference, Yônsei University, Seoul, Korea, published in Conference Proceedings, 1997

-(Monograph In Progress) Literati Taoism: The Haedongchôndorok and the Emergence of
Korean Taoist Alchemy

Associations
1986 to present- Association of University Professors
(SBC Chapter President 1992-94/2004-2006)
Association of Asian Studies
American Academy of Religion
Virginia Consortium for Asian Studies
Southern Atlantic States Association for Asian and African Studies

2005-2010 Chair: Korean Religions Group, American Academy of Religion

2002 -- Sub-editor for Korea, Religious Studies Review

2001-2005 American Academy of Religion: Korean Religions Section:
Member of the Steering Committee

1999 - Editor: WWW Virtual Library - East Asian Studies
( http://www.ea-vl.sbc.edu)

1998- Editor: Acta Koreana

1991-96 Editor: Virginia Consortium for Asian Studies Occasional Papers

Presentations

2001/02

-Discussant for Panel: Representing Korean Studies in the Age of the World Wide Web, 8th Annual Conference on Korea, Walker Institute of International Studies, University of South Carolina, May 17-19, 2002

-Presentation on North Korean Security Issues after 9.11, Foreign Policy Association: Great Decisions Program,: Center for Global Business, Education and Research, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, April 25, 2002

-Presentation to the Daughters of the American Revolution, The Korean War After 50 Years: Challenges and Prospects Amherst, February 16, 2002

-Presentation to the Amherst Rotary Club, U.S. Korean Relations after 9.11
January 31, 2002

2000/01

-Paper Presentation: The Korean War: The Post-War Political Impact for the Conference: The Korean War After 50 Years; Challenges for Peace and Prosperity, International Council on Korean Studies and The Institute for Peace Studies, Arlington, VA, June 22-24, 2001

- Conference Participant and Discussant: Korea and the Four Major Powers in Northeast Asia, 7th Annual Conference on Korea, Walker Institute of International Studies, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. May 18-20, 2001

-Paper Presentation: Contemporary Native Traditions in Korea for the program: Healing Divisions: Religion in Korea Today, Korean Studies Conference, The Korea Society, New York City, May 18, 2001

-Paper Presentation: Religion in Contemporary Korea for the program: Contemporary East Asia, sponsored by The Korea Society, The China Institute, and the Japan Society, New York City, May 16, 2001

-Invited Discussant: Postmodernism and Korean Cultural Identity, 40th Annual Meeting, Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, January 12-14, 2001

-Paper presented: World Religion or Chinese Folk Peculiarity: Literati Taoism in Korea, Chinese Religions Group, American Academy of Religion, 2000 Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 18-21, 2000

-Paper Presented: Confucianism in Modern Globalized Korea, Joint panel of the Confucian Traditions Group and Korean Religions Group, American Academy of Religion, 2000 Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 18-21, 2000

1999/00

-Discussant, The Globalization of Korean Art, 6th Annual Korean Studies Conference, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. May 19-21, 2000

- Paper Presented: The Confucianism of Chosôn Korea, The Korea Society, Washington, D.C., April 8, 2000

-Seminar Paper Presented: Religious Resistance to Globalization in Korea, East West Center, University of Hawaii, March 27, 2000

-Paper presented: Destined Immortals: Literati Taoists of the Chosôn Period to the University of British Columbia Korean Research Colloquium, Vancouver, BC, January 18, 2000

- Papers presented: Korean Religious History: A Psycho-Social Overview and "The Reluctant Confucian Family: Confucianism in an Age of Globalism in Korea", National Conference of the American Psychoanalytical Association, New York, December 19-22, 1999

-Paper presented: Changing Perceptions of U.S.-Korea Relations: From Cold War Big Brother to Regional Arbiter, 14th Annual Conference of the U.S.-Korea Security Studies Council, Arlington, VA, October 27-29, 1999

-Paper presented: Confucian Society of Chosôn Korea at Korean Identity in Transition: Changes in Social Roles. Korean Studies Conference, The Korea Society, New York, March 26, 1999

1998/99

-Paper presented: Hwangjinûi and Sô Kyôngdôk, Women in the Korean Humanities Conference, George Washington University

-Paper presented: The Historical Roots of Korean Ethno-Nationalism, 50 years of the Republic of Korea Conference, Georgetown University


Consultant Work

1995-2001 Christian Science Monitor Network, API, CBS Radio Network, KTOK,
Oklahoma City, Lynchburg News and Advance: On North and South Korea Affairs

1990-93 Eckert College Internationalization of the Curriculum Project

1987-91 External Examiner –Korean Language, Duke University


Committee Service

Admissions – 1 term
Instruction –3 terms
Community Affairs – 1 term
Deputy Parliamentarian – 1 term
Executive –3 terms
Faculty Grants –5 terms
Faculty Marshall –1 term
Faculty Senate -2 yeat term
Housing-2 terms
Planning - 1 term
Library Planning – 1 term
Summer Programs 2 terms
College Council 1-term
Faculty Club – 2 terms
Virginia Faculty Senate 1 term
Secretary of the Faculty –3 terms
Committee on Committees 2-terms
Computer Planning – 1 term
Co-founder and Faculty Advisor to Alpha Lambda Delta -11 years
International Studies Advisory – 1 term
Sports Advisory – 1 term
Winter Forums – 2 terms
Interdisciplinary Studies 2- terms
Director of Asian Studies, 1990-to present
Ad hoc Committees: Japan Festival, Title IV, Hearing Committee, Self-Study/ Finances, Women and Gender Studies Program Review, Oral Skills, 50 Years of Chinese Woodblock Prints

Courses Taught –New Curriculum

Religion

Religion 011: Good and Evil
Religion 012: Sacred Words, Sacred Texts
Religion 077: Introduction to the Study of Religion
Religion 078: Introduction to World Religions
Religion 121: Hindus, Jainas and Sikhs
Religion 121: Buddhism
Religion 131: Taoism
Religion 144: Christianity
Religion 155: Islam
Religion 201: Religion, Science, and Occultism
Religion 202: Comparative Philosophy of Religion
Religion 250: Religion and U.S. Law
Religion 350: Senior Seminar

Asian Studies

Art History 137: East Asian Art (Chinese/Japanese)
Asian Studies 106: Chinese and Japanese Literature in Translation
Asian Studies 136: Asian Civilization II: North Asia
Asian Studies 101: Korean Language
Asian Studies 118: Chinese Cinema (2002)
Asian Studies 262 (Directed Study) Readings in Japanese
Honors Summer Research: Ukiyoe in the Sweet Briar Collection 1999
Winter Term: The New Asia: Economic Development in Korea, Hong Kong. China(1996)


Courses Taught –Old Curriculum

Religion 006: New Testament Literature
Religion 077: Introduction to the Study of Religion
Religion 155: Islam
Religion 212: Philosophy of Religion
Religion 219: Religions of South Asia
Religion 220: Religions of East Asia
Religion 250: Religion and U.S. Law
Religion 350: Senior Seminar
Interdisciplinary Studies: Religion and the Fine Arts of China