Gil-Soo Han
- BA (Sungkyul), MA Soc (JNU), MA (Hons) & PhD (UNE)
- Research Coordinator
- First Year coordinator (First Semester)
- Masters Coordinator
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- Full Curriculum Vitae
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Background
Gil-Soo Han was educated in Korea, India and Australia. He taught at the University of New England and the Monash University School of Rural Health. He joined the School in January 2008, after completing his term as Head of Arts at the Monash University Sunway Campus, Malaysia.
Research Interests
Gil-Soo Han has researched and published in the areas of religion, ethnicity, health & illness, and information, communication and technologies. His research pursuit is centred on interactions between individual members of society and diverse socio-economic institutions in the fast changing society. In addition to two books and one co-authored book, he published over forty journal articles and book chapters.
If you wish to undertake a higher degree research project please feel free to contact me. I am particularly interested in the areas of sociology of media and religion; health communication; ethnic studies; Korean studies; and health sociology.
Selected Publications
Social Sources of Church Growth: Korean Churches in the Homeland and Overseas (1994). A critical examination of social, cultural and economic factors that led to the explosive growth of Korean churches in Korea and Korean communities overseas.
Health and Medicine under Capitalism: Korean Immigrants in Australia (2000). A sociological study of how the first generation Korean migrants run into the difficulties of communicating in an English speaking country and the consequences on their employment opportunities, health status and pursuit of any available health care.
Healthcare Reform and Interest Gorups: The Case of Rural Australia (2000). This is a study of the influence of rural cultural characteristics on healthcare reform involving government bureaucracy, health service management, the medical profession, and the community, in the context of the rural community downsizing as strongly influenced by globalisation.