Yuha Jung
PhD
A leading museum scholar, systems thinker, passionate educator, and effective collaborator in arts administration research and education!
About
My name is Yuha Jung.
I am an associate professor and the director of graduate studies of Arts Administration at the University of Kentucky. I am a devoted educator and researcher who is passionate about studying museums and social and cultural justice issues around the arts and cultural organizations and teaching students about them. I primarily teach financial management
for arts organizations both on undergraduate and graduate levels. For our PhD program, I teach a course on organization theories as well as guide students through their dissertation processes. I am also an associate editor for the journal, Museum Management and Curatorship, and a board member of the Association of Arts Administration Educators.
About
My name is Yuha Jung.
I am an associate professor and the director of graduate studies of Arts Administration at the University of Kentucky. I am a devoted educator and researcher who is passionate about studying museums and social and cultural justice issues around the arts and cultural organizations and teaching students about them. I primarily teach financial management for arts organizations both on undergraduate and graduate levels. For our PhD program, I teach a course on organization theories as well as guide students through their dissertation processes. I am also an associate editor for the journal, Museum Management and Curatorship, and a board member of the Association of Arts Administration Educators.
Research
I study the interrelationship between systems theory and cultural diversity in arts and culture organizations. More specifically, I write about a structural and systemic change theory that can affect organizations and their surroundings leading to paradigmatic shifts, rather than changing one part of an organization, which may not be sustainable. Based on this theory, I have co-edited a book entitled, Systems Thinking in Museums: Theory and Practice (2017). My most recent book on this topic is Transforming Museum Management: Evidence-Based Change through Open Systems Theory (2021). Some of my previous publications are found in the following peer-reviewed journals: Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, Museum Management and Curatorship, International Journal of the Inclusive Museum, Studies in Art Education, and Qualitative Inquiry.
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“Transforming Museum Management: Evidence-Based Change through Open Systems Theory.”
ALL BOOKS
Jung, Y., Vakharia, N., & Vecco, M. (under contract, expected publication in 2022). The Oxford Handbook of Arts and Cultural Management. Oxford University Press.
Jung, Y. (2021). Transforming Museum Management: Evidence-Based Change through Open Systems Theory. Oxfordshire, UK: Routledge.
Jung, Y. & Love, A. R. (Eds.). (2017). Systems thinking in museums: Theory and practice. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Teaching
As Paulo Freire (1993) effectively illustrates with his metaphor of a banking system, traditional teaching and educational settings presume that academic knowledge can only be deposited into students’ minds. Learning is a more active process; knowledge, ideas, and information are co-constructed and co-created among peers and teachers. Especially in the digital age, the learning process is different as information is readily available and becomes obsolete quickly. Connectivism is a useful concept for understanding the learning of “digital natives.” It posits that learning should lead to actionable knowledge. It is focused on connecting relevant ideas among many different elements, including people and things, in a network of information readily available for learners (Siemens 2005). In this way, learners can develop the ability to continuously learn on their own in the future rather than focusing on what they know today (Siemens 2005).
Services
I committed to four main areas of service: my department, my college, the university, and the field.
SERVICE TO DEPARTMENT
Serving on various internal committees including graduate admissions and promotion review
Chairing a number of faculty search committees
SERVICE TO COLLEGE
Serving on the college promotion and tenure committee
Serving on the faculty award committee
SERVICE TO UNIVERSITY
Serving as a university senator representing College of Fine Arts
Serving on the Senate Committee on Distance Learning and e-Learning
SERVICE TO FIELD
Serving as a board member for the Association of Arts Administration Educators
Serving as an associate editor for Museum Management and Curatorship
Serving as reviewer for numerous journals and publishing companies
To see full list of services, see my CV.
