International Alumni Award
(L to R) VP and Dean Bobby Moser and Seung Il Na

Seung Il Na
Ph.D. 1993
Agricultural Education

In addition to a distinguished career as a university professor and administrator, Seung has also worked as researcher, and consultant and advisor for the Korean government.  He has held faculty positions in the Department of Practical Arts Education at Daegu National University of Education.  He has held important leadership and administrative positions in addition to his teaching and research responsibilities.  Seung has also worked at the Seoul National University as a professor, chair, and director in the Department of Agricultural and Vocational Education.

Author of 103 refereed journal articles and thirteen books, Seung has also obtained sixty-three research grants totaling the equivalent of $2,270,689 USD from numerous governmental ministries, departments, and organizations.  He has also served on the editorial boards of several national journals and is a Research Fellow in the Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University.

Seung is currently serving as Chair of the Brain Korea 21 Vocational Education and Workforce Development Team, a $1.2 billion proposal by the Ministry of Education of South Korea to help upgrade Korean universities to world-class status in selected areas.  He is also the Senior Extension Educator for the Service Bureau of the Rural Development Administration and is on the advisory committee for rural education development for the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development. 

Seung and his wife, Mihwa Park, live in Seoul, South Korea.  They are the parents of Joseph and Sylvia.