Sungil “Calvin” Chung is born and raised in South Korea until his family moved to the Philippines when he was a middle school student. From then, he was able to explore different cultures from various countries all around the world. He holds a bachelor’s degree in both Business Management and English and an MBA. For his career, Sungil had various sectoral experiences (military, government and nonprofit). He had a career as a project manager in Korean government agency that dealt with a national project called Free Economic Zone. He also holds Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School prior to his current Ph.D program. Currently, he successfully defended his dissertation at James Madison University (JMU) from the School of Strategic Leadership Studies. The title of Sungil’s dissertation is “Cultural Influences on Nonprofit Servant Leadership”. He received a doctoral assistantship from JMU supporting his doctoral studies in nonprofit leadership while advising Hart School of Hospitality, Sport and Recreation Management undergraduate students. His research interest includes leadership theories and values, nonprofit leadership/management, cross-cultural leadership/management, management/international management and social entrepreneurship. He has presented papers at several conferences in various topics. He is a member of International Leadership Association and Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action.
Posted in: 2017