Coastal Carolina University will host two public discussions on issues pertaining to global citizenship in the context of higher education on April 13 and 14. Led by Daehoon Jho, a Fulbright scholar in residency at the University of Oregon, the discussions are being held in conjunction with CCU's Celebration of Inquiry, a weeklong series of events and presentations for the campus and community. All presentations are free to attend; the theme of the entire event is "Beyond Borders: Living in a Global Society."

"Global Education Meets Media: Fostering Global Citizens in the Digital Age" is scheduled for Wednesday, April 13, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Kline Hospitality Suite in Brooks Stadium, located at 540 University Blvd. on the Conway campus.

"The Making of Global Citizens: Challenges in the U.S. and South Korea" will be presented on Thursday, April 14, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the HTC Center's Hospitality Suite, Room 207. The HTC Center is at 104 Founders Drive on the Conway campus.

Jho is a professor of social science education at Sungshin Women's University in Seoul, South Korea. His Fulbright project is titled "The Making of the Global Citizen." He received his doctorate in education from Columbia University and master's degree from Harvard University, also in education. His current interests and his areas of expertise are in pedagogies of global citizenship and digital pedagogies of globality. His work and teaching focuses on the impact of national policies on teaching and student learning; critical analysis of citizenship education in an era of globalization; postcolonial analysis of Western educational theories in the South Korean context; and the development of frameworks for secondary civics and social studies education.

Jho has been chair of the department of social science education and the dean of the College of Education at Sungshin University. He is on the editorial boardof multiple journals of education and is a member of and consultant for many national and international educational organizations, such as UNESCO. He has published widely in his discipline, both in the English language and in Korean. This is Jho's second Fulbright fellowship.

Jho's discussions are sponsored by CCU's Arts and Humanities Global Experience Program and the Office of Global Initiatives in collaboration with the Fulbright's Outreach Lecture Fund Program.

For more information, contact Tripthi Pillai, CCU's global experiences coordinator, at tpillai@coastal.edu or 843-234-3410. For more information about the Celebration of Inquiry and a full schedule of events, visit coastal.edu/iquiry.