Many of my Saint Louis friends have asked me to keep them posted on my experiences as a Fulbright Fellow teaching at Yonsei University in Seoul. This blog is a response to those requests. I returned to Saint Louis on July 5, 2009; however, I'll continue to add photos to the Blog until I run out of photos or time.

Sunday, November 16, 2008


Attending a musical with my friends Dong-gwi and Hee-Kyung.

A symbol of the desire for a unified Korea.

Posing with one of the DMZ Security guards. Note the guard's taekwondo stance.

The Joint Security Area (JSA) at the DMZ

Thursday, November 13, 2008


My four favorite students from my Abnormal Psychology class. I show a film each week on Wednesday night, and we spend an hour discussing the film and its portrayal of psychopathology on Thursday morning. This week's lecture topic was dementia, and the film was Iris. It is fun for me to be able to teach a class that uses Movies and Mental Illness as a text (Wedding Boyd & Niemiec, 2005).

The Ramada Hotel where I live is only a few blocks from the US Embassy. The Embassy has set up several speaking engagements for me at various Korean universities, and there may be opportunities to lecture in Japan while I'm here.

Hanging out with my son in Itaewon.

Sunday, November 9, 2008


My undergraduate Abnormal Psychology class.

Young people (and sometimes old people) who are in love bring two identical locks to Namsan Tower, mark them with an affectionate comment, and leave them linked forever on the chain link fence surrounding one of the platforms overlooking the city of Seoul. There are thousands of these locks . . . don't know if anyone takes the time to remove them when the relationship goes sour.

There are dozens of these figures in Namsan Park and around Namsan Tower.

My graduate students.

The well manicured grounds of Yonsei (I had just come from giving a speech).

We had Obama with us at the Democrats Abroad rally. See this site and note the last paragraph.

Sunday, November 2, 2008


Danny and Joshua at an Obama Get Out the Vote event November 2nd.

Danny with Dr. Dong-gwi Lee and four counseling psychology graduate students.