Human Resource Development
Yonjoo Cho
Title: Professor
Department: Human Resource Development
Building: COB 315.21
Email: ycho@uttyler.edu
Phone: 903.566.7260
Degrees
Ph.D. in Instructional Technology, The University of Texas at Austin
M.A. in Sociology, Yonsei University, South Korea
B.S. in Education, Yonsei University, South Korea
Biography
Dr. Yonjoo Cho is a professor of Human Resource Development. Previously, she was an associate professor of Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University (2008-2020). Before joining academia, she worked in profit, non-profit, and academic sectors in South Korea, and her latest position was MBA Director at the KAIST Business School, Seoul, South Korea.
Dr. Cho’s research interests include action learning in organizations, international HRD, and women in leadership. She has published three books including: Trends and Issues in Action Learning Practice: Lessons from South Korea (Cho & Bong, 2013) with Routledge and Current Perspectives on Asian Women in Leadership: A Cross-Cultural Analysis (Cho et al., 2017) and Korean Women in Leadership (Cho & McLean, 2018) with Palgrave Macmillan. She teaches Ph.D. courses (Advanced Qualitative Research Methods and Contemporary Issues in HRD Literature) and master’s courses (Foundations of HRD, Needs Assessment in HRD, and Training Design).
Dr. Cho has served as an elect board member of the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD) (2016-2018) and Editor-in-chief of Human Resource Development Review (Impact Factor: 6.4) (2020-2023) and serves on the editorial board of Action Learning: Research and Practice, Asian Women (SSCI), European Journal of Training and Development, Human Resource Development International, Human Resource Development Quarterly (SSCI), and Human Resource Development Review (SSCI). She also serves with the Korea Action Learning Association and Korean Association for Educational Technology.