Professor Yeong-sun Lee (Department of Psychology) has been elected the new president of the Korean Association for College Counseling.

The Korean Association for College Counseling was founded in 1976 to popularize college counseling and to develop and disseminate knowledge and programs related to student counseling. It has worked in various ways to help college students adapt to campus life and to address psychosocial problems.

Accordingly, Professor Lee will serve a two-year term as president and will oversee academic conferences, seminars, and workshops that reflect the needs of college counseling practitioners.

Professor Lee will also take the lead in organizing case presentation sessions on college counseling, promoting international exchanges, and overseeing the publication of books and program collections.

Professor Yeong-sun Lee is an expert in counseling psychology. After completing master's and doctoral studies at Jeonbuk National University (JBNU), Professor Lee served as a professor at Chunhae College of Health and as director of the Geumjeong Youth Support Center, and has been a professor at JBNU since 2009.