Vivian Lopuch, EdD
Director
Dr. Viviane S. Lopuch is the Program Director for the Organizational Leadership B.A. degree completion program. She comes to Seattle University from Marist College, where she served as Faculty Director for the Liberal Studies major for adult undergraduates. Prior to academia, Dr. Lopuch worked in sales, marketing and finance roles for the IBM Corporation, while also attending college and graduate school as a part-time, adult student.
Dr. Lopuch received her Ed.D from Northeastern University, with a concentration in Organizational Leadership. She holds M.A. degrees in both Organizational Management, and Communication, and a B.S. in Integrative Studies. Her research interests center on adult learners, disability, diversity, identity, and organizational learning. She is a co-author of the book chapter, “The Role and Value of Diversity to Learning Organizations and Innovation” (2014, IGI Global).
Dr. Lopuch has a long-standing commitment to addressing the needs of non-traditional students in higher education. She is an active member of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE), and University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA). Her conference presentations have focused on the topic of adult, non-traditional learners, and her doctoral dissertation, “The new campus landscape: A narrative study of nontraditional undergraduates’ identity construction while enrolled at a traditional private college” examined the adult undergraduate experience. Dr. Lopuch is thrilled to be working with adult learners at Seattle University.
Junhee Kim, PhD
Instructor
Dr. Junhee Kim is an instructor of Organizational Leadership Program in School of New and Continuing Studies at Seattle University. He earned his PhD degree in Educational Human Resource Development (HRD) Program at Texas A&M University (2015). He is from South Korea and received his BA (1999) and MA (2004) in Adult Continuing Education and HRD from Korea University. His teaching and research interests revolve around the areas of leadership roles and competencies in the international/global context, which are connected to other critical topics such as learning organization, competency development, job attitudes, knowledge creation, learning transfer, mentoring, and educational technology. As an HRD specialist and HR manager, he had extensive professional experiences for seven years in several Korean multinational companies. His professional experiences include designing, developing, and implementing various HR interventions such as leadership programs, talent management system, coaching programs, and new employee orientations.
Dung Tran, PhD
Instructor
Dr. Dung Q. Tran, the son of Vietnamese immigrants, is an instructor in Organizational Leadership at Seattle University. Prior to relocating to the Pacific Northwest, Dr. Tran was an adjunct professor at Loyola Marymount University, Marymount California University, and Mount Saint Mary’s University in Los Angeles, California, where he taught undergraduate courses in Rhetorical Arts, Public Speaking, Ignatian Leadership, and Christian Ethics.
Dr. Tran earned his doctorate in Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University and completed his master's degree in Theological Studies – with emphases in Spirituality and Catholic Higher Education – at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University. He also holds a California Teaching Credential in History, a master's degree in Secondary Education, and two bachelor's degrees in Communication Studies and Theological Studies from Loyola Marymount University. Dr. Tran's research interests include Ignatian spirituality, Jesuit higher education, hermeneutics, Vietnamese history, visual rhetoric, and the intersection of communication, leadership, and theology. His work has been published in Communication Research Trends and The International Journal of Servant-Leadership (SUNY Press). In addition to his teaching and scholarship, Dr. Tran serves on the Board of Directors of Alpha Sigma Nu, the honor society of Jesuit institutions of higher education.
