Sunyoung Park Named One of Six LSU Rainmakers for Research Excellence and Creative Activity
March 08, 2023
Sunyoung Park, PhD, Associate Professor in the School of Leadership & Human Resource Development, is one of six LSU faculty members named a Rainmaker for Research and Creative Activity. Rainmakers are faculty members who balance their teaching and research responsibilities while extending the impact of their work to the world beyond academia.
– Pictured Back Row (L to R): LSU Vice President Office of Research & Economic Development Robert R. Twilley, LSU Professor Shengmin Guo, LSU Associate Professor Emmanouil Chatzopoulos, and LSU Associate Professor George Xue. Front Row (L to R): LSU Executive Vice President & Provost Roy Haggerty, LSU Associate Professor Sunyoung Park, LSU Assistant Professor Yu April Chen, and Campus Federal Credit Union CEO Jane Verret
Dr. Park received the Rainmaker Award for the Mid-Career Scholar in the area of Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences & Behavioral Sciences category. In partnership with Campus Federal Credit Union, the LSU Office of Research and Economic Development (ORED) awards six Rainmakers each year to faculty who demonstrate outstanding research, scholarship, and creative activity for their respective rank and discipline. The award recognizes both sustained and continuing work, as well as the impact that work has had on faculty members, their department, and their respective academic community.
Dr. Park is an associate professor and Jones S. Davis Distinguished Professor in the LSU School of Leadership & Human Resource Development. She received her PhD from the University of Minnesota in Human Resource Development (HRD). Her research interests concern organizational culture and behavior, learning and performance in the workplace, leadership, and research trends in HRD and related fields. Dr. Park’s teaching focuses on the fields of instructional design, performance analysis, training and development, and research methods.
"I am deeply honored to receive this prestigious award. I’m so grateful to have support and recognition from colleagues, the school, college, and university”
Sunyoung Park, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Dr. Park served as a post-doctoral research fellow at Indiana University, Bloomington. She has received several research awards including a 2022 The Elwood F. Holton III Research Excellence Award from Human Resource Development Review, a 2019 Awards for Excellence: Outstanding Paper Award from Journal of Knowledge Management and Cutting Edge Awards at the 2011, 2014, 2016, and 2023 AHRD International Research Conference in the Americas. She also received the LSU Alumni Association Rising Faculty Research Award (2017), LSU Distinguished Faculty Award (2020), and LSU Tiger Athletic Foundation Undergraduate Teaching Award (2020).
Originally from Republic of Korea, Dr. Park has spent the last 10 years working with
clients in government, non-profit organizations, schools, and companies. As a project
manager and team leader, she has extensive experience in planning, designing, and
implementing diverse educational programs in both face-to-face and online environments.
Dr. Park received her PhD from the University of Minnesota in Human Resource Development (HRD). Her research interests concern organizational culture and behavior, learning and performance in the workplace, leadership, and research trends in HRD and related fields. Her teaching focuses on the fields of instructional design, performance analysis, training and development, and research methods.
Rainmaker criteria include but are not limited to the following: publication in a high-impact journal(s); a highly cited work; external awards; invited presentations at national and international meetings; high journal publication productivity; critically acclaimed book publication(s), performance(s), exhibit(s) or theatrical production(s); high grant productivity and for more senior candidates, outstanding citation records and high-impact invited presentations at national and international meetings.
Learn more about the LSU ORED Rainmakers.
About SLHRD
The LSU School of Leadership & Human Resource Development (SLHRD) offers programs
dedicated to producing world-class practitioners, leaders, and instructors in human
resource and leadership development. The BS, MS, and PhD are designed to develop the
leadership, planning, analytical, problem solving, and change management capabilities
that today's globalized organizations need to be successful. Additionally, SLHRD also
offers 100% online programs: BS in Leadership and HR Development, BS in Learning Experience
and Instructional Design, MS in Leadership and HR Development and MS in LHRD with
a concentration in Workforce Development. The School is housed within the College
of Human Sciences & Education. Visit the School of Leadership & Human Resource Development
at lsu.edu/chse/slhrd.
About CHSE
The College of Human Sciences & Education (CHSE) is a nationally accredited division
of Louisiana State University. The college is comprised of the School of Education,
the School of Kinesiology, the School of Leadership & Human Resource Development,
the School of Library & Information Science, the School of Social Work, and the University
Laboratory School. These combined schools offer 8 undergraduate degree programs, 18
graduate programs, and 20 online undergraduate degree, graduate degree, and/or certificate
programs, enrolling more than 2,000 undergraduate and 1,800 graduate students. The
College is committed to achieving the highest standards in teaching, research, and
service and is committed to improving quality of life across the lifespan. Visit the
College of Human Sciences & Education at lsu.edu/chse.