Jakyung Seo is currently an Assistant Professor of Lighting Design at Kent State University (KSU).  Also she had been taught at College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), University of Cincinnati (UC) and California State University at Fresno (CSUF).  While teaching, she has worked as a professional lighting designer and assistant lighting designer in regional theatres including Steppenwolf, Congo Square, New World and Lodestone Theatre in LA.  Ms Seo has numerous professional design credits in South Korea and Japan such as Have Been Thinking, Medusacus, The Can, Spring My Hometown and What We Want, which was awarded the best prize at The International Dance Festival in Saitama, Japan.  Ms. Seo received her M.F.A. in Theatre at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and her BA at Kyungsung University.