(Details are subjected to change and will be notified to the applicants.)

Mago Academy is happy to announce that forthcoming S/HE Forums (Online) will be held as an elective course of the Creatrix Studies Programs (CSP). This course will be offered from January through August 2026 except the months of May and June (the S/HE Conference will be counted as two sections of .the S/HE Forum).

The S/HE Forum course (1 credit: 32 hours in four sections of 8 hours per section) will be one credit course, team-taught by the four forum section organizers/instructors. Each section makes a 0.25 Credit (8 hours), if taken individually. See Creatrix Studies Courses here.

Each of four forum sections will be on the second Sat and/or the fourth Sat of each month except the months of May and June. Currently, we are seeking a forum section in April and its later months (July, August, and forthcoming months). Basically, the forum organizer/instructor may propose a forum section by inviting guest speakers (ideally 2-4 guest speakers but a minimum of 2 guest speakers). For a forum organizer, this will be your experience of getting your hands on CSP teaching. Guest speakers do not have higher degree requirements (no graduate degree is required) but they should be deemed as experts on the topic of your forum.

You may opt to propose one session of 4 hours or 2 sessions of 2 hours per session. If you choose to propose two sessions, your classes will be scheduled on the designated dates, that is, the second Sat and the fourth Sat. You may have different guest speakers for the second session. You can decide the time for your sessions at your convenience.

As a forum organizer, you will be paid 10% of the tuition (about US$70) for the minimum of 1 credit-registered attendee (not auditors in this regard). If your forum section has up to 2 credit-registered attendees (not auditors), the payment will be doubled to US$140, etc. If your forum section has more than 2 audit-registered students, your payment will made and vary according to your readiness in terms of online teaching and communication skills with your students as well as the Mago Academy representative.

Mago Academy does NOT get involved in your agreement with your guest speakers if you pay or not. Guest speakers do not get paid in principle but the forum organizers may like to pay your guest speakers an honorarium ($20-25), when it has more than 5 registered attendees.

Regarding the registered students, we will have degree-pursuing students as well as auditors. The fee for the degree student is $700 per unit (four forums), and for the auditing student is $100 per unit (four forum sections). Auditing students can register an individual forum section for $30 per forum.

If a student takes the S/HE Forum course toward an MA or a Ph.D. degree, she will be required to submit a paper, details are TBA, which will be received and graded by Dr. Helen Hwang or a designated person. 

Trimesters of 2026: 2-4 S/HE Forums on the second and fourth Saturday of the month. Your session(s) will be contained within a month, not spreading to another month.

Summer Trimester of 2026 (July and August): The S/HE Conference sessions will qualify as S/HE Forum sections. Details are TBA.

Deadlines: October 28 for Spring Forum sections, February 28 for Summer Forum sections, June 28 for Fall Forum sections

Qualification for organizers: Ph.D. is required. No teaching experience is required for the forum organizer but a comprehensive research activity with publication will be considered as strength. Priority will be given to a member of the previous S/HE Conference attendees and a member of Creatrix Studies email discussion group.

A forum organizer needs to submit the following to Dr. Helen Hye-Sook Hwang (magoacademy@gmail.com). State, “S/HE Forum Proposal” in the subject of your email.

What to include in your proposal (Numbers 1-3 are fixed)

1. Course title: S/HE Forum 2026

2. Course no: 901

3. Credit: 0.25 Credit

4. Time (8 hours in one or two sessions on second and fourth Saturdays of a month. List all possible dates and time in Pacific Time Zone):

5. Name of the Forum Organizer/Instructor:

6. Bio of Organizer/Instructor (up to 100 words, if you are new):

7. Forum Title (This is different from your own presentation as an organizer):

8. Forum Presenters (minimum of 2 presenters):

9. Titles of all presenters including organizer’s:

10. Bios of all presenters:

11. Summary of all presentations including the organizer’s (up to 150 words for each summary):

Join us as a S/HE Forum Instructor!

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