Park Namgi (M) graduated from Seoul National University College of Education with a double major in education Korean language and literature and received his Ph.D. in educational administration from the University of Pittsburgh. After serving as a professor at Gwangju National University of Education and a visiting professor at the University of Pittsburgh International Education, he served as the president of Gwangju National Universoty of Education 2008-2012. He returned to being a professor after serving as president and now he focuses on developing younger students at the school. Since 2018, he has been the host of EBS's "Education Big Debate" and led efforts to take a deeper look at the educational problems in Korean society and to propose alternatives. He has published The Best Teaching Methods, How Teachers Grow, and Educational War Theory, and co-authored Class Management with Parents and Class Management Midas.