PhD, Theater and Performance Studies, Stanford University
MA, Text and Performance, RADA-Birkbeck, University of London
MA, English Literature, Seoul National University
BA, Film Studies, Columbia University
My research explores the politics of embodiment (living in and with a body) in Korea and the Korean diaspora from the intersection of performance studies, visual and media studies, queer/disability politics, and feminist activisms. I have written on gender and racial politics in multimedia art, photography, K-pop, reality television, and ASMR videos on YouTube. I am currently completing a book manuscript examining the cultural discourses of plastic surgery in Korea through the framework of remedy.
Introduction to Korean Civilization (EALC/HIST 0060)
Gender and Sexuality in Korea (EALC/GSWS 7471)
New Korean Cinema (EALC/CIMS 1371/6371)
Art, Pop, and Belonging: Or, How to Talk about Korean Popular Culture (EALC 1379)
Refereed Articles and Book Chapters
- “From K-pop to Z-pop: The Pan-Asian Production, Consumption, and Circulation of Idols” in The Cambridge Companion to K-pop, ed. Suk-Young Kim (Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2023), 154-71.
- “Between Plastic Surgery and the Photographic Representation: Ji Yeo Undoes the Neoliberal Fantasy of Transformation” in positions: asia critique 30.4 (2022): 705-33.
- “From Boyfriend to Boy’s Love: South Korean Male ASMRtists’ Performances of Digital Care” in Television & New Media 23.4 (2021): 389-404.
- “When Neoliberalism and Patriarchy Conspire: Plastic Surgery in the South Korean Reality TV Show Let Me In" in TDR: The Drama Review 64.2 (2020): 101-16.
Reviews
- “Pop City: Korean Popular Culture and the Selling of Place by Youjeong Oh," Journal of Korean Studies 24.2 (2019).
- “K-pop Live: Fans, Idols, and Multimedia Performance by Suk-Young Kim,” TDR: The Drama Review 63.3 (2019).
- “The Theatre of David Henry Hwang by Esther Kim Lee,” Theatre Survey 58.2 (2017).
Public Scholarship
- “By the Skin of Our Teeth: Surviving the Eating Disorder Closed Wards of Gangnam.” Co-authored with Jeannie Park. Detours: A Decolonial Guide to Korea, eds. Crystal Mun-hye Baik, Ju Hui Judy Han, Jinah Kim, and Young Gyung Paik. Forthcoming from Duke University Press, 2025.
- “ASMR—Digital Intimacy and Care,” in Watch & Chill 2.0: Streaming Senses exhibition catalogue. Seoul: Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, 2023.
- “Setting the Stage: Korean Women Artists on Performance and Beauty" in Ideas: Asia Art Archive Online Journal. September 4, 2019.
- “How ‘Gangnam Style’ Saved My Life” in Zócalo Public Square. July 15, 2019.
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“Interview of Valery Jung Estabrook,” in AKAA: The Archive of Korean Artists in America. April 26, 2019.
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“유학생과 난민 International Students and Refugees,” 경계없는 페미니즘: 제주 예멘 난민과 페미니즘의 응답 Feminism Without Borders: A Response to the Yemeni Refugees in Jeju. ed. Kim Sŏnhye. Seoul: Waon, 2019.
Executive Board, The Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
Executive Board, James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies
Graduate Groups in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory