Alex Jong-Seok Lee (he/him/his) is an Annette and Hugh Gragg Postdoctoral Fellow in Transnational Asian Studies at Rice University's Chao Center for Asian Studies. He received his PhD in Anthropology and a Minor in Asian American Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He obtained a BA in Ethnic Studies at the University of California, San Diego.
Alex's primary research investigates the reciprocal relationship between gendered security, care ethics, and labor migration. More broadly, his scholarship explores how labor relations are reconfigured under the constraints of globalized nationalism. Turning to pedagogy, he has taught university courses in Asian Studies, Asian American Studies, and Anthropology.
Currently, Alex is working on a book manuscript called "Securing Korean Skies: Flight Futures, and Technologies of Care," which explores the transnational effects of mobility on South Korean flight attendants.
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Alex's primary research investigates the reciprocal relationship between gendered security, care ethics, and labor migration. More broadly, his scholarship explores how labor relations are reconfigured under the constraints of globalized nationalism. Turning to pedagogy, he has taught university courses in Asian Studies, Asian American Studies, and Anthropology.
Currently, Alex is working on a book manuscript called "Securing Korean Skies: Flight Futures, and Technologies of Care," which explores the transnational effects of mobility on South Korean flight attendants.
[Previous Home Page Photo Credit: Author (Seoul, South Korea, 2019)]