INVITED TALKS
2020
-Invited Speaker (online). "Class Concepts and Imperial Conciliation in Bong Joon-ho's Parasite (Gisaengchung)," Center for East Asian & Pacific Studies at Illinois Alumni Speaker Series, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL (Nov. 12).
2019
-Guest Lecturer. "Gender, Work, and Labor through Korean Flight Attendants," SWGS 101 Introduction to the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Rice University, Houston, TX, Nov. 13.
-Guest Speaker (online). "Korean Male Flight Attendants and Reconstituting Gender Hierarchies," EAST 493 / GSFS 402 Asia on the Move: Gender, Sexuality, and Global Migration, East Asian Studies / Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, Oct. 29.
2015
-Keynote Speaker. "Spring, Summer, Fall... and Winter" (Director: Kim Ki-duk, 2003) Korean Film Discussion, Lincoln Land Community College, East Asian Film and Lecture Series. Springfield, IL, Oct. 8.
2011
-Guest Lecturer. "Global Ethnic Studies and Racial Formation in South Korea." Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, Nov. 1.
2009-2011
-Guest Lecturer. "Race and Gender within South Korean Popular Culture," AAS 100 Introduction to Asian American Studies, Fall 2009, Spring 2010; "Racial Formation in Contemporary South Korea," AAS 120 Introduction to Asian American Popular Culture, UIUC, Urbana, IL, Fall 2010, Spring 2011.
SERVICE (professional)
2020
-Media Strategist. City & Society, the journal of the Society for Urban, National, and Transnational/Global Anthropology, Aug. 2017-Present.
2019
-Invited Participant. "Race, Place, and Power in Houston: A Workshop," Rice Department of History, Houston, TX, April 17.
-Panel Discussant. "Challenging the Familiar: Reconfigurations of Kinship," The Futures of Solidarity: Transnational and Queer Feminisms, Rice's Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality 12th Annual Graduate Symposium, Houston, TX, April 5.
2018
-Panel Discussant. "Comments on 'JSA Joint Security Area,'" Korean Movie Night, Rice University-Korean Graduate Student Association and Korean Consulate General in Houston, Houston, TX, Nov. 2.
-Co-organizer. "Homeless, Abandoned: Affective Lives in Postindustrial South Korea" by Dr. Jong Bum Kwon, UIUC Center for East Asian Pacific Studies Speaker Series, Urbana, IL, April 6.
2017
-Podcaster. "Fieldnotes: The Power to Communicate and Influence through the Way We Choose to Dress." AnthroTalks (Sponsored by the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology): Ep. 1 Dressing the Part, July 9.
-Co-organizer. "Migratory Surveillance and Strategic Resistance in Hong Kong" by Dr. Nicole Constable, UIUC Center for Advanced Study Lecture Series, Urbana, IL, April 28.
2013
-Discussant and Co-organizer. "Days of Love and Labor" by Dr. Michael Fisch, UIUC Korea Workshop, Urbana, IL, March 29.
-Blind Review Reader. Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies Journal, Spring.
2012
-Discussant and Co-organizer. "Occupation and Disorientation" by Dr. Jong Bum Kwon, UIUC Korea Workshop, Urbana, IL, March 29.
-Co-organizer. "Unmanned: Reading of a Work-in-Progress, A New Play about Drone Pilots" by Dr. Robert Myers, UIUC International Forum for U.S. Studies, Urbana, IL, March 7.
2011
-Co-organizer. "Brain Drain or Exchange: International Students" by Dr. Madeline Y. Hsu, UIUC Korea Workshop, Urbana, IL, Sept. 12.
-Discussant and Co-organizer. "Family Businesses in South Korea" by Dr. Antti Leppanen and "Tongdaemun Market Families" by Dr. Seoyoung Park, UIUC Korea Workshop, Urbana, IL, Sept. 11.
-Co-organizer. "The Internationalization of U of I Undergraduates" by Dr. Katharyne Mitchell, UIUC Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, Urbana, IL, Jan. 25.
2010
-Secretary-Treasurer. National Association of Student Anthropologists of the American Anthropological Association, 2010-2012.
2009
-Discussant and Co-organizer. "Koreans and Race from Seoul to LA" by Dr. Nadia Y. Kim, UIUC Korea Workshop, Urbana, IL, Sept. 11.
[Photo Courtesy: Author (Bur Dubai بر دبي, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2012)]
2020
-Invited Speaker (online). "Class Concepts and Imperial Conciliation in Bong Joon-ho's Parasite (Gisaengchung)," Center for East Asian & Pacific Studies at Illinois Alumni Speaker Series, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL (Nov. 12).
2019
-Guest Lecturer. "Gender, Work, and Labor through Korean Flight Attendants," SWGS 101 Introduction to the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Rice University, Houston, TX, Nov. 13.
-Guest Speaker (online). "Korean Male Flight Attendants and Reconstituting Gender Hierarchies," EAST 493 / GSFS 402 Asia on the Move: Gender, Sexuality, and Global Migration, East Asian Studies / Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, Oct. 29.
2015
-Keynote Speaker. "Spring, Summer, Fall... and Winter" (Director: Kim Ki-duk, 2003) Korean Film Discussion, Lincoln Land Community College, East Asian Film and Lecture Series. Springfield, IL, Oct. 8.
2011
-Guest Lecturer. "Global Ethnic Studies and Racial Formation in South Korea." Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, Nov. 1.
2009-2011
-Guest Lecturer. "Race and Gender within South Korean Popular Culture," AAS 100 Introduction to Asian American Studies, Fall 2009, Spring 2010; "Racial Formation in Contemporary South Korea," AAS 120 Introduction to Asian American Popular Culture, UIUC, Urbana, IL, Fall 2010, Spring 2011.
SERVICE (professional)
2020
-Media Strategist. City & Society, the journal of the Society for Urban, National, and Transnational/Global Anthropology, Aug. 2017-Present.
2019
-Invited Participant. "Race, Place, and Power in Houston: A Workshop," Rice Department of History, Houston, TX, April 17.
-Panel Discussant. "Challenging the Familiar: Reconfigurations of Kinship," The Futures of Solidarity: Transnational and Queer Feminisms, Rice's Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality 12th Annual Graduate Symposium, Houston, TX, April 5.
2018
-Panel Discussant. "Comments on 'JSA Joint Security Area,'" Korean Movie Night, Rice University-Korean Graduate Student Association and Korean Consulate General in Houston, Houston, TX, Nov. 2.
-Co-organizer. "Homeless, Abandoned: Affective Lives in Postindustrial South Korea" by Dr. Jong Bum Kwon, UIUC Center for East Asian Pacific Studies Speaker Series, Urbana, IL, April 6.
2017
-Podcaster. "Fieldnotes: The Power to Communicate and Influence through the Way We Choose to Dress." AnthroTalks (Sponsored by the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology): Ep. 1 Dressing the Part, July 9.
-Co-organizer. "Migratory Surveillance and Strategic Resistance in Hong Kong" by Dr. Nicole Constable, UIUC Center for Advanced Study Lecture Series, Urbana, IL, April 28.
2013
-Discussant and Co-organizer. "Days of Love and Labor" by Dr. Michael Fisch, UIUC Korea Workshop, Urbana, IL, March 29.
-Blind Review Reader. Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies Journal, Spring.
2012
-Discussant and Co-organizer. "Occupation and Disorientation" by Dr. Jong Bum Kwon, UIUC Korea Workshop, Urbana, IL, March 29.
-Co-organizer. "Unmanned: Reading of a Work-in-Progress, A New Play about Drone Pilots" by Dr. Robert Myers, UIUC International Forum for U.S. Studies, Urbana, IL, March 7.
2011
-Co-organizer. "Brain Drain or Exchange: International Students" by Dr. Madeline Y. Hsu, UIUC Korea Workshop, Urbana, IL, Sept. 12.
-Discussant and Co-organizer. "Family Businesses in South Korea" by Dr. Antti Leppanen and "Tongdaemun Market Families" by Dr. Seoyoung Park, UIUC Korea Workshop, Urbana, IL, Sept. 11.
-Co-organizer. "The Internationalization of U of I Undergraduates" by Dr. Katharyne Mitchell, UIUC Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, Urbana, IL, Jan. 25.
2010
-Secretary-Treasurer. National Association of Student Anthropologists of the American Anthropological Association, 2010-2012.
2009
-Discussant and Co-organizer. "Koreans and Race from Seoul to LA" by Dr. Nadia Y. Kim, UIUC Korea Workshop, Urbana, IL, Sept. 11.
[Photo Courtesy: Author (Bur Dubai بر دبي, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2012)]