Research

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles


(with Minwoo Jung) A tale of two homosocialities: gender, sexuality, and global political economy in Squid Game. Communication, Culture & Critique, 15(4), 540-542, 2022

Wikiality within the Manosphere: Namuwiki, Gender Equalism, and Antifeminist Disinformation in the Post-Truth Era. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 48(1), 97-123, 2022.

*Reprinted in Re-thinking Mediations of Post-truth Politics and Trust: Globality, Culture, Affect, edited by Jason Harsin. Routledge, 61-88, 2023.

Sticky Activism: The Gangnam Station Murder Case and New Feminist Practices Against Misogyny and Femicide. JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies (formerly Cinema Journal). 60(4), 37-60, 2021.

*Student Writing Award (first place), The Society for Cinema and Media Studies, 2020

 Why We Cheer for Viktor Ahn: Changing Characteristics of Sporting Nationalism and Citizenship in South Korea in the Era of Neoliberal Globalization. Communication and Sport. 7(4), 488-509, 2019.

*Top Paper Award, The Sports Communication Interest Group, International Communication Association, 2015

Rumors, Hatred, and the Politics of Multiculturalism: Unpacking Rumors about Jasmine Lee. Communication, Culture & Critique, 10(4), 641-656, 2017.

#iamafeminist as the Mother Tag”: Feminist Identification and Activism Against Misogyny on Twitter in South Korea. Feminist Media Studies, 17(5), 804-820, 2017.

*Top Student Paper Award (Second place), Commission on the Status of Women, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2016  

Book Chapters

“I Can Speak Because I Am a Mother”: The Trope of Motherhood in Mothers’ Political Activism Relating to the Sewol Ferry Disaster. In Mediating Gender in Post-Authoritarian South Korea, edited by Michelle Cho and Jesook Song, 194-223. University of Michigan Press, 2024.

Wikiality Within the Manosphere: Namuwiki, Gender Equalism, and Antifeminist Disinformation in the Post-truth Era. In Re-thinking Mediations of Post-truth Politics and Trust: Globality, Culture, Affect, edited by Jason Harsin. Routledge, 61-88, 2023.

 Misogyny for Male Solidarity: Online Hate Discourse Against Women in South Korea. In Mediating Misogyny: Technology, Gender, and Harassment, edited by Jacqueline Ryan Vickery and Tracy Everbach, 151–69. Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.

Book Reviews

2020       Review of the book Gender and Class in Contemporary Korea: Intersectionality and Transnationality, edited by H.Y. Choo, J. Lie, L.C. Nelson. Pacific Affairs, 93(4), 829-931.

Online Essay 

2016       The Danger of Normalizing Misogyny, South Korean Feminist Journal ILDA, March 31

Works in Progress

Book Manuscript, tentative titled Sticky Activism: Online Misogyny and Feminist Activism in South Korea