EDUCATION INFO:
2008 - MA Culture and Gender Studies, Yonsei University, S.Korea

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
Cultural Anthropology

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Globalization and migration in East Asia, Refugee politics, North Korean migrants

DISSERTATION TITLE:
Life strategy and career path of North Korean youth migrants residing in South Korea

PAPERS/POSTERS PRESENTED:
November 2008    “Career searching experience of North Korean young women migrants in South Korea” Paper presented at Second Conference Kartini Asia Network, Bali, Indonesia

November 2008    “Career searching and life strategy of North Korean youth in South Korea” Paper presented at Korean Society for Cultural Anthropology, Seoul National Univ., Seoul, S.Korea

May 2008    “Revisiting North Korean ‘Migrant’ Youth and Their Strategy in S. Korea” Special lecture in Women & Society class, SungKonghoe Univ., Seoul, S. Korea

August 2006    “The Consumption and the Life Style of Women in Their 20’s – focusing on Brunch Culture” Paper presented at Asia Culture Forum 2006, Kwangju, S. Korea, (with 4 other colleagues)

March 2005    “Women Activists’ Experiences of Conscientious Objection Movement at Universities in Korea” Paper presented at The 9th Forum of Inha Research Institute of Law , Inha Univ., Incheon, S. Korea

CONFERENCES ATTENDED:
Cultural Typhoon(2006), Tokyo , Japan

Inter Asia Conference(2005) (2008), Seoul, Korea

Katrini Asia Network (2008), Bali, Indonesia

PUBLICATIONS:
2008    Guidebook for High School Students’ Career and Major Choice Publication plan, Korean Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training, Seoul, S. Korea

AWARDS:
Fall 2008    Full Fellowship for Conference Participant for Second Conference on ‘the Future of Asian Feminisms confronting Fundamentalisms, Conflict and Neoliberalism’. Kartini Network, Bali, Indonesia

Fall 2006    Scholarship for Excellent Student, The Graduate Program in Culture and Gender Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, S. Korea

FELLOWSHIPS:
Spring 2006    Graduate Research Assistant Fellowship, The Graduate Program in Culture and Gender Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, S. Korea

Fall 2005    Graduate Teaching Assistant Fellowship, The Graduate Program in Culture and Gender Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, S. Korea


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