Rhetoric of space/place, public memory, digital rhetoric, Korean Studies, creative nonfiction, literary translation
Ann Meejung Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor, Writing & Rhetoric
Contact Information
Jefferson - East Fall Campus
4201 Henry Avenue
303 Ravenhill
Philadelphia, PA 19129
Assistant Professor, Writing & Rhetoric
Focus Areas
Education
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
MA, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
BA, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Awards
- Phi Kappa Phi Dissertation Fellowship Fellowship, 2021
- New Translator Award, Literary Translation Institute of Korea, 2017
Publications
Peer Reviewed
- “Marketing the Past: Rhetorical Presentation of Bukchon in Tourist Literature,” Korea Journal. September 2016
- “Rhetoric of Pukch’on: The Making of New Old Tradition,” Seoul Journal of Korean Studies, June 2015
Book Chapter
“Writing is Racialized,” with Christopher Castillo, in Naming What We Know, edited by Kathleen Blake Yancey.
Translations
- “Happiness,” novella by Jeong Jia, Azalea: Journal of Korean Literature & Culture, Vol. 16, Korea Institute, Harvard University, August 2023
- “Three For the Road,” short story by Kwon, Yeosun, Azalea: Journal of Korean Literature & Culture, Vol. 15, Korea Institute, Harvard University, August 2022
- Co-Translator, Toward Democracy: South Korean Culture 1945–1980, Eds. Hyunjoo Kim et al. Berkeley Institute of East Asian Studies, 2021
Public Writing
“Bittersweet Catch: Korea’s Diving Women and the Pitfalls of Cultural Preservation.” Edge Effects, blog post, June 27, 2017, https://edgeeffects.net/haenyeo/
Research Interest
Ann Meejung Kim’s research interests lie at the intersection of place, memory, and rhetoric. She is currently working on a project that looks at how the Korean public negotiates and reimagines their landscape rhetorically, in light of their history of colonization, war and economic development in the 20th century. She is also a literary translator who works from Korean to English.