ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2024 Fall – Assistant Professor, Smith College (Tenure-Track)
2019- 2024 Assistant Professor of Sociology, New York City College of Technology, City University of New York (Tenure-Track)
2018-2019 Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology, Hamilton College
2017-2018 Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
2016-2017 Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology, Oberlin College
EDUCATION
2016 Ph.D. Sociology, Graduate Center, City University of New York
Dissertation: “Branding Korea or Marketing Ethnicity:
Manhattan’s Koreatown as a “Transclave” in the Global Economy”
Committee: Sharon Zukin (chair), Richard Alba, Philip Kasinitz, and Margaret Chin
2012 M.Phil, Sociology, Graduate Center, City University of New York
Exams: Urban Sociology, Sociology of Consumption, and Immigration
2007 M.A, Sociology, Seoul National University, South Korea
2005 B.A, Urban Sociology, University of Seoul, South Korea (with Honors)
AREAS OF INTEREST
Urban Sociology; Asian American Studies; Globalization and Transnationalism; Race and Ethnicity; Consumption; Immigration; Qualitative Research Method.
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATION
Books and Volumes
Kim, Jinwon, Soo Mee Kim, and Stephen Suh (editors). 2020. Koreatowns: Exploring the Economics, Politics, and Identities of Korean Spatial Formations. Lexington Books. (Two chapters in this volume)
Books Under Contract
Kim, Jinwon. Koreatown in Manhattan: Branding Korea and Consuming Ethnicity in the Global Economy. (Under contract with NYU Press: at the final revision stage)
Journal Articles
Kim, Jinwon. 2018. “Manhattan’s Koreatown as a Transclave: The Emergence of a New Ethnic Enclave in a Global City.” City & Community 17(1): 276-295.
Kim, Jinwon and Meebae Lee. 2018. “Nation Branding or Marketization?: K-Classic and Korean Classical Musicians in an Era of Globalization.” The International Journal of Cultural Policy 24(6): 756-772
Chung, Angie Y., Jinwon Kim (equal co-author), and Injeong Hwang. 2016. “Consuming Gangnam Style: A Comparison on Nation-Branding in Koreatown, LA/ NY.” CUNY Forum 4(1): 90-99
Book Chapters
Kim, Jinwon, Soo Mee Kim, and Stephen Suh (editors). 2020 “Introducing Koreatown,” Koreatowns: Exploring the Economics, Politics, and Identities of Korean Spatial Formations, Lexington Books: xiii-xxix
Kim, Jinwon. 2020 “Transnational Entrepreneurship in Manhattan’s Koreatown,” Koreatowns: Exploring the Economics, Politics, and Identities of Korean Spatial Formations, Lexington Books: 41-60
Kim, Jinwon. 2018 “Hallyu and Korean America: Transnational Connections through Cultural Consumption.” A Companion to Korean American Studies. Edited by Rachael Joo and Shelley Lee. Brill Publishers. Netherlands: 207-230
Book Chapters in Korean
Kim, Jinwon and Jaehyung Kim. 2022. “COVID-19 in New York City: Policy Implications.” COVID 19 and Global Cities: Comparative Perspectives (in Korean), The Seoul Institute, Korea
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES UNDER REVIEW
Journal Articles
Not available for the public.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
Books in Preparation
New Trend, Old Conflicts: New Black-Korean Relations in an Era of Global Media. (Preliminary research completed: international fieldwork in progress; three journal articles and a monograph are expected from this project)
My Korean War Refugee Family: Untold Stories, Forgotten Memories, and Generational Displacement (Preliminary research in progress for a short monograph/memoir and a journal article)
OTHER PUBLICATION
Book Reviews
Kim, Jinwon. 2023. “Review of Koreatown, Los Angeles: Immigration, Race, and the American Dream by Shelley Sang-Hee Lee.” Social Forces 101: e1–e2
Kim, Jinwon. 2023. “Review of Chinatown Unbound: Trans-Asian Urbanism in the Age of China by Kay Anderson, Ien Ang, Andrea Del Bono, Donald McNeil, and Alexandra Wong.” Contemporary Sociology 52(6): 520-522
Kim, Jinwon. 2023. “Review of Stitching the 24-Hour City: Life, Labor, and the Problem of Speed in Seoul by Seo Young Park.” Korean Studies 47 (1): 415-418
Kim, Jinwon. 2019. “Review of Contested Embrace: Transborder Membership Politics in Twentieth-Century Korea by Jaeeun Kim.” Sociological Forum 34 (2): 531-534
Op-ed
Kim, Jinwon and Jaehyung Kim. 2020. “”We’ve observed how South Korea and the US have handled coronavirus — and the differences are clear: The Korean government brought in no lockdowns but has done aggressive testing and pursued a strategy of high transparency.” The Independent, March 19, 2020
Encyclopedia
Kim, Jinwon. 2014. “Korean Language Schools” and “Karaoke/No Re Bang.” In Asian American Society: An Encyclopedia. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications
FELLOWSHIP AND GRANTS (Since 2007)
External Sources
2024 “Koreatown in Manhattan: Branding Korea and Consuming Ethnicity in the Global Economy.” Korean Studies Grant (Book Publication), The Academy of Korean Studies, Korean Studies Grant 2024 (AKS-2024-P016, $10,900)
2023 “New Trends, Old Conflicts: New Black-Korean Relations in an Era of Global Racism and Global Media.” Korean Studies Grant, Academy of Korean Studies, South Korea (AKS-2023-R066, $10,400)
2021 “The Lily Pad Neighborhood Mobility Hub Planning and Feasibility Study,” NSF SCC-CIVIC-PG Track A (PI: Illya Azaroff, Co-PIs: Jinwon Kim & Gerarda Shields) Award # 2047236, $50,000
2021 “COVID-19 in New York City: Social Disease and Policy Implications” with Jaehyung Kim (Korea National Open University), Seoul Institute & Seoul National University Asia Center, South Korea (research funds), approximately $4,000
2016 International Research Grant, Chonbuk National University, South Korea (with Dr. Meebae Lee, a musicologist at CNU), approximately $10,000
2014 Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop Fellowship
Internal Sources
2024 “From Chinatown to Koreatown: Spatial Boundaries and Intraethnic and Interethnic Relations in Flushing, Queens” 2024 Interdisciplinary Research Grant: Engaged Public Impact Research in Urban Environments, CUNY Office of Research ($45,350)
2023 “New Black-Korean Relations, Conflicts, and Solidarity in an Era of Global Media.” PSC-CUNY Research Awards (Traditional B) (Cycle 54, #TRADB-54-138), $6,000
2023 Gittell Collective Public Scholar Book Writing Workshop Fellowship, CUNY Graduate Center (stipend for reviewers)
2023 Faculty Fellowship Publication Program, CUNY University Human Resources (a course release)
2022 The William Stewart Travel Awards, CUNY Academy for the Humanities and Sciences ($300)
2021 “New Trend, Old Racism: How K-pop Perpetuates American Ethnoracial Hierarchies.” PSC-CUNY Research Award (Cycle 52, #64092-00 52), CUNY Research Foundation, $3,500
2020 “The Koreatown in Manhattan: Branding Korea and Marketing Ethnicity in the Global Economy,” PSC-CUNY Research Award (Cycle 51, # 63067-00 51), CUNY Research Foundation, $3,500
2020 Open Educational Resources (OER) Fellowship, New York City College of Technology, CUNY
2019 Conference Travel Grant, Hamilton College
2018 Conference Travel Grant, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
2017 Conference Travel Grant, Oberlin College
2016 H.H. Powers Grant, Oberlin College (International research funding)
2016 Quantitative Reasoning Fellowship, Kingsborough Community College, CUNY
2015 PSC/CUNY Adjunct Professional Development Grants
2014 Conference Presentation Support Fund, CUNY Graduate Center
2012- 2011 Writing Fellowship, Lehman College-CUNY
2011 Conference Presentation Support Fund, CUNY Graduate Center
2011 The Presidential Research Fund, CUNY Graduate Center
2009 Doctoral Student Research Grant Program, CUNY Graduate Center
2008-2011 Graduate Teaching Fellow, Department of Sociology, CUNY Queens College
2007-2012 Enhanced Chancellor’s Fellowship, CUNY Graduate Center (five-year fellowship and stipend)
2007-2008 International Student Fellowship, CUNY Graduate Center
INVITED TALKS AND CONFERENCES
Invited Talks
2023 “Koreatown in Manhattan: Branding Korea and Consuming Ethnicity in the Global Economy” Korean Studies Seminar, Columbia University, October 19
2022 “New trend, old racism: How Korean popular culture perpetuates American ethnoracial hierarchies.” University of Vermont, October 19.
2022 “New Trend, Old Racism : Negotiating New Forms of Interracial Relations in the Global Media” Racism Working Group, Korean Social History Association, June 25, 2022, Seoul
2022 “It Really Became About Us: Building a Sense of Community in K-pop and K-drama Fandom”, Expert Forum, American Studies Association of Korea, April 15, 2022. (online)
2021 “New trend, old racism: How K-pop perpetuates American ethnoracial hierarchies,” Guest lecture, Introduction to Sociology, KAIST(Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), November 11 (online)
2020 “Transclave: nation branding, authenticity, and transnational consumerism in Koreatown, NY,” Korean Studies Colloquium, University of Pennsylvania, September 24. (online)
2020 “32nd Street: Then & Now.” The Korea Society, New York City, February 6 (in-person)
Conferences & Panels (Invited only)
2023 “Animated Minority: Black Characters and Legacies of Blackface in the Korean Entertainment Industry and Media.” Afro-Latinx-Queer-Korea-Asian in the Arts Symposium (ALQKAAS), Brooklyn College, April 22, 2023 (online)
2021 “New trend, old racism: How K-pop perpetuates American ethnoracial hierarchies.” The Korean Wave in North America (virtual conference), George Mason University, January 15 (online)
2020 “The Diversity Panel of the Fort Lee Community” Fort Lee Public Library, December 1 (online panel)
2020 “COVID-19 and Social Inequality in New York City,” The Formation and Prospect of Disaster Governance in the Era of COVID-19: International and Comparative Perspectives, Seoul National University Asia Center, South Korea, April 10 (online presentation in Korean)
2020 “Mapping the Ethnic Foodscape in Manhattan’s Koreatown” Social Science Colloquium, New York City College of Technology
CONFERENCES PRESENTATIONS (SELECTED)
2023 “Blackface in Korean Bodies: Black Characters and Legacies of Blackface in the Korean Entertainment Industry and Media” 2nd International Conference on Sociology of Korea (I-CSK), James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies, University of Pennsylvania, October 13
2023 “Animated Minority: Black Characters and Legacies of Blackface in the Korean Entertainment Industry and Media” The American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, August 21
2022 “It Really Became About Us: Building a Sense of Community in K-pop and K-drama Fandom.” The American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, LA, August 9
2022 “New trend, old racism: How K-pop perpetuates American ethnoracial hierarchies,” The Association for Asian Studies, Honolulu, March 26
2019 “Transclave: authenticity and ethnicity in the marketplace” American Association of Geographers, Washington D.C. April 8
2018 “K-Classic as Soft Power?: classical musicians as artistic ambassadors” (with Meebae Lee), American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, August 12
2018 “Hallyu and Korean America: Transnational Connections through Cultural Consumption,” Association of Asian American Studies Annual Meeting, San Francisco, March 29
2017 “K-Classic as Soft Power?: Classical musicians as artistic ambassadors” (with Meebae Lee), Branding ‘Western Music’ Conference, Bern, Switzerland, September 2017
2017 “Manhattan’s Koreatown as a Transclave: The emergence of the new ethnic enclave in a global city,” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, CA. August 14.
2017 “From nation building to nation branding: Economic restructuring through soft power in the post-97’s crisis.” Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada. March 17
2016 “Korean Food Goes Global?: How the Korean Government and New York Entrepreneurs Participate in Nation Branding” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Seattle. August 21.
2015 “Manhattan’s Koreatown as a Transclave: The role of Korean government in an era of global competition” Association of Asian American Studies Annual Meeting, Chicago/Evanston, April 2015
2014 “From Nation Building to Nation Branding: Economic Restructuring through Soft Power in South Korea post-1997” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco. August 17.
2014 “Branding Korea or Marketing Ethnic Identity: Koreatown as an ‘Ethnic Transclave’ in the Global Economy” American Sociological Association section on Consumers & Consumption mini-conference, Berkeley. August 15.
2014 “Toward a New Ethnic Enclave: Producing Manhattan’s Koreatown as a Transnational Consumption Space”, Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, February 2014.
2012 “Toward a New Ethnic Enclave: Producing Manhattan’s Koreatown as a Transnational Consumption Space”, Annual Conference for the Research Center for Korean Community at Queens College, New York. November 16.
2011 “Being a Korean, becoming a New Yorker: How young Koreans keep transnational ties through ethnic consumption in New York City”, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas. August 23.
COURSES DESIGNED AND TAUGHT
Consumer society and consumer culture, Urban Sociology, Global Cities, Sociology of Asian Americans, Ghettos and Ethnic Enclaves, Immigration, Ethnic Enclaves and Immigrant Communities, Sociology of Art and Culture, Research Method 1: Qualitative Sociology, Social Statistics 1, and Introduction to Sociology.
TEACHING POSITIONS
2018- 2019, Visiting Assistant Professor, Hamilton College
2017- 2018, Visiting Assistant Professor, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
2016-2017, Visiting Assistant Professor, Oberlin College
2013-2016, Adjunct Instructor, Behavioral Sciences and Human Services, Kingsborough Community College-CUNY
2015 Adjunct Instructor, Behavioral Sciences (Sociology), York College- CUNY
2014 – 2015 Adjunct Instructor, Sociology, Brooklyn College-CUNY
2013, 2011- 2012 Adjunct Instructor, Education and Language Acquisition, LaGuardia Community College-CUNY
2011- 2012 Adjunct Instructor, Sociology, Queens College-CUNY
2008-2011 Graduate Teaching Fellow (Instructor), Sociology, Queens College-CUNY
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Grant Review
NSF Grant Review Panel
Journal Reviewer
City & Community; Sociology of Race and Ethnicity; Ethnicities; Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies; International Journal of Cultural Policy; Asian Ethnicity; International Migration Review; Urban Studies
Book Reviewer
Lexington Books
MEDIA
Interview with Chaeyeon Park. 2023. “Has Anything Changed?: The Mockeries of Southeast Asians in the Comedy Shows.” The Kyunghyang Shinmun, November 26, 2023 (in Korean)
Kim, Jinwon and Jaehyung Kim. 2020. “”We’ve observed how South Korea and the US have handled coronavirus — and the differences are clear” The Independent, March 19, 2020 (op-ed)
Interview with Wendy Lu, “Secrets of Koreatown: 32nd Street, New York, 11004” am New York, http://www.amny.com/secrets-of-new-york/secrets-of-koreatown-1.12035249