ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2018- 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; Globalization and Transnationalism; Race and Ethnicity; Sociology of Consumption; Immigration; Asian American Studies; Qualitative Research Method.
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATION
Journal Articles
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. (Published online before print: DOI-10.1080/10286632.2018.1529761)
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.
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. 2018. “Hallyu and Korean America: Transnational Connections through Cultural Consumption.” Companion to Korean American Studies. Edited by Rachael Joo and Shelley Lee. Brill Publishers. Netherland: 207-230
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES UNDER REVIEW
Book Chapters
Kim, Jinwon. “Transnational entrepreneurship in Manhattan’s Koreatown,” in Koreatowns: Exploring the Economics, Politics, and Identities of Korean Spatial Formations, Edited by Stephen Suh, Soo Mee Kim, and Jinwon Kim. (Under review for 2019 publication with Lexington Books)
Journal Articles
Kim, Jinwon. “Korean Food Goes Global?: How the Korean Government and New York Entrepreneurs Participate in Nation Branding.” (Under review)
Kim, Jinwon. “Consuming consumer culture or (Re)connecting to Motherland?: Racialization and Transnationalism among Young Korean Americans.” (Under review)
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
Books in Preparation
Kim, Jinwon, Transclave: Branding Korea and Marketing Ethnicity in New York City (Manuscript in progress)
Suh, Stephen, Jinwon Kim and Soo Mee Kim, Global Koreatowns. (Edited volume in progress; a contract with Lexington Books)
Articles in Preparation
Kim, Jinwon, “New trend, old racism: how k-pop perpetuates American ethnoracial hierarchies” (Research in progress)
Kim, Jinwon, and Meebae Lee, “Branding locality globally in Korea: classical music festivals in an era of K-Classic,” and “Gender disparity: how classical musicians are marketed in the neoliberal market.” (Research in progress: data collection)
Kim, Jinwon. “Selling the Soul of Seoul: urban branding policies in the post-crisis era, 1998-2016.”
Kim, Jinwon. 2014. “Korean Language Schools” and “Karaoke/No Re Bang.” In Asian American Society: An Encyclopedia. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Consumer society and consumer culture, Urban Sociology, Global Cities, Sociology of Asian Americans, Ghettos and Ethnic Enclaves, Immmigration, 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- , 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
