About

I am an assistant professor of sociology at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. My primary research and teaching interests span the domains of gender, law, medicine, and social movements.

In particular, my dissertation examines the evolving victimhood of sexual violence in the South Korean court’s interpretation of medical records between the 1960s and the 2010s. My project uses multi-methods approach that ranges from statistical to ethnographic to archival research. My previous and ongoing research also analyzes the conflict and collaboration between the state and social movements in the context of legal mobilization and policing. My work has been published in Gender & Society and Social Science & Medicine, among others.

I received a BA and an MA in sociology from Seoul National University and an MA and a PhD in sociology from UC Berkeley.