People

People at Yale University affiliated with Korean Studies

Faculty

Hwansoo Kim
Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Hannah Shepherd
Assistant Professor of History

Kyunghee Eo
Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages & Literatures

Bo kyung Blenda Im
Assistant Professor of Sacred Music

Daniel Botsman
Professor of History

Aaron Gerow 
A. Whitney Griswold Professor of East Asian Languages & Literatures and Film and Media Studies

Grace Kao
IBM Professor of Sociology and Professor of Ethnicity, Race, and Migration

Chloë Starr
Professor of Asian Christianity and Theology

Seungja Choi
Senior Lector II, Korean Language Program

Angela Lee-Smith
Senior Lector II, Korean Language Program

Hyun Sung Lim
Lector, Korean Language Program

Seunghee Back
Lector, Korean Language Program

Hye Seong Kim
Lector, Korean Language Program

 

Library Staff

Jude Yang
Korean Studies Librarian

 

Visiting Scholars

Eun-su Cho
Visiting Professor in East Asian Studies

Kyung-soo Chun
Visiting Professor in East Asian Studies

 

Post-doctoral Associates

Jonathan Feuer
Postdoctoral Associate in East Asian Studies and Lecturer in Religious Studies

Angela McClean
Postdoctoral Associate in East Asian Studies and Lecturer in Sociology

Yoehan Oh
Postdoctoral Associate in Computer Science

Eilin Pérez
Postdoctoral Associate in History

 

Graduate Students

Meera Choi
PhD student, Sociology

John G. Grisafi
PhD student, Religious Studies

S. Madeleine Han
PhD student, American Studies

Yeonwoo Joh
MAR student, Divinity School

Taylor Yoonji Kang
PhD student, Comparative Literature

Jiyeong Kim
PhD student, Linguistics

Eugene Kwon
PhD student, EALL and Film & Media Studies

Jusung Lee
PhD student, Religious Studies

Spencer Lee-Lenfield
PhD student, Comparative Literature

Karis Ryu
PhD student, Religious Studies

Fiadh Sheeran
MA student, East Asian Studies

Mindy Su
PhD student, History

Zekun Zhang
PhD student, History

 

Undergraduate Students

Chloe Lee: Economics, 2023

Haze Yi: Film & Media Studies, History, 2024

Sam Ahn: Undeclared, 2024

Joy Yun: Neuroscience, 2024