Faculty
Joowon Park
Department Chair
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Director of the Asian Studies Program
Office: Bolton 278
Phone: 518-580-5287
Email: park@skidmore.edu
Office hours: 3-4 p.m. Wednesday
Education:
- Ph.D., American University
- MA, American University
- BA, DePauw University
Research and teaching interests:
- Violence; Migration; Refugee Resettlement, Politics of humanitarianism; Political anthropology
Book monograph:
- 2023. . Oakland, CA: University of California Press.
Selected publications:
- Park, Joowon. 2024. "." Asian Journal of Peacebuilding 12(1): 35-51.
- Park, Joowon. 2020. "." Anthropology and Humanism 45(1): 25-42.
- Park, Joowon. 2016. 鈥溾�� Asian Ethnicity 17(2): 214-227
- Park, Joowon. 2012. 鈥淚 Can Send That Money To My Mother鈥�: Remittances, Telecommunication, and Post-Migration Strategies of North Koreans. Anthropology News 53(2):11
Fellowships, grants, and awards:
- ASIANetwork Freeman Student-Faculty Fellowship Grant, 2023
- Association for Asian Studies Northeast Asia Council Research Travel Grant, 2019
- Social Science Research Council Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop Fellow, 2014
- National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, 2013
- Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant, 2013
- Explorers Club Washington Group Exploration and Field Research Grant, 2012
- Robyn Rafferty Mathias Grant for International Research, 2011, 2012
Courses:
- AN 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (cross-listed with International Affairs)
- AN 224: Perspectives from Asia (Asian Studies gateway course and cross-listed with International Affairs)
- AN 236: Migration and Diaspora (Bridge Experience course; cross-listed with Asian Studies and International Affairs)
- AN 270: History of Anthropological Thought
- AN 307: Power and Violence (cross-listed with International Affairs)
- Scribner Seminar: K-Pop: Unpacking Korean Pop Culture in a Global World
- Scribner Seminar: Riddles of Culture