Dr. Jennifer Jung-Kim, UCLA

Photo Credit: UCLA International Institute

***The following excerpt is from my interview with Dr. Jung-Kim. Click here for the shortened interview! Unfortunately, the full interview is not available as the Talk Talk Korea site is under construction. When the site is updated, I will share the link to the interview.***

Dr. Jennifer Jung-Kim is a continuing lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) currently teaching classes ranging from Korean history, politics, popular culture, gender dynamics to East Asia and Asian America. She is also an instructor at the Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles (KCCLA), which is operated by the Korean government's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Dr. Jung-Kim earned her BA in Oriental Studies from Barnard College of Columbia University (Barnard), an MA in Korean Literature and Cultural History, and Ph.D. in Korean Cultural History from UCLA. I interviewed her on 7 October 2020 through email. This interview details Dr. Jung-Kim’s journey as an academic focusing on Korea, her teaching experiences, and aspirations in the field of Korean studies.