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Ph.D. Candidate in Cultural Studies with D.E. in Feminist Theory and Research and Critical Theory

Sungwon Heo is a Ph.D. candidate in Cultural Studies and affiliated with East Asian Studies at the University of California, Davis, with Designated Emphases in Critical Theory and Feminist Theory and Research. Sungwon teaches across multiple interdisciplinary programs, including Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, American Studies, and Asian American Studies. Sungwon’s current project critically reads the transnational formation of queerness in post-Cold War South Korea, alongside critical investigations of militarized modernity, authoritarian developmentalism, and U.S. empire

Research Interests & Expertise
  • Transnational Queer and Ethnic Studies, Postcolonial Feminist Theory, Critical Theory of Affect and Reading, Critical Militarism, South Korean Social Movements and Cultural Representation