10th Annual Korean Studies Undergraduate Exchange
Friday, April 2, 2022
10:30am Welcome Remarks
Director Youngju Ryu
10:45am Panel 1: Ethnicity, Class, and Koreanness
Jackie Choe, “Yangban to Chaebol: Korea's Elite Class Throughout History”
Angela Chou Liu “Parental Income on Migrant Intergenerational Economic Mobility and Education in Asia: a case study on Chinese-Indonesian and Chinese-Korean migrants.”
Nini Landwer, "Reckoning with Blackness: Decolonizing Blackness in the Korean Context"
Nicole Liebeler “A Tale of Two Enclaves: Intentional Cultural Development and the History of Koreatown’s Visible Identity.”
Discussants: Dr. John Park & Dr. Rory Walsh
1:00pm Panel 2: Gendered Violence & Mental Health
Yoon Kim, “Parallels of State Violence in Korean Camptowns and U.S. Massage Parlors”
Sarah Kim “The Invisible Crisis of Mental Health in South Korea: A Historical Analysis of National Trauma and Changes in Psychosocial Healing in Korean Society.”
Marissa Deardurff, “Molka: A South Korean case study”
Nikhita Datar “Adolescent Internet Addiction: A Case Study of South Korea's PC Bang Phenomenon.”
Discussants: Dr. Nayoung Lee & Dr. Rory Walsh
2:30pm Panel 3: Art & Pop Culture in Korea and Abroad
Dionee Simmons “Riding the Hallyu Wave: The Adoption of Korean Popular Culture by Multinational Corporations to Harvest Hallyu Power.”
Andrea Medina, “Artwashing Ihwa Mural Village: Residents’ Opposition to ‘Revitalization’”
Vanessa Duo Li “K-pop in China: Through the Lens of Fandom Practices after the ‘Korea Limitation Order’.”
Discussants: Dr. Nayoung Lee & Dr. Rory Walsh
3:45pm Panel 4: Economics, Consumerism, & Information
Shane Kim “Response to South Korean “Intangibles”: Cybersecurity and Economic Security.”
Yunseo Cho, “University Student Opinions on Apple & Samsung: A Cross-Cultural Study”
Adam Novak “Platform agency and social responsibility in misinfodemics: a South Korean case study.”
Discussants: Dr. John Park & Dr. Rory Walsh
6:00pm Award Presentation
TOP U-M PAPER: Yoon Kim, University of Michigan
TOP USC PAPER: Sarah Kim, University of Southern California
BEST PRESENTATION: Adam Novak, University of Southern California
BEST COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS: Jackie Choe, University of Michigan
BEST QUESTION RESPONSE: Andrea Medina, University of Michigan BEST RESEARCH ON KOREAN AMERICA: Nicole Liebeler, University of Southern California
