Background
Eunji Jo is a scholar of literary and cultural studies whose work centers on diasporic literature and media. She is interested in examining (im)mobility and migration, urban space, queerness and biopolitics in relation to diaspora. She also uses digital and computational methods to trace the circulation of texts and to illuminate broader cultural and historical trends in diaspora studies.
Education
- PhD, Literary & Cultural Studies, Carnegie Mellon University
- MA, English Literature, Ewha Womans University
- BA, English Language & Literature, Ewha Womans University
- BS, Statistics, Ewha Womans University
Research Interests
- Diaspora and Transnationalism
- Mobility Studies
- Urban Studies
- Macroanalysis and Digital Humanities
- Queer Studies
Teaching Interests
- Asian American Literature and Culture
- Diasporic Literature
- Literary Criticism and Theory
- Digital Humanities
- Korean and Korean American Literature and Culture
Awards
- Fulbright Graduate Student Award
- (Carnegie Mellon University)
- Schaffer Dissertation Award