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Joowon Park Joowon Park

Department Chair and Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Asian Studies Program

Office: Bolton 278
Phone: 518-580-5287
Email: park@skidmore.edu
Office hours: Wednesday 9-10am; Thursday 12-1pm

 
Education:
  • PhD, American University
  • MA, American University
  • BA, DePauw University
Research and teaching interests:
  • Violence; Migration; Refugee Resettlement, Militarism and infrastructure; Political anthropology
Book monograph:
  • 2023. . Oakland, CA: University of California Press.
Selected publications:
  • Park, Joowon. 2026. "." Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 32.
  • Park, Joowon. 2024. "" Asian Journal of Peacebuilding 12(1): 35-51.
  • Park, Joowon. 2023. "" UC Press Blog: Where Bright Minds Share Bold IDeas.
  • Park, Joowon. 2020. "." Anthropology and Humanism 45(1): 25-42.
  • Park, Joowon. 2016. “â€� Asian Ethnicity 17(2): 214-227
  • Park, Joowon. 2012. “" 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
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

Contact Anthropology

Office

Bolton 349
Phone: 518-580-5420
Fax: 518-580-8067

Chair

Joowon Park
Associate Professor
park@skidmore.edu

Administrative Assistant

Kathryn T. Kane
kkane@skidmore.edu