Joowon Park, Associate Chair
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Director of the Asian Studies Program
Office: Bolton 251
Tel. (518) 580-5287
E-mail: park@skidmore.edu
Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 1-2 p.m.
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., American University
- MA, American University
- BA, DePauw University
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
- Violence; Migration; Refugee Resettlement, Politics of humanitarianism; Political anthropology
BOOK MONOGRAPH
- 2022. . Oakland, CA: University of California Press.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Park, Joowon. 2024. "" Asian Journal of Peacebuilding 12(1): 35-51.
- Park, Joowon. 2020. "" Anthropology and Humanism 45(1): 25-42.
- Park, Joowon. 2016. 鈥�.鈥� Asian Ethnicity 17(2): 214-227
- Park, Joowon. 2012. 鈥淚 Can Send That Money To My Mother鈥�: Remittances, Telecommunication, and Post-Migration Strategies of North Koreans. 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
- Robyn Rafferty Mathias Grant for International Research, 2011, 2012
COURSES
- AN 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (cross-listed with Internationl Affairs)
- AN 224: Perspectives from Asia (cross-listed with Asian Studies and 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
FUN FACTS
- Dr. Park threw the ceremonial first pitch at the Korean Baseball World Series in 2016.
- He is from Machakos, Kenya