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Dredge Byung'chu Kang's research focuses on the intersections of beauty, love, race, class, gender, sexuality, globalization, structural violence, body modification, and interracial relationships. He teaches courses on love, beauty, race, gender variance, sex work, sexual health, global health, inter-Asian/transnational Southeast Asian studies, and the Korean wave. His work explores how the Thai middle-class conceptualizes desirability in relation to race and economic status, often reflecting Western standards while simultaneously forging local, aspirational identities. His projects examine the localized indigenization of East Asian popular culture forms, particularly through the lens of queer representations. He has authored several influential articles and contributions to academic works addressing the dynamics of queer representation and analysis in Southeast Asian contexts.
University of California, San Diego • La Jolla, CA
Instructs courses and conducts research in the field of anthropology, focusing on intersections of culture and identity.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).