Dr. Ji Yeon Yuh

Associate Professor

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Biography

Ji-Yeon Yuh, Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1999, is an Associate Professor at Northwestern University where she teaches Asian American history, Asian diasporas, race, gender, and oral history. Her current projects include the Asian Diasporas Digital Archive, a digital oral history repository, and the oral history performance project 'Performing History: Documenting Enacting Asian American Midwest,' which is funded by the Humanities Walls consortium. Furthermore, she leads a seminar exploring life narratives of Vietnamese Korean Americans and is working on a book about Korean diasporas in China, Japan, and the United States. Ji-Yeon is actively engaged in community organizations and is a co-founder of the Alliance of Scholars Concerned about Korea. She has also served as a board member for the Korea Policy Institute and as board president of KANWIN, a Korean American women's organization focused on domestic violence. Her academic interests lie at the intersection of migration, U.S. militarism, and the experiences of Asian diasporas.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

1999-01-01 — Present

Northwestern University • Evanston, IL

Teaches Asian American history and related fields.

Courses

History 102: Frosh Seminar, Asian American Memoirs History 102: Frosh Seminar, Controversial Lives History/AAS 214-0-20: Introduction Asian American History History/AAS 216: Global Asians History/AAS 304: Asian American Women’s History AAS 370: Korean Diasporas AAS 320/History393: Memories War GSS 490 History 405: Comparative Race Gender History 405: Oral History Methods Theories

Requirements for Northwestern University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
U.S. Bachelor's degree or equivalent
Application Checklist
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Specialization Notes

Standard PhD requirements for TGS departments including Chemistry, Physics, and Sociology.