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S. Heijin Lee

Assistant Professor

Education

  • 2012 Ph.D. in American Studies/Certificate in Women's Studies, University of Michigan
  • 2003 M.A. in Asian American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
  • 2000 B.A. in Ethnic Studies/Spanish, University of California, Berkeley

Areas of Research/Interest

Transnational Feminist Cultural Studies; Asian/American Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies; Digital Media and Popular Culture

 

External Affiliations

American Studies Association, Association for Asian American Studies, Association for Asian Studies, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Association, The Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies

Fellowships/Honors

  • 2016 New York University Faculty Fellow in Residence
  • 2011 SeAH-Haiam Arts and Sciences Scholarship, University of Michigan
  • 2010 SSRC Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop Participant, Asilomar, California
  • 2009-2010 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship, Seoul, Korea
  • 2009-2010 Korea Foundation Fellowship for Field Research, Seoul, Korea

Bio

S. Heijin Lee's research explores the imperial routes of culture and media. In addition to her book, The Geopolitics of Beauty, which maps plastic surgery in South Korea, Asia, and Asian America, Lee is co-editing two anthologies. From Bollywood to Hallyuwood, forthcoming from University of Hawai'i Press, examines global pop cultures. Fashion and Beauty in the Time of Asia tracks fashion and beauty as formations of Asian modernities. Lee has been published in Women and Performance: Journal of Feminist Theory and Frontiers: Journal of Women's Studies.

ARTICLES

“Beauty Between Empires: Plastic Surgery, Global Feminism and the Trouble with Self-Esteem” in Frontiers: A Journal of Women’s Studies, Guisella Latorre and Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, eds., vol. 37, no. 1 (The Ohio State University, Spring 2016) 1 - 31.

“K-Pop,” in Asian American Society: An Encyclopedia, ed. Mary Yu Danico (Thousand Oaks: Sage Press, 2014).

“Lessons from Around the World with Oprah: Neoliberalism, Race and the (Geo)Politics of Beauty,” in Eva Illouz and Eitan Wilf (guest eds.) The Oprah Winfrey Talk Show and Civil Society, special issue of Women and Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory, vol. 18., no. 1 (Routledge Press, Spring 2008): 25 - 41.

“Book Review of Surgery Junkies: Wellness and Pathology in Cosmetic Culture,” in Sunil Kukreja (ed.) International Review of Modern Sociology, vol. 34, no. 1 (Spring 2008): 152 - 154.

“The Story of Gimchi Chigae,” in Anita Mannur (ed.) Food Matters, special issue of The Massachusetts Review Vol. 45, No. 3 (Five Colleges Press, 2004): 381 - 385.

“Gender, Beauty, and Plastic Surgery,” in Companion to Korean American Studies, Rachael Joo and Shelley Lee, eds. (Leiden: Brill Publishers, forthcoming 2018).

“The Politics and Promises of ‘Gangnam Style,’” From Bollywood to Hallyuwood: Mapping the Affect of Power and Pleasure Across Pop Empires, S. Heijin Lee, Robert Ku, Monika Mehta, eds. (Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press) forthcoming 2018.

“Beauty Between Empires: Plastic Surgery, Global Feminism and the Trouble with Self-Esteem” (reprint) in Fashion and Beauty in the Time of Asia, S. Heijin Lee, Christina Moon, Thuy Linh Tu, eds. (New York: New York University Press,) forthcoming 2018.