Stephanie Choi graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in Korean Music. She holds an M.A. in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University and a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research focuses on cultural globalization, gender and labor politics, and the affective economy of Korean popular culture. Her dissertation, "Gender, Labor, and the Commodification of Intimacy in K-pop," is an ethnography of how intimacy is transacted as a global commodity in the political economy of K-pop. She is currently working on her first book project that interrogates how global K-pop fans proclaim cultural diversity, postcolonial feminism, and anti-racism through digital surveillance, media tribalism, and gendered feitshization of K-pop idol bodies.

Stephanie Choi
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Ethnomusicology, University of California, Santa Barbara
M.A. Ethnomusicology, Wesleyan University
B.M. Korean Music, Seoul National University
Popular culture and consumerism in South Korea, pop idol and fandom culture in East Asia, postcolonial feminism, immaterial labor and affective economy, global circulation and digital mediation of music
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Stephanie Choi
Adjunct Assistant Professor stephaniechoi@nyu.edu 19 University Place, Rm 516New York, NY 10003
Office Hours: Online - Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:50-11:50am. Please contact Prof. Choi for an appointment