Graduate Student
Program:Ph.D. candidate
Field of Study:American women’s history
Advisor:Dr. Katherine Jellison
Degrees held:B.A. in History, Ewha Womans’ University, Seoul, South Korea; M.A. in History, Ewha Womans’ University, Seoul, South Korea
Research interests:I am exploring how beauty standards have been established around whiteness, and how it influenced on the lives of women of color, especially Asian American women.
Recent Accomplishments
Fellowship and Travel Grant
- Klinder Fellowship (Fall, 2024-Spring, 2025), Contemporary History Institute, Ohio University
- Conference Travel Grant (Spring, 2024), Western Association of Women Historian
- Conference Travel Grant of Contemporary History Institute (Spring, 2024), Ohio University
Activities
- Graduate Student Representative, Fall 2024-2026, Western Association of Women Historian
Presentations
- “Westernizing the Oriental Bodies: The History of Double Eyelid Surgery and Asian American Women,” Western Association of Women Historians, Portland, Oregon, April 20, 2024
- “Endless Makeover: How Racialized Beauty Standards Have Pressured Asian American Women,” History Club, Purdue University Fort Wayne, March 12, 2024
- “Endless Makeover: How Racialized Beauty Standards Have Pressured Asian American Women,” Guest Lecture, Medicine and Humanities, Montclair State University, New Jersey, February 22, 2024