education:  Ph.D. (2007) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA (in Communication Studies) Advisor: Lawrence Grossberg
M.A. (2002)Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea (in Communication Studies) Advisor: Myungkoo Kang
B.A. (1997)Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea (in English Language and Literature)

teaching & research fields: Korean and Culture, Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, East Asian Modernity, Global sport