Research Interests
Representation of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, and national identity in Korean media and popular culture
Education
Ph.D., Communication, University of Southern California
M.A., Professional Writing, Ewha Womans University
B.A., English Language & Literature, Ewha Womans University
Additional Campus Affiliations
Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Assistant Professor, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies
Recent Publications
Song, M.-S. (2023). Celebrity Fashion and Fan Consumption: BTS “Jungkook Hanbok”. In Introducing Korean Popular Culture (pp. 53-61). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003292593-6
Song, M.-S. (2023). Hip Hop Mun Ikjeom: The Life and Music of Hyun Jin Young. Journal of Popular Music Studies, 35(1), 4-19. https://doi.org/10.1525/jpms.2023.35.1.4
Song, M.-S. (2022). "Truth? No One Cares about the Truth": On Marginalized Identities and Belonging in The Bacchus Lady. In D. C. Oh (Ed.), Mediating the South Korean Other: Representations and Discourses of Difference in the Post/Neocolonial Nation-State (pp. 123-140). (Perspectives on Contemporary Korea). University of Michigan Press. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.11938487
Song, M. S. (2022). Yes or Next: A Feminist’s Journey of Matchmaking in South Korea: A Feminist’s Journey of Matchmaking in South Korea. Feminist Review, 131(1), 50-56. https://doi.org/10.1177/01417789221102507
Song, M.-S. (2021). Ahn, J.-H. (2018). Mixed-Race Politics and Neoliberal Multiculturalism in South Korean Media. Palgrave Macmillan. Asian Communication Research, 18(3), 188-191. https://doi.org/10.20879/acr.2021.18.3.188