Jooyeon Rhee

Jooyeon Rhee is an Associate Professor of Asian Studies and Comparative Literature at The Pennsylvania State University, holding the Dorothy W. Gilpatrick University Endowed Fellow in the Humanities. She serves as Director of the Institute for Korean Studies and Director of Undergraduate Studies. Her work focuses on modern Korean and Japanese literature/film, gender studies, colonial history, diaspora, and food studies.

• Education: Ph.D. in Asian Studies, York University (2011)

Her research explores intersections of nation, gender, and colonialism, with a particular emphasis on transnational frameworks. Current projects investigate deviance in crime fiction and 'minor kitchen' concepts in global East Asian works. She co-edited Gender and Food in Transnational East Asias (2021) and published The Novel in Transition: Gender and Literature in Early Colonial Korea (2019). Recent courses include studies on Korean cinema, diaspora, and crime narratives in world literature.

Her publications reflect a commitment to interdisciplinary scholarship, blending literary analysis with postcolonial, gender, and food studies. Her articles and chapters often address colonial modernity, cultural mobility, and marginalized voices in East Asian contexts.

• Scientific Award: Dorothy W. Gilpatrick University Endowed Fellow in the Humanities

In advising, she mentors students in Asian Studies and Comparative Literature. While no specific grants are listed, her roles as director and endowed fellow suggest institutional research support. She leads the Institute for Korean Studies, fostering interdisciplinary research on Korean culture.