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Emily Jungmin Yoon is an Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages & Literatures at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Her work bridges Korean and Korean American literary studies with gender, feminism, and transnational literature. She holds a PhD and MA in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago, an MFA in Creative Writing from NYU, and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania in English and Communication.
- PhD: University of Chicago (East Asian Languages & Civilizations)
- MFA: NYU (Creative Writing)
- BA: University of Pennsylvania (English/Communication)
Her research focuses on contemporary poetry's intersection with identity politics, particularly through translation and feminist lenses. Recent work includes poetry collections like Find Me As the Creature I Am and critical essays examining K-pop's cultural impact. Her translations highlight marginalized Korean voices, including Hyesoon Kim and Kyungsu Lee.
Publications span The New Yorker, Poetry, and The Paris Review, exploring themes like diasporic identity, environmental ethics, and posthumanism. Her writing often merges personal narrative with political critique.
Yoon has collaborated with global cultural institutions like the Venice Biennale and edited anthologies of Korean feminist poetry. Her work challenges traditional boundaries between academic and creative writing, emphasizing literature's role in social discourse.
