Josephine Nock-Hee Park

Josephine Nock-Hee Park is the President's Distinguished Professor of English and Associate Dean for Arts and Letters at the University of Pennsylvania. She oversees the School of Arts and Sciences' humanities departments, including Africana Studies, Cinema and Media Studies, and others. Her research focuses on modern/contemporary American literature, Asian American literature, and American poetry. She chairs the Committee on Undergraduate Education and serves on the Presidential Commission on Countering Hate and Building Community.

• Education: Not explicitly stated in text, inferred through roles.

Her scholarship includes the award-winning book Apparitions of Asia: Modernist Form and Asian American Poetics. She has received major teaching awards including the School’s highest honor, the Ira Abrams Award (2019). She contributes editorial work for multidisciplinary journals and leads initiatives through roles like co-chair of the Sachs Program in Arts Innovation advisory board.

Her academic leadership spans program direction (e.g., Asian American Studies Program director) and institutional committees, reflecting her dual focus on pedagogy and humanities advocacy.