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Vanessa Baker is an Assistant Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the Hamilton Lugar School, Indiana University Bloomington. Her research bridges Korean literature, environmental humanities, and critical labor studies.
- Ph.D., University of California, Irvine (2022), East Asian Studies
- M.A., Columbia University (2006), East Asian Languages and Cultures
- B.A., Bard College (2004), Asian Studies
Her work explores how Korean and Japanese rural proletarian literature interrogates ecological degradation, extractive imperialism, and gendered labor divisions through themes like ecosocialism, indigeneity, and new materialisms. Her book project, Mineral Tales: Unearthing Environmental Justice in Korean and Japanese Rural Proletarian Literature, analyzes transnational extractive projects involving copper, gold, and agricultural minerals as material foundations of empire. She teaches courses on labor and literature in modern Korea and Korean popular culture, integrating critical frameworks like sound studies and feminist theory.
