Yung Hee Kim

Yung Hee Kim is a Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Her research focuses on modern Korean women writers, colonial Korean intellectual history, and gender studies. She holds a PhD in Asian Studies from Cornell University, an MA in Comparative Literature from Indiana University, and a BA in English from Ewha Woman’s University.

Her work explores intersections of gender, colonialism, and cultural identity in Korean literature. Notable publications include Gendered Landscapes (2017) and Questioning Minds (2010), which analyze colonial-era writing by women. She has also guest-edited special journal issues on urban cultural landscapes in colonial Korea.

Professional contributions include translations of Korean literary works and editing scholarly anthologies. Her research emphasizes recovering marginalized voices in Korean literary history, particularly women's contributions during periods of colonialism and modernization.