Concentration: Individualized
Biography
Jungyeon Lee is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with an individualized concentration on Journalism and Mass Communication Studies. Their research interests include social movement, affect theory, media effect, online activism, neoliberal feminism, and anti-feminist rhetoric. Their current research question is how emotions and affect have been provoking or/and declining the recent feminist movement in South Korea throughout the decade, especially on social media.
Prior to coming to UW-Madison, Jungyeon received an MA in Women’s Studies and a BA with a double major in Philosophy and Television&Film at Ewha Womans University. Outside of academia, they taught gender-sensitive media literacy in elementary and high schools and provided consultation on gender impact assessment reports in South Korea.
Recent Publication
Lee, J. (2023). “The Paradox of Aspirations for Feminism as a ‘Safe’ Space: Feminist Burnout in South Korea’s Recent Feminist Movement,” Journal of Korean Women’s Studies, 39(4). https://doi.org/10.30719/JKWS.2023.12.39.4.1