Institutional Information
Colorado State University
Department of Communication Studies
Education
Ph.D., Film and Television, University of California at Los Angeles
Research Interests
Korean/East Asian cinema, Asian Americans in U.S. media, feminist and postcolonial theory, U.S.-Korean relations
Regional and Thematic Interests
East Asia
Gender; History; Media Studies
Profile
Hye Seung Chung is Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies, specializing in Korean/East Asian cinema, race and ethnicity in American popular culture, feminist film theory, and global media. She is the author of Hollywood Asian: Philip Ahn and the Politics of Cross-Ethnic Performance (Temple University Press, 2006) and Kim Ki-duk (University of Illinois Press, 2012). Her writing has appeared in such academic journals as Asian Cinema, Cinema Journal, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Journal of Popular Film and Television, Journal of Film and Video, and Post Script. Before coming to CSU in the fall of 2011, Dr. Chung taught at the University of Michigan, Hamilton College, the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and Oakland University.
Selected Publications
2012. Kim Ki-duk (University of Illinois Press)
2006. Hollywood Asian: Philip Ahn and the Politics of Cross-Ethnic Performance (Temple University Press)