Join our conversation with Dr. Kelly Jeong, associate professor at the University of California, Riverside. Follow Dr. Jeong's journey and exposure to film and film studies, from working in her parents' video store with Hollywood films to studying film theory in graduate school and watching Korean 60s cinema.

Join our conversation with Dr. Jinsoo An, associate professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Learn how Dr. An's early experiences with film, from Kung Fu arts to RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, influenced his journey to becoming a film scholar.

Join our conversation with Dr. Junyoung Verónica Kim, assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh. We'll follow Dr. Kim's journey living, learning, and working in various counties and how these unique experiences shaped her path into academia.

Join our conversation with Dr. Sharon Yoon, assistant professor at the University of Notre Dame. We'll explore different pathways to academia, and how it's not always linear! Dr. Yoon shares her work experiences after undergrad and how they shaped her choices going into her PhD program.

Join our conversation with the Director of the Nam Center for Korean Studies, Dr. Youngju Ryu! We'll discuss Dr. Ryu's path into academia, the changing setting of Korean Studies, and the effects of current events on research in the field of Korean Studies.

Join our conversation with the Nam Center's Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow 2021-22, Dr. Angela McClean! We'll explore what it's like choosing a department home as a PhD student and life after a dissertation as an early-career scholar.