academia

Grace Jung has a PhD in Cinema and Media Studies from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television. She is a former Fulbright scholar.

Grace specializes in Korean television studies as well as gender and sexuality studies. Her dissertation is on South Korean variety television in which she analyzes masculinity, nationalism and queerness.

Publications

Media, Culture & Society

Jung, Grace. “Aspirational paternity and the female gaze on Korean reality–variety TV.” Media, Culture & Society 42, no. 2 (2020): 191-206.

New Review of Film and Television Studies

Jung, Grace. “Recovering the TV career of Korean American comedian Johnny Yune.” New Review of Film and Television Studies 18, no. 4 (2020): 480-501.

Jump Cut

Jung, Grace. “Queer politics of Korean variety tv: state, industry and genre.” Jump Cut 60, 2021.