Faculty and Staff

Keumjae Park

Professor • Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice

Keumjae Park received Ph.D. in Sociology from Rutgers University and joined William Paterson University in September, 2005. Her research focuses on global migration, cultural construction of immigrants, and Asian-American immigration history. She has published and presented on Korean immigrant women's incorporation into the U.S. society, transnational families, and migration in South Korea. Her current research and writing projects include immigrant advocacy in South Korea, and Korean American women's perspectives on the American Dream.

Languages (other than English)

Korean 

Degrees

PhD Sociology, Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ

Specialization

migration, social inequality, research methods, gender, theory

Representative Publications


Park, Keumjae. 2018. "Max Weber and East Asian Development"; Germany and East Asia: Transnational Encounters since 1900. Editors Joanne Miyang Cho ; Routledge; 2018


Wang, Gabe T and Keumjae Park. 2016. Student Research and Report Writing: From Topic Selection to Report Writing. ; Oxford; Wiley.; 2016


Frierson-Campbell, Carol and Keumjae Park. 2016. “‘I want to learn that’: Musicking and Resistance in a Palestinian Music Academy”; , Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education; Volume 15, 2016


Park, Keumjae. 2014. “Foreigners or Multicultural Citizens?: South Korean Press Media’s Construction of Asian Immigrants” ; Ethnic and Racial Studies; Volume 37, 2014


Park, Keumjae. 2012. “Korean Wild Geese Families: Global Education and Transnationalizing as a Family Strategy for Class Mobility” ; , The Global Studies Journal ; 2012

Fellowships, Grants and Research

Seed for Engagement, Education, and Development (SEED) of the Korean Studies at WPUNJ
Grant

Expanding Vistas: Global Contexts, Local Lives,
Grant

Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Grant: The US-NJ-South Korea Project at William Paterson University: Exploring Korea’s History, Culture, and Education System through Experiential Learning
Grant

Notable Courses Taught

New Jersey's Immigrant Communities; Sociology of Women; Research Methods; Sociological Theory; Senior Seminar; Gender and Global Migration; Social Problems; Data Analysis

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