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 immigrants' incorporation into the U.S. society, transnational families, migration in South Korea, migration trends in East Asia, and Max Weber's theory and Asian development. Her most recent writing projects include an analysis of 2023 Netflix drama, Beef, with a focus on diverse experiences of Korean-American second-generation, and a study of how first- and second-generation Korean immigrant women approach the concept of the American dream. Languages (other than English) Korean Degrees PhD Sociology, Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ Specialization migration, social inequality, research methods, gender, theory, global education Representative Publications Park, Keumjae. 2025. “The Diverse Experiences of Second-generation Korean Americans: Sociological Reading of the Netflix Drama, Beef.” ; Pp. 185-208 in Joanne Miyang Cho and Lee Roberts eds. Korean Culture in the Global Age: K-Pop, K-Drama, K-Film and K-Literature. ; Routledge; 2025 Park, Keumjae. 2023. “Two Generations of Korean Women’s Perspectives on the American Dream.” ; Joanne Miyang Cho, Lee Roberts and Sang Hwan Seong eds. Transnationalism and Migration in Global Korea: History, Politics, and Sociology, 1910 to the Present. ; Routledge; 2023 Park, Keumjae. 2023. "Review of Everyday Dirty Work: Invisibility, Communication, and Immigrant Labor by Wilfredo Alvarez. "; Ethnic and Racial Studies; Volume Online first, January 2023, 2023 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 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 (funded by the US Department of Education)) 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 Email 973 720 3562 449 Raubinger Hall By appointment
