Roundtable: Mentoring and Korean Women in Academia: What’s their story?

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

While diversifying the professoriate has long been a priority on many campuses in the United States, foreign-born women of color, especially Korean women remain underrepresented in the discipline of Criminology and Criminal Justice. In an effort to address the unique barriers and obstacles facing Korean female academics at various career stages, this Division of Women and Gender (DWG) of the Korean Society of Criminology in America (KOSCA) sponsored roundtable is designed to offer advice and share experiences as foreign-born women of color in academia. Topics to be discussed include mentoring, networking, collaboration, and reciprocity.

Sub Unit

• Area XII. Roundtables

Division of Special Interest

• Division Session of Interest / Division of International Criminology

Chairs

• Bitna Kim, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

• Sujung Cho, Southern Illinois University

• Juyoung Song, Pennsylvania State University

• Chunrye Kim, Saint Joseph's University

• Insun Park, University of Cincinnati

• Songyon Shin, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

• Selye Lee, West Liberty University

• Hyeonna Bak, Indiana University of Pennsylvania