Minwoo Jung, PhD

About

Minwoo Jung is an assistant professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies and Gender Studies at Loyola University Chicago. He is a sociologist whose work centers on gender, sexuality, race, and empire, with an emphasis on political activism and knowledge production. His work has appeared in the British Journal of Sociology, The Sociological Review, and Sociological Theory, among others, and has received awards from the American Sociological Association, International Sociological Association, American Political Science Association, Society for the Study of Social Problems, and the British Journal of Sociology. He is currently based in Essen as an international fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI: Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen), where he is working on his book project, which examines the conditions and consequences of sexuality politics in Asia from a comparative perspective.

Degrees

PhD, Sociology
University of Southern California, 2021

MA, Sociology
Chung-Ang University, 2011

BA, Sociology
Seoul National University, 2009

Professional & Community Affiliations

American Sociological Association

Society for the Study of Social Problems

International Sociological Association

Courses Taught

Global Inequalities

Globalization and Society (Engaged Learning course)

Sociology of Sex and Gender

Introduction to Women’s Studies and Gender Studies

Gender, Sexuality, and Social Movements (Graduate Seminar)

Professional Writing in Sociology (Graduate Seminar)

Awards

Outstanding Article Award, SSSP Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities Division (2024)

The Sociological Review Journal Article of the Year, Finalist (2023)  

British Journal of Sociology Early Career Prize (2023)

Outstanding Published Article Award, ASA Peace, War, and Social Conflict Section (2022)

Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Dissertation Award, ASA Collective Behavior & Social Movements Section (2022)

Ken Sherrill Prize for Best Dissertation in Sexuality and Politics, APSA Sexuality and Politics Section (2022)

Graduate Student Paper Award, Honorable Mention, ASA Human Rights Section (2021)

Martin P. Levine Memorial Dissertation Award, ASA Sexualities Section (2020)

Best Graduate Student Paper Award, ASA Sexualities Section (2020)

Graduate Student Research Paper Award, ASA Asia/Asian America Section (2020)

Best Graduate Student Paper Award, Honorable Mention, ASA Global/Transnational Sociology Section (2020)

ISA Worldwide Competition for Junior Sociologists, Finalist (2018)

Graduate Student Paper Award, Association for Korean Sociologists in America (2018)

Selected Publications

Jung, Minwoo. 2024 (in press). “Rights Projects: A Relational Sociology of Rights in Globalization.” Sociological Theory.

Jung, Minwoo. 2024. “Imagining Sovereign Futures: The Marriage Equality Movement in Taiwan.” Social Movement Studies 23 (4): 462–478.

• ASA Peace, War & Social Conflict Section Outstanding Published Article Award, 2022

Jung, Minwoo. 2024. “Queer Theory Impossible.” Inter-Asia Cultural Studies 25 (3): 517–532.

• SSSP Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities Division Outstanding Article Award, 2024

Jung, Minwoo. 2022. “Quiet Politics: Queer Organizing in Corporate Singapore.” The Sociological Review 70 (5), 863–881.

• The Sociological Review Journal Article of the Year (finalist), 2023
• ASA Sexualities Section Graduate Student Paper Award, 2020

Jung, Minwoo. 2021. “Embracing the Nation: Strategic Deployment of Sexuality, Nation, and Citizenship in Singapore.” The British Journal of Sociology 72 (5), 1229–1245.

• The British Journal of Sociology Early Career Prize, 2023

Jung, Minwoo. 2017. “Precarious Seoul: Urban Inequality and Belonging of Young Adults in South Korea.” positions: Asia critique 25 (4), 745–767.

• Association of Korean Sociologists in America Graduate Student Paper Award, 2018