I am honored to have been named the UW Center for Human Right’s 2017 Mack-Mayerfeld Fellow. This award has made an invaluable contribution to my dissertation research in three specific areas. First, this grant award afforded me access to a variety of resources and networks that allowed me to strengthen and complete an article (“Renouncing

My time back in Korea since I left Seattle in June has been a whirlwind of valuable experiences. I have spent most of my time in the field, observing various festivals, meeting with activists and interviewing informants who are providing rich sources of information to help me with my dissertation. Here in South Korea, the