Sonja Kim
Associate Professor, Department Chair
Department of Asian and Asian American Studies
Biography
Sonja Kim views medicine and health practices as key windows into lived experience, modes of governance, and social stratification. Her current projects examine the history of nursing, welfare, and public health through networks that link Korea, East Asia, and the Americas. She teaches courses and advises graduate students in Korean history, East Asian studies, and transnational histories of health and empire.
Education
- PhD, MA, University of California, Los Angeles
- BA, Yale University
Research Interests
- Korea and Comparative East Asia
- Medicine
- Health
- Gender
- Race and Class
- Education and Welfare
Teaching Interests
- Korean and East Asian History
- Gender; Migration; Race; Nation and Empire
- History of Medicine; Science and Technology
Honors and Awards
- Harpur College Internal Award, Faculty Mentoring Initiative, 2019 and 2020
- Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award; AY 2016-17
- IASH Faculty Fellowship; Spring 2016