2003 Ph.D in Cultural Anthroplogy Rice University, Dissertation: "After Development: The Grappling with Korean Modernity"
December 2003 - January 2004 Policy Seminars, Vice-Chairman HuiQuin Jin 10th National Association of Industry and Commerce
2004 - 2005 Other Visiting Assistant Professor Oberlin College, Teaching Courses: Thinking Culturally about the Economy
2004 winter, spring Lecturer University of Mass., Boston, Course: Business Globalization (undergraduate)
2003 summer Lecturer University of Houston at Clearlake, Course: Power and Politics of Women (undergraduate/graduate)
2001 summer (undergraduate) Lecturer Rice University, Course: Monies and Places: Cultures of East Asia Capitalism in Globalization
2000 - 2001 Research Assistant Jesse H. Jones School of Management, Rice University, (MBA students), For Dr. Barbara Ostdiek
2001 summer (undergraduate) Lecturer University of Houston at Clearlake, Course: Introduction to Women Studies
Academic Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Harvard University, 2003-2004Awards Special Funding Grant, Korea Foundation, 2004Workshop Funding, Harvard University, 2003-2004Grants ExEAS Post-Doctoral Fellowship Alternate, Columbia University, 2003-2004Fulbright Fellowship, 2001-2002National Science Foundation Dissertation Grant, 2001-2002Fellow, Center for Comparative Cultures, Seoul National University, 2001-2002Wagoner Fellowship, 2001-2002Rice University Tuition Grant, 2001-2002Center for Culture and Family Grant Award, 2001Robert Patten Service Award, 2001The Annual Graduate Speech to the Board at Rice University, 2001Rice University Presidential Graduate Fellowship, 1999-2001