Areum Jeong is an interdisciplinary scholar and educator of Korean and Korean diasporic cinema, literature, popular culture, theatre and performance.
She holds a PhD in Theater and Performance Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles, MA in Performance Studies from New York University, and BA in English Literature from Ewha W. University.
Prior to joining Arizona State University, she has taught at the University of California, Los Angeles, University of Southern California, University of California, Santa Barbara, Seoul Women’s University, Sichuan University-Pittsburgh Institute, and Ewha W. University.
Her writings are published in the Asian Theatre Journal, Film International, GPS: Global Performance Studies, Journal of Modern English Drama, Korea Exposé, Korea Journal, Korean Theatre Review, Media Convergence Research, Performance Research: A Journal of the Performing Arts, New Theatre Quarterly, Studies in Theatre and Performance, and Theatre Journal among others.
