David Oh

I am a scholar of Asian American representation and media; othering in Korean popular culture, and audience/fan reception of Korean popular culture. I've published two books - 2nd Generation Korean Americans and Transnational Media: Diasporic Identifications (2015, Lexington) and Whitewashing the Movies: Asian Erasure and White Subjectivity in U.S. Film Culture (2022, Rutgers).

Research:

Asian/American representations in media, Asian diasporic identities in the U.S. as mediated in traditional and new media, Korean popular culture & multiculturalism

Education:

• B.A., Baylor University
• M.A., Ph.D., Syracuse University

Courses Offered:

• Senior Projects: Global Communication and Media
• Audiences, Identity, & Media
• Research Writing Methods
• Media Literacy
• Speech for Communication Arts
• Public Speaking
• Media & Persuasion

Companies

• Associate professor of communication arts Ramapo College of New Jersey (2017)
• Assistant professor Ramapo College of New Jersey (2013 — 2017)
• Special assistant professor Colorado State University (2012 — 2013)
• Visiting assistant professor Villanova University (2011 — 2012)
• Lecturer in multiculturalism University of Rhode Island (2010 — 2011)
• Assistant professor Denison University (2006 — 2010)
• Visiting assistant professor University of Pittsburgh at Bradford (2005 — 2006)