Haelim Suh

Area(s) of Expertise: media and communication studies, media globalization and popular culture, critical approach
Overview
HaeLim Suh is an associate professor in the School of Communication, Film and Theatre at the Âé¶¹´«Ã½. Her research focuses on media globalization, popular culture, and gender, race/ethnicity, and class identity. She teaches a variety of courses including Intercultural Communication, Communicating in Diverse Cultures, Korean Cinema, Film Appreciation, and Globalization and South Korean Media.
Education
- Ph.D., Media and Communication, Temple University
- M.A., Communication and Media, Ewha Womans University
- B.A., Communication and Media (Sociology Minor), Ewha Womans University
Publications
Suh, H. (2024, Forthcoming). Aspiring and Deprecating Female Influencers: Communicative Capitalism and the Positioning of Women Entrepreneurs. Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Image.
Suh, H. (2024). My community is all around the world”: The role of globalized media in forming imagination, aspiration, and transnational connectivity among marriage immigrant women in South Korea.
In M. W. Han, E. Han, & J. H. Lee (eds.), Displacement, Mobility, and Diversity in Korea Diaspora Within Homeland. Routledge.
Suh, H. (2023).
Negotiating attractiveness: Korean American perceptions of body image and identity in light of the Korean Wave. Feminist Media Studies, 24(5), 1095–1111. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2023.2229052
Suh, H. (2008).
South Korea's Film Dilemma in the US Market:" Copywood" or Asian New Wave?. Asian Cinema, 19(2), 270-280.
Work Experience
- Manager at a Film production company in Seoul
- European Film Promotion PR representative at the Busan International Film Festival
- Assistant researcher at the Korea Game Development and Promotion Institute