Faculty

Minwoo Jung, PhD

About

Minwoo Jung is an assistant professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies and Gender Studies at Loyola University Chicago. His scholarship focuses on questions of culture, power, and agency from a global and transnational perspective, with an emphasis on political activism and everyday life. His work has appeared in British Journal of Sociology, Current Sociology, Sociological Theory, and The Sociological Review, among others, and has received awards from the American Sociological Association, International Sociological Association, American Political Science Association, Society for the Study of Social Problems, and the British Journal of Sociology. He is currently a member of the editorial boards of The Sociological Quarterly and The Sociological Review.

Degrees

PhD, Sociology
University of Southern California, 2021

MA, Sociology
Chung-Ang University, 2011

BA, Sociology
Seoul National University, 2009

Program Areas

Professional & Community Affiliations

American Sociological Association

Society for the Study of Social Problems

International Sociological Association

Courses Taught

• WSGS 101: Introduction to Women’s Studies and Gender Studies
• SOCL 171: Sociology of Sex and Gender
• SOCL 252: Global Inequalities
• SOCL 265: Globalization and Society (Engaged Learning course)
• SOCL 491: Professional Writing in Sociology (Graduate Seminar)
• SOCL 520: Gender, Sexuality, and Social Movements (Graduate Seminar)

Awards

Outstanding Article Award, SSSP Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities Division (2024)

The Sociological Review Journal Article of the Year, Finalist (2023)  

British Journal of Sociology Early Career Prize (2023)

Outstanding Published Article Award, ASA Peace, War, and Social Conflict Section (2022)

Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Dissertation Award, ASA Collective Behavior & Social Movements Section (2022)

Ken Sherrill Prize for Best Dissertation in Sexuality and Politics, APSA Sexuality and Politics Section (2022)

Graduate Student Paper Award, Honorable Mention, ASA Human Rights Section (2021)

Martin P. Levine Memorial Dissertation Award, ASA Sexualities Section (2020)

Best Graduate Student Paper Award, ASA Sexualities Section (2020)

Graduate Student Research Paper Award, ASA Asia/Asian America Section (2020)

Best Graduate Student Paper Award, Honorable Mention, ASA Global/Transnational Sociology Section (2020)

ISA Worldwide Competition for Junior Sociologists, Finalist (2018)

Graduate Student Paper Award, Association for Korean Sociologists in America (2018)

Selected Publications

Jung, Minwoo. 2024. “Flexible Masculinities: Negotiating Gender, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Global Asia.” Current Sociology (online first).

Jung, Minwoo. 2024. “Rights Projects: A Relational Sociology of Rights in Globalization.” Sociological Theory 42(3): 256–281.

Jung, Minwoo. 2024. “Theorizing Sexuality Politics of Neoliberalism: A Queer Sociological Approach.” Sociology Compass 18(9, e70000): 1–13. 

Jung, Minwoo. 2024. “Imagining Sovereign Futures: The Marriage Equality Movement in Taiwan.” Social Movement Studies 23(4): 462–478.

Jung, Minwoo. 2024. “Queer Theory Impossible.” Inter-Asia Cultural Studies 25(3): 517–532.

Kim, Jinsook, and Minwoo Jung. 2022. “A Tale of Two Homosocialities: Gender, Sexuality, and Global Political Economy in Squid Game.” Communication, Culture & Critique 15(4): 540–542.

Jung, Minwoo. 2022. “Quiet Politics: Queer Organizing in Corporate Singapore.” The Sociological Review 70(5), 863–881.

Jung, Minwoo. 2021. “Embracing the Nation: Strategic Deployment of Sexuality, Nation, and Citizenship in Singapore.” British Journal of Sociology 72(5), 1229–1245.