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Sang-Keun Yoo
Assistant Professor of English
Bio
Dr. Sang-Keun Yoo is the author of Speculative Orientalism: Asian Religions in New Wave Science Fiction, published by Bloomsbury Academic. Dr. Yoo earned his Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Riverside, with the support of a Fulbright scholarship1. His work has been recognized with the NEMLA Women's and Gender Studies Essay Award and the IAFA's Jamie Bishop Award. He currently serves as Submissions Editor for The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts and as the Korea Representative for the Science Fiction Research Association.
Education
PhD, English, University of California-Riverside, 2022
MA, English, Seoul National University, 2014
BA, English/Philosophy, Seoul National University, 2011 (cum laude)
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Research Interests / Areas of Focus
Science Fiction studies; Asian American Literature; Cultures of Science; Korean Popular Culture; Virtual Reality Studies
Monograph
2025 Speculative Orientalism: Asian Religions in New Wave Science Fiction. Bloomsbury Academic (forthcoming in Sep., 2025)
Edited Volume
2023 Newtrospection: Reverse-Engineering Modernity in South Korean Speculative Fiction. Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts 34/2
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
2026 Negotiating Colonial Dilemma through Science Fiction: Translating Jules Verne in Early 20th-Century Colonial Korea. Journal of Korean Studies, 31/2 (forthcoming).
2023 Becoming a Ghost: Newtrospective Representation of Historical Violence Through Virtual Reality Media in Gina Kim鈥檚 Bloodless and Tearless. Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, 34/2: 118鈥139.
2023 From Patriarchal History to Korean Ethnoformalist Speculative Empathy: Squid Game and The School Nurse Files. International Journal of Korean History, 28/1: 215鈥43.
2023 Mobilities in Anglophone Science Fiction History: Time Travel, Cyclical Temporality, and Virtual Mobility. International Journal of Diaspora and Cultural Criticism, 13/2: 48鈥76.
2022 Cyberpunk Seoulu虇l No虇mo虇 Silkpunk Jejuro: Cyberpunk-sok Tongyangu虇i Tosi Chaehyo虇n [From Cyberpunk Seoul to Silkpunk Jeju: Representation of Asian Cities in Cyberpunk]. Moonhwa/Gwahak[Culture/Science], 111: 73鈥87.
2021 Necropolitical Metamorphoses into Parasites: Bong Joon-ho鈥檚 The Host and Parasite. Science Fiction Film and Television, 14/1: 45鈥69.
2021 Miraeroso虇u虇i Tongyang, Tongyangu虇i Mirae: Miguk Science Fiction-kwa Techno-Orientalism [Orientalized Future or the Future of Asia: American Science Fiction and Techno-Orientalism]. Tasi Kaebyo虇k [Re-creation] 1/2: 18鈥35.
Book Chapters
2026 Mythic Transfuturism: Asian Myth to Imagine Transformed Future Humans in Larissa Lai鈥檚 Salt Fish Girl. Shaping Transfuturisms: Identity, Representation and Agency in Science Fiction Literature. University of Illinois Press (forthcoming).
2025 Han鈥檊uk 怒i Migugin kyosu, Miguk 怒i Han鈥檊ugin kyosu [A Korean professor in the U.S. and an American professor in Korea]. Han'gukhak怒i hy艔njewa mirae [Korean Studies: Present and Future]. Min怒msa.
2023 Cyberpunk Seoulu虇l No虇mo虇 Silkpunk Jejuro [From Cyberpunk Seoul to Silkpunk Jeju]. SF Prism: Geopolitics and Capital of Technology. Parkmunsa.
Non-Peer Reviewed Publications
2024 Korean Science Fiction Now, Korean Literature Now 64/3: 36鈥41
2023 Introduction: Newtrospection: Reverse-Engineering Modernity in South Korean Speculative Fiction, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts 34/2: 9鈥24
2023 鈥淭hose Left on Earth Are Equally Significant鈥: Sang-Keun Yoo鈥檚 Interview with Space Sweepers Director Sung-hee Jo, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts 34/2: 146鈥166.
2023 鈥淭his Inexplicable Complexity That Underscores Our Humanity鈥: Sang-Keun Yoo鈥檚 Interview with The School Nurse Files Director Kyoung-mi Lee, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts 34/2: 167鈥179.
2021 Science Fiction-怒n Isip Ilseki Taehan Min'guk Sahoe-e 艔tt艔n Message-r怒l Chulkka [Interview with Sherryl Vint]. Tasi Kaebyo虇k [Re-creation] 1/4:78鈥92.
2021 Konggongu虇i Sidaeeso虇 Pujoku虇i Sidaero: 鈥楯jeomo鈥 wa 鈥楴arak鈥 sai [From the Age of the Public to the Age of Tribes: Between 鈥0.5鈥 and 鈥淣arak鈥漖. Konggong Cho虇ngch'aek [Public Policy] 190: 74鈥80.
Grants and Fellowship
2025 Summer Faculty Research Grant, Marist University
2024 International Mobility Research Grant, National Research Foundation of Korea
2024 Interfaith Faculty Fellows Grant, Marist University
2024 Summer Faculty Research Grant, Marist University
2023 Technology and Humanities Project Grant, University of San Diego
2022 International Opportunity Grant, University of San Diego
2022 Enhanced Student-Faculty Interaction Fund, University of San Diego
2021 Humanities Graduate Student Research Grant, UC Riverside
2016鈥2020 Fulbright Fellowship, Institute of International Education
2016鈥2020 Dean鈥檚 Distinguished Fellowship, UC Riverside
2020 Dissertation Year Program Fellowship, UC Riverside
2018 Graduate Student Scholarship, Pacific Ancient & Modern Language Association
2012鈥2014 Graduate Student Instructor Scholarship, Seoul National University
Awards and Honors
2025 Women鈥 and Gender Studies Essay Award, Northeast Modern Language Association
2023 Jamie Bishop Memorial Award (Best Non-English Paper), International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts
2023 Uplifter Award (Outstanding Service to BIPOC Caucus), International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts
2022 Walter James Miller Memorial Award for Best Student Paper, International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts
2020 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Graduate Division, UC Riverside
2020 International Affairs Recognition Award, International Affairs, UC Riverside
2018 Outstanding International Student Leadership Award, International Affairs, UC Riverside
2011 Chungsan Award for Creative Writing (Fiction), Chungsan
2010 Outstanding Paper Award, Center for Teaching and Learning, Seoul National University
Selected Invited Talks
2025 The History of Korean SF Visual Media, 1960鈥2025: Geopolitical SF, Time Travel, and Gender Experimentation, The Society of Ehwa Korean Language and Literature, Seoul, South Korea, July 8.
2025 Recent Trends in the Field of English Literature in the United States: Focusing on MLA Job Information Listings and Conference Programs, The 30th Anniversary Conference of Scholars for English Studies in Korea (SESK), Seoul, South Korea, May 31.
2025 Elastic futurity in Korean arts and culture: a critical examination, 10th World Summit on Arts and Culture, International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies, Seoul, South Korea, May 28.
2024 The Wave of Korean Science Fiction, Hongik University, South Korea, Jul 3.
2024 Cyberpunk and Virtual Reality in the History of Anglophone Science Fiction, Hanyang University, South Korea, Jun 1.
2024 New Definition of Science Fiction in the Era of Science Fiction Studies 3.0: Why SF Studies Needs to Think 蜜月直播 Asian SF, East Asian Studies Center, University of Southern California, California, Apr 18.
2023 Mythic Metamorphosis: A Critique of Speculative Orientalism in Larissa Lai鈥檚 Salt Fish Girl, 4th Sungkyun International Forum on Cultural Studies, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea, Dec 28.
2023 Do South Korean Science Fictions Dream of Decolonized Future?, World Convention of the Korean Language, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea, Oct 6.
2023 Reimagining Decolonized Futures: The South Korean Mediascape of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Special Roundtable of AAS-in-Asia. Daegu, South Korea. Jul 26.
2023 Ken Liu鈥檚 鈥楾he Paper Menagerie,鈥 Office of Resources for International and Area Studies, UC Berkeley, Jun 23.
2023 Spatial and Temporal Mobility in Anglophone Science Fiction: Exploring Colonial Journeys, Cyclical Time, and Virtual Movement, Academy of Mobility Humanities, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea, May 26.
2022 Korea in Western Science Fiction History, Korean Creators Association, National Assembly of South Korea, Seoul, May 2.
2022 Posthumanism in South Korean Zombie Films and TV Drama, Wonkwang University鈥檚 International Conference on Anthropocene Studies, Seoul, South Korea, Apr 23.
2021 The Birth of Speculative Orientalism in American Science Fiction History, Sungkyunkwan University鈥檚 International Cultural Studies Forum, Seoul, South Korea, Dec 9.
2021 K-Pop鈥檚 Postmodernism and BTS Phenomenon, Good Morning Seoul, Arirang Radio, Seoul, South Korea, global broadcast, May 15.
2018 Nationalism and Imperialism in K-Pop, K-Drama and South Korean Science Fiction, Kritika Kultura, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines, August 16.
Selected Presentations
2025 Negotiating Colonial Dilemma through Science Fiction: Translating Jules Verne in Early 20th- Century Colonial Korea, American Studies Center Conference, University of Warsaw, Poland. May.
2025 Translating Science through the Concepts of Fantasy: The Origins of Science Fiction in Colonial Korea, International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL. March
2025 鈥榃anting to Be Chinese, Not Human鈥: The Racialization of the Turing Test in Kogonada鈥檚 After Yang, Modern Language Association, New Orleans, LA. January
2025 Mythic Transfuturism: Asian Myth to Imagine Transformed Future Humans in Larissa Lai鈥檚 Salt Fish Girl, Modern Language Association, New Orleans, LA. January
2024 Do South Korean SF Dream of a Decolonized Future?: The Post-Political Past and Future in South Korean Science Fiction, Science Fiction Research Association, Tartu, Estonia. May.
2024 Buddhism and Taoism in North American Science Fiction: Larissa Lai鈥檚 Salt Fish Girl, Northeast Modern Language Association, Boston, MA. March
2024 Reimagining Asian Religions in North American Science Fiction: Ruth Ozeki鈥檚 A Tale for the Time Beingand Larissa Lai鈥檚 Salt Fish Girl, International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL. March.
2024 Time Travel to the 1990s in South Korean Science Fiction: Reborn Rich as a Reflection of the Postpolitical, Modern Language Association, Philadelphia, PA. January.
2023 Divinity through Silicon Eyes: Asian Religions, Artificial Intelligence, and Transhumanism in Asian and Asian American Science Fiction, International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, November. Online
2023 Becoming a Ghost: Newtrospective Representation of Historical Violence through Virtual Reality Media in Gina Kim鈥檚 Bloodless, Association of Asian American Studies, Los Angeles, California. April.
2023 Ursula K. Le Guin鈥檚 Taoism and Taoist Time, International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Florida, March.
2022 The Alien/Asian/Woman Triad in Philip K. Dick鈥檚 Short Stories (1950s鈥1960s), English Language and Literature Association of Korea, Seoul. December.
2022 Asians as Speculative Instruments in Contemporary American Science Fiction Media, American Comparative Literature Association, June. Online.
2022 The Birth of Speculative Orientalism as a Reforming Engine of Science Fiction, Association for Asian Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii. March.
2022 From Patriarchal History to Korean Ethnoformalist Speculative Empathy in South Korean Science Fiction Squid Game and The School Nurse Files, International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Florida. March.
2022 New Visibility of Transgenders and Refugees in Korean New Media, Modern Language Association, January. Washington DC. Online.
2021 Speculative Orientalism in Ursula Le Guin鈥檚 Tao Te Ching and The Word for World Is Forest, American Comparative Literature Association, April. Online.
2021 Philip K. Dick鈥檚 Short Stories and Speculative Orientalism, International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, March. Online.
2021 South Korean Zombie Films and TV Drama and its posthumanism, Science Fiction Research Association, June. Online.
2020 Necropolitical Metamorphoses into Parasites: Bong Joon-ho鈥檚 The Host and Parasite, Modern Language Association, Seattle, Washington. January.
2019 The Orient at the Gate of Sf Disorientation: Samuel R. Delany鈥檚 Dhalgren, Science Fiction Research Association, Honolulu, Hawaii. June.
2018 Recolonization of America and Indian Dracula in Bram Stoker鈥檚 Dracula, Pacific Ancient & Modern Language Association, Bellingham, Washington. November.
2018 Nationalism and Escapism in PSY鈥檚 Music Videos, Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, Irvine, California. October.
2018 Professional Military Esports Players in S. Korea as Economic Warriors: The Sociotechnical Imaginary of Korea on Esports Industry, UC Irvine, Esports Conference, October.
2018 The Inequality of Shared Vulnerability in Biochemical Politics: Bong Joon-ho鈥檚 The Host, Association for Asian Studies-in-Asia, New Delhi, India. July.
2018 Epistemology of Transnational Closet: Shyam Selvadurai鈥檚 The Hungry Ghosts, Association for Asian American Studies, March. San Francisco, California.
2017 The Ethics of Remembering Japan through a Camera and a Game: Chris Marker鈥檚 Sans Soleil and Level 5, (Dis)junctions, UC Riverside. October.
2017 Time Travel and Justice of the Past within South Korean Science-Fiction Film and Drama, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society, Seoul, South Korea. July.
Campus Talks
2025 The Origins of Science Fiction in Colonial Korea, Marist Asian Studies Conference, NY. April.
2025 Teaching in Honors, Marist University. February.
2024 The Asian Experiences in America: Religion, Culture, and Entrepreneurship, Marist University. April.
2024 Transpacific Environmental Narratives in Bong Joon-ho鈥檚 Parasite: An Examination of Cross-Cultural Eco-Critical Discourse, Marist University. April.
2023 Navigating the Landscape of South Korean Mass Media, Marist University. October.
2023 From Techno-Orientalism to Asian Futurism, The Humanities Center at the University of San Diego. March.
Selected Panel Chair and Moderation
2025 The Impact of Korean Culture in the U.S. and Its Future, Marist Asian Studies Conference, NY. March.
2025 After The Three-Body Problem: What鈥檚 Next for Chinese SF?, International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL. March.
2025 ChatGPT, Deep Seek, and Art: Where AI and LLMs Are Moving in 2025?, International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL. March.
2025 Three Key Issues in Korean Science Fiction and Fantasy, International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL. March.
2023 Technofuturism, AI, and Feminist Narratives in South Korean Science Fiction, Virtual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, November. Online.
2023 From BTS to Squid Game: Hallyu 3.0, Special Roundtable of AAS-in-Asia. Daegu, South Korea. July.
2022 Newtrospection: Reverse-Engineering Modernity in South Korean Speculative Fiction鈥揓FA Focused Edition Discussion, International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, October. Online.
2022 Meeting with Rising South Korean Writers, International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, October. Online.
2022 Korean Science Fiction and Decolonizing Posthumanism, International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, October. Online.
2021 Overview of South Korean Science Fiction and Posthumanism, Science Fiction Research Association Conference, June. Online.
2019 Another Future: Speculative Fiction and Sociotechnical Imaginaries in South Korea, UC Riverside, February.
2018 Postcolonialism and Posthumanism in Korea, Japanese, and Pakistani Science Fiction, Association for Asian American Studies-in-Asia, New Delhi, India. June.
2017 Transformations of Mourning and Trauma in Language, Film and Performance, (Dis)Junctions, UC Riverside. October.
2017 Cognitively Estranged Literature; Bridges of Narrative, Form, and Expression between Korea and the United States, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society, Seoul, South Korea. July.
Service to the Field
Advising mentor for European Research Council research project proposal of Dr. Arnavas, 2024鈥損resent
Member of International Association of the Fantastic in the Arts鈥 Policies and Procedures Council, 2025鈥損resent
Counter Space Division Head, International Association of the Fantastic in the Arts, 2023鈥損resent
Submission and Review Editor for Asia and its Diaspora, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, 2022鈥損resent
Director of International Relations, Korean Association of Popular Narratives, 2022鈥損resent
Country Representative (Korea), Science Fiction Research Association, 2021鈥損resent
Guest Editor, The Journal of English Language & Literature 70/3, 2024
Faculty Mentor, 鈥淎pplication Anecdotes and Alternative Career Paths in SF/F,鈥 Annual Conference of Science Fiction Research Association, University of Tartu, Estonia
Member of Editorial Board, The Journal of English Language & Literature, 2023鈥損resent
Faculty Mentor for Graduate Students, Virtual International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts Mentorship Program, 2022
External Consultant for Science Fiction Publications, Book 21 Publishing Company, Seoul, South Korea, 2020
Service to the Institution
Faculty Mentor, Marist Asian Alliance, Marist University, Feb. 2025鈥損resent.
Member of Faculty Evaluations Committee, Marist University, May. 2025鈥損resent
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee, School of Liberal Arts, Marist University, Sep. 2024鈥損resent
Main Conference Organizer, 2025 Marist Asian Studies Conference, Marist University, April. 2025
English Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Search Committee, School of Liberal Arts, Marist University, Oct. 2024
Interfaith Faculty Fellows Program Committee, Marist University, 2024鈥2025
English Full-time Lecturer Search Committee, School of Liberal Arts, Marist University, Feb. 2024
Faculty Organizer, School of Liberal Arts special guest lecture event, Marist University, Jan. 2024
Faculty Organizer, Ethnic Studies Department Lecture Series, University of San Diego, 2022鈥2023
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award Committee, University Writing Program at UC Riverside, 2021
President of Korean Graduate Students and Faculty Association, UC Riverside, 2018鈥2019
Vice-President of Graduate Students of English Association, UC Riverside, 2017鈥2018