Hyon Joo Yoo

Associate Professor

Alma mater(s)
  • Ph.D. Syracuse University, 2007

Courses

  • Global Studies in Film and Television D2: Cinema and Capitalism
  • Contemporary Topics in Film and Television
  • Intro Special Topics: Film, Culture, Society
  • Intro Special Topics: Vermont International Film Festival
  • Contemporary Topics: Transnational Genres and Filmmakers
  • Contemporary Topics: East Asian Cinema
  • Global Studies in Film and Television D2: Nation, Cinema, and Capitalism
  • Development in Motion Pictures I: Origin - 1930
  • Development in Motion Picture II: 1930 - 1960
  • Development in Motion Pictures III: 1960 - 2000
  • Film and Television Theory
  • Survey of Literary Theory and Criticism
  • Film and Television Genre and Auteur
  • Seminar in Film and Television: Cinema of Failure
  • Seminar: The Terror and Pleasure of Modernity
  • Seminar: East Asian Cinema and the Post-Colonial World
  • D1: Race and Ethnicity in Film and Television

Publications

Hyon Joo Yoo Publications (DOCX)

Awards and Achievements

  • Spring 2017 Peter Seybolt Faculty Fund (Asian Studies)
  • 2014 Lattie F. Coor Faculty Awards in Humanities; Faculty Development Grant (English Department)
  • Fall 2011 Faculty Development Fund (Asian Studies Program)
  • Fall 2010 Lattie F. Coor Faculty Awards in Humanities; Faculty Development Grant (Asian Studies Program & English Department)
  • Fall 2009 Faculty Development Grant (English & Asian Studies)
  • Fall 2008 Faculty Development Grant (English)
  • Fall 2007 Faculty Development Grant (English)

Area(s) of expertise

East Asian cinema, postcolonial studies, gender studies, psychoanalysis, Marxism, globalization and media.

Courses

  • Global Studies in Film and Television D2: Cinema and Capitalism
  • Contemporary Topics in Film and Television
  • Intro Special Topics: Film, Culture, Society
  • Intro Special Topics: Vermont International Film Festival
  • Contemporary Topics: Transnational Genres and Filmmakers
  • Contemporary Topics: East Asian Cinema
  • Global Studies in Film and Television D2: Nation, Cinema, and Capitalism
  • Development in Motion Pictures I: Origin - 1930
  • Development in Motion Picture II: 1930 - 1960
  • Development in Motion Pictures III: 1960 - 2000
  • Film and Television Theory
  • Survey of Literary Theory and Criticism
  • Film and Television Genre and Auteur
  • Seminar in Film and Television: Cinema of Failure
  • Seminar: The Terror and Pleasure of Modernity
  • Seminar: East Asian Cinema and the Post-Colonial World
  • D1: Race and Ethnicity in Film and Television

Awards and Achievements

  • Spring 2017 Peter Seybolt Faculty Fund (Asian Studies)
  • 2014 Lattie F. Coor Faculty Awards in Humanities; Faculty Development Grant (English Department)
  • Fall 2011 Faculty Development Fund (Asian Studies Program)
  • Fall 2010 Lattie F. Coor Faculty Awards in Humanities; Faculty Development Grant (Asian Studies Program & English Department)
  • Fall 2009 Faculty Development Grant (English & Asian Studies)
  • Fall 2008 Faculty Development Grant (English)
  • Fall 2007 Faculty Development Grant (English)

Areas of Expertise

East Asian cinema, postcolonial studies, gender studies, psychoanalysis, Marxism, globalization and media.

Associations and Affiliations

Associations and Affiliations

  • American Comparative Literature Association 
  • Modern Language Association 
  • Society for Cinema and Media Studies 
  • Society for Literature, Science and the Arts