Graduate Associate
slsam[at]yorku.ca
Doctoral Student
Graduate Program in Sociology, York University
Research Keywords:
Social class; labour; gender; race/ethnicity; im/migration; Asian/Korean diasporas
Research Region(s):
Korea
Research Diaspora(s):
Korean Diaspora
I am a PhD candidate in Sociology at York University. I hold a Specialized Honours BA in Sociology from Chung-Ang University in Seoul, South Korea, and an MA in Sociology from York University.
My research focuses on social inequalities, labour, gender, race, migration, citizenship and Asian/Korean diasporas. Broadly, I examine how transnational processes, state institutions and policies, and everyday cultural practices shape migrants’ experiences and lives.
My doctoral research examines Canada’s Working Holiday Program, focusing on East Asian migrant youth and the intersections of mobility and migration, freedom and precarity, and work and travel. Drawing on feminist political economy and racial capitalism, I use a multi-method approach to explore how global capitalism and social inequalities shape the racialized and gendered experiences of East Asian migrant youth.
Beyond academia, I have been involved in labour, feminist and migrant justice movements in South Korea and Canada. I am currently a member of the Women Migrants Human Rights Center of Korea.