Jin R. Choi

Education

Ph.D. Candidate in Communication, University of Maryland (Ph.D. expected May 2026) ↗
M.A. in Communication, University of Maryland
Graduate Certificate in Digital Studies in the Arts and Humanities, University of Maryland ↗
B.A. in Communication Arts and Sociology, Gordon College

Research Areas

Critical transnational rhetoric; queer & feminist studies; race/ethnicity studies; digital humanities & digital cultures; South Korea, Asia, & U.S.
Dissertation: Reproduction, biopolitics, heteronormativity, citizenship in South Korea amidst low fertility rate discourse

Recognitions (selected)

Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship, College of Arts and Humanities, University of Maryland ↗
Flagship Fellowship, College of Arts and Humanities, University of Maryland ↗
Bonnie Thornton Dill Dean’s Graduate Research Award, College of Arts and Humanities, University of Maryland ↗
Andrew D. Wolvin Outstanding Teaching Award, Department of Communication, University of Maryland ↗
James L. Golden Outstanding Student Essay in Rhetoric Award Laureate Group, National Communication Association 109th Convention
Top Paper Award, Korean American Communication Association, National Communication Association 107th Annual Convention

Publications

Choi, Jin R. “The U.S. Empire Remembers Violence Against Asian Women: “Comfort Women” Monuments and Transnational Global Memoryscapes.” Women’s Studies in Communication, accepted 2025 and forthcoming.
Choi, Jin R. “Do I Belong in Ikseon-Dong?: Glocalized Cosmopolitan Spaces of Belonging.” In Diaspora Within Homeland: Displacement, Mobility, and Diversity in Korea, edited by Min Hwa Han, Eun-Jeong Han, and JongHwa Lee. Routledge. 2025. ↗
Choi, Jin R. Review of Constellating Home: Trans and Queer Asian American Rhetorics by V. Jo Hsu. Rhetoric & Public Affairs 27, no. 1 (March 1, 2024): 135–38. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.27.1.0135. ↗
Choi, Jin R. Review of The Color of Creatorship: Intellectual Property, Race, and the Making of Americans by Anjali Vats. New Genetics and Society 41, no.1 (2022): 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1080/14636778.2021.1951194. ↗

Digital Humanities Projects (selected)

ArcGIS StoryMaps. “Comfort Women Monuments: A Transnational Global Memoryscape. A Digital Humanities Resource for Students and Educators.” ↗
Tableau. Interactive data visualization. “Top 15 Migrating Countries to South Korea (2013 vs. 2023).” ↗

Teaching

Currently: Design Cultures & Creativity Living-Learning Program, Honors College, University of Maryland ↗
Previously: Department of Communication, University of Maryland ↗

Conferences