Dr Jodie Kim
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Overview
Overview
Biography
Jodie Kim was born in Korea and grew up in the American South. She has a PhD in the New Southern Gothic and her research focuses on the intersection of racial, gendered, and political violence and contemporary literature. Jodie writes as SJ Kim. Her writing has appeared in Oxford American, Wasafiri, and The Hanok Review among other publications. Jodie was appointed to Birkbeck in 2018.
Highlights
Qualifications
- PhD, University of Manchester, 2016
- MA, University of Manchester, 2011
- BA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010
Honours and awards
- Fellow, Higher Education Academy, November 2021
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Research
Research
Research interests
- Race
- Gender
- Sexuality
- Violence
- Southern Gothic
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Supervision and teaching
Supervision and teaching
Supervision
Jodie welcomes enquiries from potential doctoral students committed to studying race, gender, and sexuality. She is especially interested in the themes of horror, violence, and the occult, and the forms of experimental literature, hybrid writing, and creative nonfiction. Prospective students should submit a proposal, a sample of writing, and a working bibliography.
Current doctoral researchers
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NATALIE MARLOW
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TATUM ANDERSON
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VALENTINE CARTER
Teaching
Jodie teaches primarily on the BA and MA in Creative Writing.
Teaching modules
- The Life of the Writer (AREN038H5)
- Fiction Workshop: The Contemporary Novel (AREN139S6)
- Writing and Reading Seminar (ENHU036S7)
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Publications
Publications
Article
- Kim, S.J. (2021) WE ARE MOVING TO AMERICA. The Hanok Review 1,
- Kim, S.J. (2021) 한년 (WOAMN, WHITE). Oxford American (114), ISSN 1074-4525.
- Kim, S.J. (2021) 정. Wasafiri 36 (3), pp. 81-89. ISSN 0269-0055.
- Kim, S.J. (2020) Dear Manchester Chinatown. Tarpaulin Sky
- Kim, S.J. (2018) As we stumble off into neon nights. New Writing 15 (1), pp. 105-109. ISSN 1479-0726.