Haelim Suh

Area(s) of Expertise: media and communication studies, media globalization and popular culture, critical approach
Overview
HaeLim Suh is an associate professor in the School of Communication, Film and Theatre at the University of North Georgia. Her research focuses on media globalization, popular culture, and gender, race/ethnicity, and class identity. She teaches a variety of courses including Intercultural Communication, Communicating in Diverse Cultures, Korean Cinema, Film Appreciation, and Globalization and South Korean Media.
Education
- Ph.D., Media and Communication, Temple University
- M.A., Communication and Media, Ewha Womans University
- B.A., Communication and Media (Sociology Minor), Ewha Womans University
Publications
Suh, H. (2024, Forthcoming). Aspiring and Deprecating Female Influencers: Communicative Capitalism and the Positioning of Women Entrepreneurs. Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Image.
Suh, H. (2024). My community is all around the world”: The role of globalized media in forming imagination, aspiration, and transnational connectivity among marriage immigrant women in South Korea.
In M. W. Han, E. Han, & J. H. Lee (eds.), Displacement, Mobility, and Diversity in Korea Diaspora Within Homeland. Routledge.
Suh, H. (2023).
Negotiating attractiveness: Korean American perceptions of body image and identity in light of the Korean Wave. Feminist Media Studies, 24(5), 1095–1111. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2023.2229052
Suh, H. (2008).
South Korea's Film Dilemma in the US Market:" Copywood" or Asian New Wave?. Asian Cinema, 19(2), 270-280.
Work Experience
- Manager at a Film production company in Seoul
- European Film Promotion PR representative at the Busan International Film Festival
- Assistant researcher at the Korea Game Development and Promotion Institute