Chloe Kwak examines the comfort women issue in Asia through a feminist lens, focusing on the insights of feminist international law scholars. Her research explores the interplay between communities and states in memory politics, focusing on the construction of diasporic memories, especially concerning the establishment of memorials honoring comfort women.

She received an honorable mention from the Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section (FTGS) committee for the paper “Unsilenced Voices of Comfort Women:​ The 2023 Court Decision to Deny State Immunity of Japan” presented at the ISA conference in April 2024.​

• Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science, University of Connecticut (2026)

  Subfields: International Relations and Comparative Politics