AWARDS and HONORS 

  • Honorable Mention, FTGS Graduate Student Paper Award for “Unsilenced Voices of Comfort Women: The 2023 Court Decision to Deny State Immunity of Japan,” International Studies Association, 2024 

  • The Dr. Ilpyong Kim Fellowship, UConn: Fall 2023 – Fall 2024 

  • Comfort Women Scholarship, CARE: Spring 2023 

  • The J. Garry Clifford Graduate Fellowship Fund, UConn: Apr. 2024 

  • The Norman Kogan Fellowship, UConn: Apr. 2023 

  • The Howard L. Reiter Memorial Award, UConn: Apr. 2022 

  • SUNY Research Foundation Assistance Awards, UAlbany: Fall 2019 – Summer 2020 

  • Rockefeller Teaching Assistantship and Tuition Scholarship, UAlbany: Fall 2018 – Spring 2019 

  • Yves-André Istel Fellowship, NYU: Fall 2016 – Spring 2017 

  • The National Competition Awards for Korean Public Diplomacy of Ministry of Foreign Affairs   

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea: 2012 

  • Appointment as a Member of National Advisory Group for Public Diplomacy 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea: 2012 – 2013