Margaret Rhee, Graduate Student

Email: mrhee@berkeley.edu

Web site: http://www.hastac.org/scholars

Margaret Rhee is a doctoral student in Comparative Ethnic Studies with a planned designated emphasis in New Media at the University of California, Berkeley. Her scholarly work is interdisciplinary, focusing broadly on issues of representation (new media, reality television, avant garde poetics, print culture, demographics) and axes of difference. Her pedagogical projects include Participatory Action Research (PAR) and Arts (PA), particularly on feminist based HIV/AIDS education and the prison industrial complex. In addition to her scholarly interests, Margaret is an emerging filmmaker/video artist, poet, and interdisciplinary writer. Her work is dedicated to social, cultural, and economic justice.

Education

M.A. (Ethnic Studies), San Francisco State University; B.A. (English/Creative Writing), Univesity of Southern California

 

Research interests

Race, Gender, Sexuality and Representation, Asian American Studies. Queer Studies. HIV/AIDS Education. Prison Industrial Complex. Participatory Action Research and Arts. Digital Divide. New Media Art. Women of Color Consciousness.

Selected publications

"Here is a Pen: An Anthology of West Coast Kundiman Poets" edited by Ching-In Chen, Margaret Rhee, and Debbie Yee. Published by Achiote Press, 2009. All proceeds donated to Kundiman.

Please vist: http://www.achiotepress.com/kundiman.htm 

Fields, Jessica, Isela Gonzalez, Kathleen Hentz, Margaret Rhee, and Cat White, "Learning From and With Incarcerated Women: Emerging Lessons from a Participatory Action Study of Sexuality Education." In "Sexuality Research and Social Policy: Journal of NSRC." Editor, Gilbert Herdt.

“’Chink,’ ‘Chinaman,’ and ‘Celestial’: Inhumanity in Crash.” In "Crash Course: Reflections on the Film Crash for Critical Dialogues About Race, Power and Privilege," edited by Michael Benitez Jr. and Felicia Gustin. Emeryville: Institute for Democratic Education and Culture, 2007. pp: 15-19.

“Towards Community: KoreAm Journal and Korean American Cultural Attitudes on Same-Sex Marriage.” In a special issue on Asian America and same-sex marriage, "Amerasia Journal." Editors, Amy Sueyoshi and Russell Leong, vol. 32, no.1 (2006): 75-88.

Honors & Awards

HASTAC Scholars Fellowship Program, Duke University, 2009

For more information on HASTAC, please visit: http://www.hastac.org

Chancellor’s Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, 2008

Graduate Recognition Award in Ethnic Studies, San Francisco State University, 2008