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Minwoo Jung, PhD

Assistant Professor

Minwoo Jung is an assistant professor of Sociology and of Women’s Studies and Gender Studies at Loyola University Chicago. His scholarship examines culture, power, and agency through a global and transnational lens, with particular attention to political activism and everyday life. His work has been published in leading journals, including British Journal of Sociology, Current Sociology, Sociological Theory, and The Sociological Review, and has received awards from the American Sociological Association, the International Sociological Association, the American Political Science Association, the Society for the Study of Social Problems, and British Journal of Sociology. He is currently working on a book project on the geopolitics of rights, supported by fellowships from the Social Science Research Council, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI) in Essen, and the Institute for Advanced Study at Central European University in Budapest. He serves on the editorial boards of Men and Masculinities, Sex and Sexualities, Sociology, The Sociological Quarterly, and The Sociological Review, as well as the Amsterdam University Press series Gendering Asian Society, Politics, and Development. At Loyola, his research and teaching have been recognized with the Sujack Family Master Researcher Award and the Transformative Educator Award.

Education

PhD, Sociology
University of Southern California, 2021

MA, Sociology
Chung-Ang University, 2011

BA, Sociology
Seoul National University, 2009

Professional/Community Affiliations

  • American Sociological Association
  • Society for the Study of Social Problems
  • International Sociological Association

Courses Taught

  • WSGS 101: Introduction to Women’s Studies and Gender Studies
  • SOCL 171: Sociology of Sex and Gender
  • SOCL 252: Global Inequalities
  • SOCL 265: Globalization and Society (Engaged Learning course)
  • SOCL 491: Professional Writing in Sociology (Graduate Seminar)
  • SOCL 520: Gender, Sexuality, and Social Movements (Graduate Seminar)

Publications/Research Listings

Jung, Minwoo. 2025. “Decolonizing the Global: Contested Cosmopolitanisms in Global Queer Activism.” British Journal of Sociology (online first).

Jung, Minwoo. 2024. “Flexible Masculinities: Negotiating Gender, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Global Asia.” Current Sociology (online first).

Jung, Minwoo. 2024. “Rights Projects: A Relational Sociology of Rights in Globalization.” Sociological Theory 42(3): 256–281.

Jung, Minwoo. 2024. “Theorizing Sexuality Politics of Neoliberalism: A Queer Sociological Approach.” Sociology Compass 18(9, e70000): 1–13. 

Jung, Minwoo. 2024. “Imagining Sovereign Futures: The Marriage Equality Movement in Taiwan.” Social Movement Studies 23(4): 462–478.

Jung, Minwoo. 2024. “Queer Theory Impossible.” Inter-Asia Cultural Studies 25(3): 517–532.

Kim, Jinsook, and Minwoo Jung. 2022. “A Tale of Two Homosocialities: Gender, Sexuality, and Global Political Economy in Squid Game.” Communication, Culture & Critique 15(4): 540–542.

Jung, Minwoo. 2022. “Quiet Politics: Queer Organizing in Corporate Singapore.” The Sociological Review 70(5), 863–881.

Jung, Minwoo. 2021. “Embracing the Nation: Strategic Deployment of Sexuality, Nation, and Citizenship in Singapore.” British Journal of Sociology 72(5), 1229–1245.

Awards

Outstanding Article Award, SSSP Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities Division (2024)

The Sociological Review Journal Article of the Year, Finalist (2023)  

British Journal of Sociology Early Career Prize (2023)

Outstanding Published Article Award, ASA Peace, War, and Social Conflict Section (2022)

Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Dissertation Award, ASA Collective Behavior & Social Movements Section (2022)

Ken Sherrill Prize for Best Dissertation in Sexuality and Politics, APSA Sexuality and Politics Section (2022)

Graduate Student Paper Award, Honorable Mention, ASA Human Rights Section (2021)

Martin P. Levine Memorial Dissertation Award, ASA Sexualities Section (2020)

Best Graduate Student Paper Award, ASA Sexualities Section (2020)

Graduate Student Research Paper Award, ASA Asia/Asian America Section (2020)

Best Graduate Student Paper Award, Honorable Mention, ASA Global/Transnational Sociology Section (2020)

ISA Worldwide Competition for Junior Sociologists, Finalist (2018)

Graduate Student Paper Award, Association for Korean Sociologists in America (2018)