Education

PhD, University of Chicago, 2008

 
Fields of Interest

Twentieth-century United States; U.S. immigration and race; Asian-American history; family and kinship; Cold War social policy; gender

 
Academic Profile

Professor Oh’s current project examines the origins of the practice of Korean and international adoption. Her research and teaching interests include immigration and race in U.S. history, transnational Asian-American history, and Cold War social and political history.

 
Representative Publications

“From War Waif to Ideal Immigrant: The Cold War Transformation of the Korean Orphan” Journal of American Ethnic History, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Summer 2012): 34-55.

“A New Kind of Missionary Work: Christians, Christian Americanists, and the Adoption of Korean GI Babies, 1955-1961." Women’s Studies Quarterly, Vol. 33, Nos. 3 & 4, Fall/Winter 2005.