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Sukyoung Hong

Sukyoung Hong
Graduate Student
History
sh119719@ohio.edu

Program: Ph.D. candidate

Field of Study: American womens history

Advisor: Dr. Katherine Jellison

Degrees held: B.A. in History, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea; M.A. in History, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea

Research interests: I am exploring how beauty standards have been established around whiteness, and how it influenced on the lives of women of color, especially Asian American women.

Recent Accomplishments

Fellowship and Travel Grant

  • Klinder Fellowship (Fall, 2024-Spring, 2025), Contemporary History Institute, 窪蹋勛圖
  • Conference Travel Grant (Spring, 2024), Western Association of Women Historian
  • Conference Travel Grant of Contemporary History Institute (Spring, 2024), 窪蹋勛圖

Activities

  • Graduate Student Representative, Fall 2024-2026, Western Association of Women Historian

Presentations

  • Westernizing the Oriental Bodies: The History of Double Eyelid Surgery and Asian American Women, Western Association of Women Historians, Portland, Oregon, April 20, 2024
  • Endless Makeover: How Racialized Beauty Standards Have Pressured Asian American Women, History Club, Purdue University Fort Wayne, March 12, 2024
  • Endless Makeover: How Racialized Beauty Standards Have Pressured Asian American Women, Guest Lecture, Medicine and Humanities, Montclair State University, New Jersey, February 22, 2024