Keung Yoon Bae

Assistant Professor

Member Of:
  • School of Modern Languages
Office Phone: 404-894-2000
Office Location: Swann 310
Office Hours: TBD for Fall 2026
Email Address: kbae38@gatech.edu

Overview

Pronunciation of Name:
Kyeong Yoon
Personal Pronouns:
She/Her

Keung Yoon Bae is Assistant Professor of Korean Studies at the School of Modern Languages. Her research examines the relationship between media production and state governance in Korea, across different industries and eras. Her most recent work examines ownership and governance over video games and competitive gaming culture in South Korea. She has published writings on global video gaming culture and esports, with a focus on South Korea, in anthologies such as Media technologies for work and play in East Asia and Introducing Korean Popular Culture; she has also published articles on colonial Korean filmmakers (Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema), and the advent of South Korean webcomics (East Asian Journal of Popular Culture).

Education:
  • Harvard University, PhD. East Asian Languages and Civilizations
  • Harvard University, MA. Regional Studies in East Asia.
  • Princeton University, AB. Comparative Literature.
Areas of
Expertise:
  • Cultural Studies
  • Film Studies
  • Korean Cinema
  • Webcomics

Interests

Teaching Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Fields:
  • Digital Media
  • Korean
  • Literary and Cultural Studies
  • Media Studies
Geographic
Focuses:
  • Asia (East)
  • North America
Issues:
  • Cinema Studies
  • Cross-Cultural Understanding
  • Digital and Mixed Media
  • Digital Communication
  • East-Asian Studies
  • Film History and Theory
  • History and Memory
  • Intercultural Issues
  • Language and Popular Culture
  • Literary Theory
  • Literature
  • Media
  • Media Production
  • Mediatized Culture
  • Post-Colonialism
  • Sports
  • Television Studies
  • Translation
  • World Literature
  • Youth Culture

Courses

  • JAPN-3813: Special Topics: East Asian Cinema
  • KOR-3415: Korean K-Pop/Film/Drama
  • KOR-3813: Special Topics: East Asian Cinema
  • KOR-4060: Media and Public Culture
  • KOR-4500: Intercultural Seminar
  • KOR-4813: Special Topics: East Asian Cinema
  • KOR-4813: Special Topics: Korean Film and Culture
  • KOR-6060: Media Pub Cult Korean
  • KOR-8803: Special Topics
  • ML-2500: Think Globally, Act Locally: An Introduction to Cross-Cultural Studies
  • ML-2500: Intro Cross-Cult Studies: East Asian Cinema

Publications

Updated:  Jan 16th, 2026 at 10:50 AM