Position, Department
Associate Professor, Language Arts
Contact Information
bkwon@hawaii.edu / 808-845-9238
Courses Taught
ENG 100 (Composition), ENG 209 (Business and Managerial Writing), ENG 250 (American Literature), ENG 253 (World Literature to 1600), ENG 255 (Short Story and Novel), ENG 257E (Environmental and Ecological Nonfiction), ENG 257F (Women in Literature), ENG257H (Hip-hop Literature and Urban Culture), ENG 257M (Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Asian/Pacific Literature), ENG 257P (Literature and the Sea)
Research
Service
Poetry Open Mic Series (2003-2008), Youth Speaks Spoken Word Workshop, Hawai’i Literary Arts Council Member, Bamboo Ridge Press, Bamboo Ridge Writers Conference Presenter, No More/Joyful Heart Foundation for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivors, Yoga/Meditation for campus and community.
Professional Activities
B.A. University of Southern California-English and Creative Writing
Ph.D. University of California Los Angeles-Ethnic Studies/American Literature
Fulbright Fellow 2005-2006
Hawai’i Literary Arts Council Cades Literature Award 2015
Smithsonian Asian American Literature Festival Presenter 2017, 2019
Books: Beyond Ke’eaumoku: Koreans, Nationalism, and Local Culture in Hawai’i; The Sum of Breathing; YOBO: Korean American Writing in Hawai’i (editor), Kipuka: Finding Refuge in Times of Change (editor)
