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Research Interests & Work in Progress

 

• Globalization and Urban Transnationalism
• Cultural Landscape of Ethnic EconomiesPolitical Economy of Migration and Education
• Gender, Work and Family

Teaching Interests & Responsibilities

 

• Social Geography
• Urban Residential Geography
• Current Topics in Human Geography (Migration and Settlement)
• Local Geography of Globalization
• Current Topics in Social Geography (Work and Society)

Affiliations

 

• Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement (CERIS)
• Canadian Association of Geographers
• American Association of Geographers

 

Awards & Grants

 

• 2010 SSHRC Institutional Grant “Education Migration and Its Impact on Children” Co-investigator. $2,400
• 2009 SSHRC Standard Research Grant “Development, Migration Strategies and Prospects for Social Integration” Co-investigator. $99,000

 

Publications

• 2010 Kwak, Min-Jung and Hiebert, Daniel “Globalizing Canadian Education from Below”. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 11(2): 131-153.
• 2009 Preston, V., R. Murdie, J. Wedlock, S. Agrawal, U. Anucha, S. D’Addario, M-J. Kwak, J. Logan and A. Mrnaghan (2009) “Immigrants and Homelessness- At risk in Canada’s Outer Suburbs.” The Canadian Geographer, Vol. 53(3): 288-304.
• 2008 Kwak, Min-Jung “Work in Family Business and Gender Relations” In Gupta, V., Lavenburg, N., Moore, L., Motwani, J., and Schwarz, T. (Eds.) A Compendium on the Family Business Models around the World (ten volumes). Hyderabad: ICFAI University Press. (pp.163-183)
• 2007 Kwak, Min-Jung and Hiebert, Daniel “Making the New Economy: Immigrant entrepreneurs and emerging transnational networks of international education and tourism in Seoul and Vancouver.” In Rath, J. (Ed.) Tourism, Ethnic Diversity and the City. London and New York: Routledge. (pp.27-49)
• (forthcoming) Kwak, Min-Jung “Consuming Canadian Education: International student experiences of migration, education and living between Seoul and Vancouver.” A book chapter for Korean Immigrants in Canada. In Kim, A. and Noh, S. (eds.), Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
• (Under review) Kwak, Min-Jung “Rethinking the Neo-liberal Nexus of Migration and Education.” Paper submitted to Environment and Planning A