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Rennie Moon, Ph.D.

  • Visiting Associate Professor
  • 2016-2017 Koret Fellow
616 Serra StreetEncina Hall E301Stanford, CA94305-6055
(650) 723-9404 (voice)
(650) 723-6530 (fax)

Biography

Rennie J. Moon joins the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center as the 2016-17 Koret Fellow in the Korea Program.  Moon is an associate professor at the Underwood International College at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. Her research explores the interrelationships among globalization, migration and citizenship, and internationalization of higher education.

Moon, a graduate of Stanford’s Graduate School of Education, Ph.D. ‘09, has collaborated with Stanford professor Gi-Wook Shin on a multiyear research project that examines diversity in higher education in East Asia. She co-edited the book Internationalizing Higher Education in Korea: Challenges and Opportunities in Comparative Perspective published earlier this year. Her articles have appeared in academic journals including Comparative Education ReviewComparative EducationAustralian Journal of International Affairs, and Pacific Affairs.

As a Korean-American scholar, Moon has written editorials and columns in both English and Korean on higher education in Korea and Asia for the Nikkei Asian Review, The Conversation, East Asia Forum, Australian Outlook, Dong-A Daily, MK News, and other media outlets.

Supported by the Koret Foundation, the Koret Fellowship brings professionals to Stanford to conduct research on contemporary Korean affairs. In 2015, the fellowship expanded its focus to include social, cultural and educational issues in North and South Korea, and aims to identify emerging scholars working on those areas.

During her fellowship, Moon will also give public talks and be a lead organizer of the Koret Workshop, an international conference held annually at Stanford.

Moon holds a doctorate and master’s degree in international comparative education from Stanford and a bachelor’s degree in French from Wellesley College.

publications

Journal Articles
August 2019

Skilled Migrants as Human and Social Capital in Korea

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August 2019

Korea’s Migrants: From Homogeneity to Diversity – An Asian Survey Special Section

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May 2019

1919 in Korea: National Resistance and Contending Legacies

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