Academic Publications

Grace has a PhD in Cinema and Media Studies from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television. She specializes in Korean television, film, and queer/gender theory. She hosts K-Drama School podcast.

Media, Culture & Society

Jung, Grace. "Aspirational paternity and the female gaze on Korean reality–variety TV." Media, Culture & Society 42, no. 2 (2020): 191-206.

Jump Cut

Jung, Grace. "Queer politics of Korean variety tv: state, industry and genre." Jump Cut 60, 2021.

New Review of Film and Television Studies

Jung, Grace. "Recovering the TV career of Korean American comedian Johnny Yune." New Review of Film and Television Studies 18, no. 4 (2020): 480-501.

Journal of Cinema and Media Society

Jung, Grace. "Feminist Realism in K-Dramas: My Mister and Something in the Rain.” Journal of Cinema and Media Studies 64, no.5 (2024-2025). FORTHCOMING

Zombies, Pandemics and Politics: New Directions in Zombie Studies (anthology)

Jung, Grace. “Excavating Decomposing Memories of Massacres: Zombies in Na Hong-jin’s The Wailing.” Eds. C Heffernan, E Tonkin, L, Flores. Zombies, Pandemics and Politics: New Directions in Zombie Studies. University of Wales Press. (2025-2026). FORTHCOMING