E-mail: jeong016@umn.edu

Background
Yeonbo Jeong is originally from Seoul, South Korea. She worked for campus feminist organizations and a feminist webzine. After receiving M.A. in Gender Studies from Seoul National University, she came to the U.S. to pursue her Ph.D. in Feminist Studies at the University of Minnesota.

Education
Ph.D. Student, Feminist Studies Program, 2004-present, University of Minnesota
M. A. Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (Gender Studies)
B. S. Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (Molecular Biology)

Research interests
Gender and Biomedical Technology, Science, Technology and Society; Gender and Health in Global Context; Transnational Feminist Theory

Presentations

• "Representation of Korean Women's Bodies in Biomedical Technologies: From Birth Control to Stem Cell Research," Society for Social Studies of Science, November 1-5, 2006, Vancouver, BC, Canada
• "Gendering Biotechnological Research: Women's Bodies and Health in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research in South Korea, " Science and Technology in Society, April 22-23, 2006, Washington, D.C., U.S.

Publications

• "Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Gender: Egg Donation, and Women's Labor and Participation, " Feminism Yun-Gu (Issues in Feminism) Vol. 7. No. 1. (2007)
• "Multiple Constructions of Nature and Medical Technology: Feminist Analysis of Childbirth Discourse, " Commemorative Publication for the Retirement of Professor Tae-Hwan Kwan (2006)
• "The Concept of Nature and Gender in the Culture of Childbirth Discourse,” Women and Society, Vol. 15, Korea Women's Studies Institute, pp. 232-256 (2004)
• “Gendered Nature of Science and the Life of a Woman Geneticist,” Women and Society, Vol. 14, Korea Women's Studies Institute, pp. 257-262 (2002)
• Women and Science Culture (May 2004), with Monsook Min, Korea Science Foundation
• Master Plan for Promoting Women in Science and Engineering (November 2003), with Eun-Kyung Lee, Science and Technology Policy Institute

Awards

• Office of International Programs Pre-Dissertation and Small Grant, 2007
• Society for Social Studies of Science Travel Grant, Fall 2006
• International Society For Policy and Social Studies of Science and Technology Travel Grant, Spring 2006
• GAPSA Travel Grant, Spring 2006, Fall 2006
• Fellowship, Department of Women's Studies, University of Minnesota, Fall 2004

Teaching Experience

• GWSS 3003 "Gender and Global Politics" (Spring 2008)
• GWSS 3203W "Skin, Sex, and Genes" (Fall 2007)
• GWSS 1001 "Gender, Power, and Society (Introduction to Women's Studies)," University of Minnesota (Fall 2006)
• GWSS 3202 "Biology of Women," University of Minnesota (Spring 2005)
• Korean Language, Korean Institute of Minnesota (May 2005, March 2006)

Community and/or University Activities

• Member, Graduate Committee, GWSS, University of Minnesota (Fall 2006-Spring 2007)
• Member, Undergraduate Committee, GWSS, University of Minnesota (Fall 2005-Spring 2006)
• Volunteer, Korean Institute of Minnesota (Spring 2005-Spring 2006)
• Member, "Women and Health Group" (2002-2004)
• Editor and Writer, Feminist Webzine "Dalara Dalsepo (Moon World, Daughter Cells)" (1998-2003)
• Member, "Kwanak Women's Organization," Seoul National University (1996-1999)