Laura Hyun Yi Kang (born 1967) is a Korean-American scholar and writer.
Kang is a professor of gender and sexuality studies in the School of Humanities at University of California, Irvine.Hyun Yi Kang-faculty profile-University of California, Irvine Kang holds a B.A. in ethnic studies and English from UC Berkeley and a Ph.D. from UC Santa Cruz.
Selected works Traffic in Asian Women, Duke University Press, 2020 Writing Self, Writing Nation: A Collection of Essays on Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Third Women Press, 1994 (contributor) Compositional Subjects: Enfiguring Asian/American Women, Duke University Press, 2002Book review: Compositional Subjects Echoes upon Echoes: New Korean American Writings, Temple Univ Press, 2003 (co-editor)Book review: Echos upon Echos Conjuring "Comfort Women": Mediated Affiliations and Disciplined Subjects in Korean/American Transnationality, Journal of Asian American Studies - Volume 6, Number 1, February 2003, pp. 25–55 Journal of Asian American Studies
Awards Association of Asian American Studies Book Award in Cultural Studies 2003 UC Irvine Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research 1998
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