Academic Publications

Grace has a PhD in Cinema and Media Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Theater, Film and Television. She specializes in queerness, gender, television and film studies and taught media studies courses at UCLA and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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.

Acta Koreana

Jung, Grace and Evan Hall. “Yi Sang’s Construct in Language and Space.” Acta Koreana 13, no. 2, December 2010.

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 (2025).

Zombies in Contemporary Culture: Journeys, Bodies, Pandemics and Politics

Jung, Grace. “Excavating Decomposing Memories of Massacres: Zombies in Na Hong-jin’s The Wailing.” Eds. C Heffernan, E Tonkin, L, Flores. Zombies in Contemporary Culture: Journeys, Bodies, Pandemics and Politics. University of Wales Press (2025).

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.