Sue-jin is a PhD student whose research focuses on African and Asian American literature from the mid-19th century to the present. In particular, she is interested in the characterization of trauma, memory, and mental illness within this historical context and how their manifestations complicate our typical understanding of temporality as linear and open up alternative means of experiencing time outside of capitalist and heteronormative frameworks.

• Degree: Began PhD program in 2019 
• Concentration: 20th and 21st-century American Literature 
• Advisor: Dorri Beam 
• B.A. English and Spanish, Texas Christian University