Michelle Choi, PhD
Director of Programs, Korea Institute
617-384-0603
CGIS South Building, S226, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Ph.D., Harvard University
M.A., University of Chicago
B.A., Duke University
Dr. Michelle Choi joined the Korea Institute in 2022. She oversees three major academic programmatic initiatives in Korean political economy and international relations, Korean art and performance, and the Korean diaspora. Before the Korea Institute, Choi was the Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies & Lecturer at Harvard University's Department of Anthropology. As part of the Undergraduate Program Team, she managed the undergraduate concentration program and advised undergraduate students who concentrate in Social Anthropology. Choi also taught courses on anthropology, Korea, research design, academic writing, and more. At Harvard, her dissertation explored the professional world of South Korean "unification preparation." In broad strokes, Choi is interested in nationalism, future, labor, and media. Her research has been supported by the Fulbright Program, the Social Science Research Council, and the Harvard Committee on General Scholarships, and has been published in journals such as the International Journal of Korean Unification Studies.