Position, Department
Associate Professor, Language Arts,
Contact Information
Email address: bkwon@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 845-9238
Courses Taught
- ENG 100 – Composition
- ENG 209 – Business and Managerial Writing
- ENG 250 – American Literature
- ENG 253 – World Literature to 1600
- ENG 255 – Short Story and Novel
- ENG 257E – Environmental and Ecological Nonfiction
- ENG 257F – Women in Literature
- ENG257H – Hip-hop Literature and Urban Culture
- ENG 257M – Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Asian/Pacific Literature
- ENG 257P – Literature and the Sea
Research
Service
- Poetry Open Mic Series (2003-2008)
- Youth Speaks Spoken Word Workshop
- Hawai’i Literary Arts Council Member
- Bamboo Ridge Press
- Bamboo Ridge Writers Conference Presenter
- No More/Joyful Heart Foundation for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivors
- Yoga/Meditation for campus and community
Professional Activities
- B.A. University of Southern California-English and Creative Writing
- Ph.D. University of California Los Angeles-Ethnic Studies/American Literature
- Fulbright Fellow 2005-2006
- Hawai’i Literary Arts Council Cades Literature Award 2015
- Smithsonian Asian American Literature Festival Presenter 2017, 2019
- Books: Beyond Ke’eaumoku: Koreans, Nationalism, and Local Culture in Hawai’i; The Sum of Breathing; YOBO: Korean American Writing in Hawai’i (editor), Kipuka: Finding Refuge in Times of Change (editor)
