Research Assistant Fellowship

From 2017-2021, the GW Institute for Korean Studies selected one student a year for the GWIKS Research Assistant Fellowship. The awardee received full tuition remission (up to 18 credits) and a salaried research assistantship working with research, communications, and events implementation at the GW Institute for Korean Studies. Please note that this fellowship is not currently being offered, but we will make an announcement accordingly if the fellowship is offered again in future years. Prospective students are encouraged to apply for our M.A. Fellowship program.

2020-2021 Recipient

portrait of Jean Hwang with blurred background

Jean Hwang is a Master of Arts candidate for the Elliott School of International Affairs’ Asian Studies program. Prior to joining GW, she worked as the Government Affairs Assistant for a policy advocacy organization in Virginia. She also spent time in Korea, interning for the United Nations Refugee Agency and the Korean National Assembly, where she exposed herself to relationships between international agreements and Korean politics. Jean’s primary interest is in the U.S.-Korea economic relations.

jhwang217@gwu.edu

2019-2020 Recipient

portrait of Soeun Lee in black shirt smiling at the camera

Soeun Lee is an M.A. candidate for the Asian Studies program, specializing in Korea and International Political Economy. She focuses her current academic study on trans-pacific and inter-Korea relations. Soeun has served as a Director of Korean Affairs at the Organization of Asian Studies (OAS) for AY 2019-2020 and is now serving as a Director of Public Affairs for AY 2020-2021. She was a Graduate Research Assistant at GWIKS for AY 2019-2020 and has been working at the international development research and consulting firm in Korea since May 2020. She studied Economics and International Studies with a minor in East Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison before coming to George Washington University.

slee97@gwu.edu

2018-2019 Recipient

Grace Kim in casual shirt posing for the camera

Grace Kim received her M.A. in Asian Studies from the Elliott School of International Affairs in 2020. She received her B.A. in History and Government from the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests include the current legal disputes among East Asian countries and the history of U.S. – South Korea relations. She had co-authored an article on Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies (vol. 18 no. 2, 2018, pp. 225-244.) and is currently researching the implications of Japan-South Korea relations on U.S.-South Korea alliance.

grace_h_kim@gwu.edu

2017-2018 Recipient

Kylan Toohey in blue shirt taking a selfie

Kylan Toohey is a first-year MA student in the Elliott School of International Affairs concentrating in Asian Studies. She studied International Studies and Korean language at the University of Mississippi and enrolled at the Elliott School immediately after graduation in May 2017. She spent her junior year of undergrad abroad at Korea University in Seoul, South Korea, and focuses her current academic research on Korean modern history and development.