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Nayoung Aimee Kwon

Associate Professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
Box 90414, Durham, NC 27708-0414
2204 Erwin Road Room 209, Box 90414, Durham, NC 27708

Awards & Honors


Best Edited Volume in 2023

Scholarly Society Society for Cinema and Media Studies · 2023 2023 Best Edited Volume Award from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies for Theorizing Colonial Cinema: Reframing Production, Circulation, and Consumption of Film More about this award

Arts & Sciences Dean's Award in Diversity Leadership

University Duke University Trinity College of Arts & Sciences · 2019 More about this award

AAS NEAC Japan Studies Grants

National Association for Asian Studies · 2010

In the News


Published October 12, 2023
Asian American Studies Has Arrived
Published July 12, 2023
SCMS congratulates Nayoung Aimee Kwon, Duke U., Takushi Odagiri, Kanazawa U., and Moonim Baek, Yonsei U. on receiving the 2023 Best Edited Collection Award
Published March 7, 2022
Duke Launches Asian American Studies Minor
Published October 29, 2021
Korean Film Goes Global
Published July 19, 2021
11 Duke-Authored Books on Global Perspectives
Published June 21, 2021
UNIVERSITY COURSE RAISES RACE AS A CENTRAL ELEMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
Published March 29, 2021
The History of Violence Against Asian Americans
Published March 17, 2021
Triangle-Area Asian-Americans Suffer "Grief, Devastation" in Wake of Atlanta Shootings
Published October 26, 2020
Overturn the Oligarchy: Poets discuss building bridges between Black and Asian communities
Published October 23, 2020
the bAASement podcast
Published June 27, 2019
After 50 Years, Asian American Studies Programs Can Still Be Hard to Find
Published February 25, 2019
Let the Games Begin: Trinity Opens Lab to Study Game Development
Published February 21, 2019
Statement to Duke's Leadership
Published December 7, 2018
"A Tale of Two Sisters" Explores Common Female Tropes
Published May 3, 2018
Duke Launches Asian American Studies Program After Decades of Student Efforts
Published March 1, 2014
Duke Engage South Korea