About Sueen

Dr. Sueen Marie (Noh) Kelsey is an associate professor in Communication Arts Department and a co-director in Gender Studies Program at North Park University. She has developed and taught a wide variety of courses, including large lectures and small seminar classes, at North Park University, Elmhurst University, Trinity Christian College, North Central College, Wheaton College, Temple University, Kutztown University, and Ewha International Summer College in Seoul, South Korea. 

Courses taught include Intro to Communication Studies, Rhetorical Theory & Analysis, Korean Media & Pop Culture, The Gender Matrix, Gender Communication, Gender Studies, Gender, Race, & Media, Media & Cultural Identity, Global Media & Global Voices, Intercultural Communication, Intro to International Studies, Critical Issues in Women's Studies, Intro to New Media, Public Relations, Interpersonal Communication, Group Communication, Digital Society, Public Speaking, Mobile Media, Intro to Media Theory, Intro to Media Studies, Intro to Speech-Communication Theory & Research, The Future of Your TV, Mass Media Writing Lab, and Publication Design. 

Dr. Kelsey's research interests revolve around globalization, virtual fan communities, digital/social media, popular culture, gender issues, and identity negotiation in local and global contexts. She has published book chapters and articles in academic journals, such as Ewha Journal of Social Sciences, Global Media Journal and International Journal of Comic Art.  She has been invited to give talks at North Park University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Most recently, she is interested in exploring cultural globalization via digital and social media in the wake of the Korean Wave (Hallyu) phenomenon, with an emphasis on how cultural continuity in South Korea survives and evolves in a highly globalizing era.

Originally a South Korean native and now a first-generation immigrant, she has studied and lived in the United States since 2002. As she teaches and interacts with American students, she explores trans-cultural communication and identity negotiation on a daily basis. She enjoys watching Korean TV shows and movies on her iPad mini to keep in touch with her cultural roots, as well as to get inspiration for her research projects. She is also an avid Pokémon Go (Team Instinct) player.