Han
Dr. Benjamin Min Han
About: Dr. Han’s research focuses on global media, race and ethnicity, Korean popular culture, and the cultural intersections between East Asia and Latin America.
Education
Ph.D., Cinema Studies, New York University
M.A., Cinema-Television, University of Southern California
B.S., Radio-TV-Film, University of Texas at Austin
Research Interests and Activities
Dr. Han’s research focuses on global media, Korean popular culture, and race and ethnicity. His intellectual interests in these three areas stem from his personal experiences as a diasporic itinerant living in South Korea, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Indonesia and the United States. Specifically, his work examines the cultural intersections between Korea and Latin America through a transpacific examination of media and cultural flows despite the lack of shared cultural, linguistic, and geographical affinities. Additionally, his scholarship seeks to challenge the West-East and Black-White binaries that have long informed studies of race and global media. He is the author of Beyond the Black and White TV: Asian and Latin American Spectacle in Cold War America (Rutgers University Press, 2020); Reckoning with the World: South Korean Television and the Latin American Imaginary (Temple University Press, forthcoming 2025); and Beyond Squid Game: Korean Media and the Netflix Paradigm (University of Texas Press, forthcoming 2026). He is also the coeditor of Korean Pop Culture beyond Asia: Race and Reception (University of Washington Press, 2024). His articles have been published in the International Journal of Communication, Critical Studies in Media Communication, Television & New Media, Media, Culture & Society, and Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Images. He is currently working on a new book project titled Korean Pop Culture in the South: Affective Care and Local Spaces of Fandom.
Experience
Prior to joining Grady College, Dr. Han taught at Tulane University in New Orleans. He teaches Entertainment Media Industries and Global Media Industries, among other courses at Grady College.