Matthew Wegehaupt (Korean Studies): " Other Men, Other Masculinities--Making Masculinity Modern in Colonial Korea"
The standard tale of the modernization of patriarchy in Korea follows a narrative arc in which pre-modern feudal lords were replaced first by heroic "great men" who wielded military, economic, or political power with virtuosity and then by family leaders who brought rationality and a steady hand to the management of the family unit. Missing from this narrative, however, is any recollection of those men and those masculinities that either failed in the attempt to reach these ideals or avoided them altogether. Through a careful analysis of representations in popular literature, patterns of material consumption, and changes in cultural activities of daily life, this work uncovers the stories of these other men and finds in their elision the roots that give such enduring strength to contemporary Korean patriarchy.

Yan Long (Sociology and Women's Studies): " Other Femininity--Chinese Women and Professionalization in Engineering"
Participant observation and in-depth interview were used in this project to study the professionalization of Chinese women enrolled in doctoral programs in engineering at a university in the U.S.. Previous studies based on American women's experiences regarded the engineering professionalization of women as processes in which women adapt themselves to the masculine engineering culture and internalize the masculine professional identity. My preliminary findings reveal that this is an oversimplification. Dominant forms of engineering masculinity are engaged in multiple ways by individuals. I intend to answer why and how a particular femininity is produced. I argue that racial identities and moral categories shape how women consent to, respond to, and resist dominant engineering culture through the re-interpretation and translation of general notions of masculinity and femininity.