Eun Jin Keish Kim

Eun-Jin Keish Kim is a dynamic scholar and educator currently serving as a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at Rutgers University. Holding a Ph.D. in American Studies from Harvard University, her research spans migration, feminism, citizenship, and more. Dr. Kim has received multiple fellowships and grants, published in respected journals, and actively contributes to public humanities through podcasts and anthologies. With a commitment to inclusive education, she teaches courses like "Queer Migrations" and has a proven track record of mentorship and service. Dr. Kim's work reflects a dedication to knowledge, activism, and fostering diverse voices in academia.

Publications:

• “Yanqui-man Put Roots on Her”: Afro-Religiosity and (Dis)abilities in Nelly Rosario’s Song of the Water Saints (2002).” Disability Studies Quarterly

• “[A] Migrant Vernacular.” In Fukushima, Annie Isabel and K. Melchor Quick Hall (Eds), Decolonial Feminist Genealogies & Futures

• “Three Essays Toward Care In and Beyond Academia” Kalfou: A Journal of Comparative and Relational Ethnic Studies

Media Appearances/Speaking Engagements:

• Undocumented Documentary Practice: Laura X Moya’s What the Pier Gave Us (2021) University of Illinois-Chicago

• On Trains, Undocumented/Unauthorized, Migration, and Settler-Colonialism, UC Berkeley,

• Antiracist Activisms: Police Abolition, Ethnic Studies, and Transformative Justice, Dartmouth College,

Organizations:

• ISGRJ

• Pre-Doctoral Fellowship for Excellence through Diversity at the University of Pennsylvania

• Immigration Initiative at Harvard

Accomplishments:

• Keynote, “Cultivating Courage and Ganas in the Times of Anti-immigrant Politics,”5th Annual Undocumented Graduation

• Certificate of Distinction in Teaching by the Office of Undergraduate Education

• MIT Media Lab Disobedience Award for founding Freedom University

Upcoming Projects:

• A Revolutionary Love Letter Podcast: To All Migrants Past, Present, and Future https://migrantloveletters.cargo.site/

• Radicle Anthology (co-edited with angel sujipto and Razeen Zaman, a multi-media online anthology publishing project aimed at archiving undocumented im/migrant voices, stories, and histories)

My work highlights undocumented immigrant youth movement and artists response to anti-immigrant culture.