Kwon Heo

Kwon Heo


Office: Bunche 3221A

Email: kwonheo@ucla.edu

Education

M.A. Geography, Seoul National University, 2021

B.A. Geography, Seoul National University, 2019

Research

International Migration, Ethnic Communities, (Im)mobilities, East Asia

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

SSCI (Social Sciences Citation Index)

2025 Bunnell, T., Spicer, Z., Miller, B., Abbruzzese, T., Cardullo, P., Chae, S., Chang, I.C.C., Charnock, G., Chung, M.K., Heo, K., Jou, S.C., Karvonen, A., Kordas, O., Kong, L., Ribera-Fumaz, R., Shin, H.R., and Woods, O. “The citizen and the smart city: a global comparison of institutional logics”. Urban Geography, 1-26.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2025.2551135

2024 Bui, T.M.H., Kim, J.R., and Heo, K. “Making of Vietnamese food in Seoul: forms of capital and the intra-diversity in framing taste and menu” Food, Culture, and Society, 27 (3): 810-827. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15528014.2023.2176991

KCI (Korean Citation Index)

2023 Kim, J.R., Bui, T.M.H., and Heo, K.  “민족 기업가 정신의 공간적 확산: 서울 내 베트남 이주민의 음식점을 중심으로” [Spatial Expansion of Ethnic Entrepreneurship: The Case of Vietnamese Immigrant-owned Restaurants in Seoul]. Asia Review 13(2): 59-81. https://doi.org/10.24987/SNUACAR.2023.8.13.2.59

2021 Heo, K. “안산시 외국인 정책 및 다문화 공간 방향성에 대한 비판적 고찰” [A Critical Analysis on the Political and Spatial Changes in Ansan] Space and Environment, 77: 304-337. http://dx.doi.org/10.19097/kaser.2021.31.3.304

2020 Heo, K. “변화하는 다문화 거버넌스: 안산 다문화마을 특구를 사례로” [Changing Multicultural Governances: the case of Ansan Multicultural Village Special Zone]. Journal of the Korean Association of Regional Geographers, 26, 2: 159-171. http://dx.doi.org/10.26863/JKARG.2020.5.26.2.159

Grants & Awards

2024 Hiroshi Wagatsuma Memorial Fellowship, Asia Pacific Center, UCLA

2020.9 – 2021.8 Lecture & Research Support Scholarship, Seoul National University

2019.9 – 2020.8 4-Zero Land Space Creation Scholarship, Brain Korea 21 Plus, The Korean Ministry of Education 

2017 SNU Development Fund Scholarship, Yook Jisu – Lee Gwanghee Foundation

Advisors

Jamie Goodwin-White