Eunsil Oh
Credentials: Assistant Professor of Korean Sociology
Email: eoh26@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 263-7422
Address:
7109 Sewell Social Sciences
Office Hours: Tuesday 2:30-4:30, Thursday 3:00-4:30
Education
PhD, Sociology, Harvard University (2018)
Research Interests
Three key words of my research are gender, work, and family. As a qualitative sociologist, my research aims to explore key themes in women’s narratives of their early work lives and family decisions and discover the underlying social and cultural forces that shape these decisions.
Courses
Gender, Work, and Family in East Asia
Introduction to Sociology of Gender
Social Change in Contemporary Korea
Selected Publications
Brinton, Mary and Eunsil Oh. 2019. “Babies, Work, or Both? Highly Educated Women’s Employment and Fertility in East Asia.” American Journal of Sociology. Volume 125 issue1, page(s): 105-140.
Oh, Eunsil. 2018. “Who Deserves to Work? How Women Develop Expectations of Childcare Support in Korea.” Gender & Society. Volume: 32 issue: 4, page(s): 493-515.