Research Discipline/Bio
Noël is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of International and Transcultural Studies at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her dissertation research, situated in South Korean alternative schools for North Korean displaced youth, examines the impact of national unification discourse on resettlement schooling contexts. This project is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant in Cultural Anthropology. Noël's appointments as a Teaching Assistant have been in the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University, the Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures Department at Barnard College, the Education Program at Barnard College, and the International and Transcultural Studies department at Teachers College. She is also a Senior Editor for Current Issues in Comparative Education (CICE) Journal and former Academic Chair of the Association for Educational Anthropology (AEA) at Teachers College.
Educational Background
M.Phil, Applied Anthropology, Teachers College (2022)
M.A., Anthropology, Columbia University (2018)
B.A., History, Carnegie Mellon University (2016)
Honors/Awards
Teachers College Dean's Grant for Student Research, 2024; Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant in Cultural Anthropology, National Science Foundation (NSF), 2023-2024; Arthur Zankel Urban Fellowship, 2018-2020; Columbia University Roger Lehecka Double Discovery Center Fellowship 2018-2020.
Publications/Exhibitions
Um, Noël. 2020. “Biopower, mediascapes, and the politics of fear in the age of COVID-19." City & Society 32 (2).
Last Updated: Oct 1, 2024