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David Oh
B.A. in Psychology, Journalism (minor) from Baylor University
M.A. in Broadcast Journalism from Syracuse University
Ph.D. in Mass Communications from Syracuse University
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David Oh earned his Ph.D. in Mass Communications, studying the ways in which second-generation Korean Americans make sense of and use transnational Korean media both as a reflection of and as a way to define their ethnic identity. The dissertation was unanimously approved without revisions by his dissertation committee, which included leading scholars in both Mass Communication, Cultural Studies, Developmental Psychology, and Cultural Anthropology.
Another interest include Asian American ethnic media. His paper co-written by Wanfeng Zhou, Framing SARS, which examines the differences in coverage of the SARS epidemic in Toronto by the leading Chinese language ethnic newspaper and the leading mass market daily in the city, was awarded the best student paper in the Mass Communications Division (Leslie Moeller Award) of the Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). His final research interest is representations of Asians and Asian Americans in media produced in the U.S.
Dr. Oh also spent two years in Seoul, South Korea, where he worked at ArirangTV, an English-language cable news network, and at SamsungSDS in the Marketing Communications department. He also graduated from Yonsei University's Korean Language Institute.
Academics aside, Dr. Oh likes to play tennis, watch movies, shoot pool, watch TV, and read. But, most of all, he likes to spend time with his wife, Elly, and his two kids, Noah and Aaron.