Stephanie Choi [#KCON18LA Special Guest]

Stephanie Choi is a doctoral candidate in ethnomusicology program at UC Santa Barbara. She is writing her PhD dissertation on intimate labor, gendered fandom and media industry in the transnational circulation of K-Pop. For her research, Stephanie has interviewed more than fifty people in the K-Pop world, including idols, entertainment company CEOs, A&R directors, music video directors, show producers, and most importantly, fans.