History Department Faculty
Arissa Oh
Associate Professor
Arissa Oh
Ph.D.
Contact
Stokes Hall S345
Telephone: 617-552-3799
Email: arissa.oh@bc.edu
Education
- B.A., Yale University
- M.A., University of Chicago
- Ph.D., University of Chicago
Research Interests
Twentieth-century United States; U.S. immigration, race, and gender; Asian-American history; family and kinship
Department
Biography
Professor Oh’s current project examines the history of marriage migration and immigration fraud since the late 19th century. Her research and teaching interests include immigration, race, gender, and family in U.S. history, and transnational Asian-American history.
Publications
To Save the Children of Korea: The Cold War Origins of International Adoption (Stanford University Press, 2015).
"The Historical Roots of the Evangelical Adoption Boom" October 11, 2013 http://histsociety.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-historical-roots-of-evangelical_11.html
“From War Waif to Ideal Immigrant: The Cold War Transformation of the Korean Orphan”Journal of American Ethnic History, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Summer 2012): 34-55.
“A New Kind of Missionary Work: Christians, Christian Americanists, and the Adoption of Korean GI Babies, 1955-1961." Women’s Studies Quarterly, Vol. 33, Nos. 3 & 4, Fall/Winter 2005.