This episode is the second of a three-part series on friendship in the academy. Whitney interviews Grace Kao, IBM Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at Yale University. Grace shares her research on the racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, and gender dynamics of friendship and romantic relationships among teens and young adults. Grace also discusses her research on K-pop and how it ties in to representation. #BTSARMY

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Related readings and links:

Grace Kao Faculty Bio

The Company We Keep (Book co-authored by Grace Kao)

Wonseok Lee (Grace’s grad student collaborator)

BTS performs on the Tonight Show (K-pop Plug)

The Anxiety of Being Asian American: Hate Crimes and Negative Biases During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Article by Hannah Tessler, Meera Choi, and Grace Kao)

Stop AAPI Hate

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Recorded: February 4, 2021

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