Minji Kim

Pronouns: she/her

Email: mkim1690@usc.edu
Advisor: Thomas Pringle

Minji Kim is a PhD student in the Division of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Southern California. She holds an MA in Cinema and Media Studies from USC and a BA in Cinema Studies from the Korea National University of Arts. Her research interests encompass documentary and non-fiction films, environmental media studies, and oceanic & island studies. Focusing on the islands across the Pacific such as Jeju in South Korea, she looks at the relationship between each island’s media landscape and the history of imperialism, militarism, and extractivism. She is the recipient of the 2025 Jonathan Kahana Writing Award from the SCMS Documentary SIG, and the 2024 Patricia Zimmermann Fellowship from Visible Evidence.