SORA Y. HAN

center for the study of law and culture
Columbia Law School
435 W. 116th Street • new york, ny • 10027
212/854-4908 •
EDUCATION
Ph.D. History of Consciousness
Parenthetical in Women’s Studies / University of California, Santa Cruz / June 2006 (expected)
J.D.
Emphasis in Critical Race Studies
Journal of Sexual Orientation Law / University of California, Los Angeles / May 2004
B.A. Comparative Ethnic Studies
Summa Cum Laude / University of California, Berkeley / May 1999
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
¨  Research Fellowship / Center for the Study of Law and Culture
School of Law, Columbia University / Fall 2004
¨  Vincent A. Marco Memorial Scholarship / Vincent A. Marco Memorial Scholarship Fund / Spring 2003
¨  Davis-Putter Scholarship / Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund / Fall 2002
¨  Eugene Cota-Robles Graduate Fellowship / University of California, Santa Cruz / Fall 2000
¨  University Medal Finalist / University of California, Berkeley / Spring 1999
¨  Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society / University of California, Berkeley / Spring 1999
¨  Haas Scholars Research Fellowship / University of California, Berkeley / Spring 1998
¨  Yuhan Scholarship / University of California, Berkeley / Fall 1997
WORK EXPERIENCE
¨  Visiting Fellow / Center for the Study of Law and Culture
School of Law, Columbia University / August 2004-July 2005
¨  Graduate Student Instructor / “Race, Law & Equal Protection”
African American Studies
University of California, Los Angeles / September-December 2003
¨  Summer Associate / Lim, Ruger & Kim, LLP
Los Angeles, CA / May-August 2003
¨  Legal Advocate / Justice Now (Network on Women)
Oakland, CA / June 2001-September 2002
¨  Graduate Student Instructor / “Transnationalism, Feminism, Cinema”
Latin American & Latino Studies
University of California, Santa Cruz / March-June 2002
¨  Co-Instructor / “Violence Against Women of Color”
Women’s Studies
University of California, Santa Cruz / January-March 2002
¨  Associate Researcher / Applied Research Center
Oakland, CA / June 2001-January 2002
¨  Graduate Student Instructor / “Contemporary U.S. Immigration”
Dept. of Comparative Ethnic Studies
University of California, Berkeley / January-May 2001
¨  Legal Advocate / Legal Services for Prisoners With Children
San Francisco, CA / June-September 2000
¨  Research Assistant / Prof. Devon Carbado, School of Law
University of California, Los Angeles / May-October 2000
¨  Program Assistant / East Bay Asian Youth Center
Oakland, CA / May 1998-May 1999
¨  Research Assistant / Center for Social Services Research
School of Social Welfare
University of California, Berkeley / November 1996-May 1999
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journal Articles
“Veiled Threats” in Feminist Studies Journal (College Park: University of Maryland, forthcoming).

Book Chapters

“Intersectional Sensibilities and the Shudder” in Renee Heberle & Ashley Pryor (eds.), Feminist Interpretations of Theodor Adorno (University Park: Penn State UP, forthcoming).
“Geopolitics and Coalitional Organizing: Unlocking Race and Gender from Within the Prison Industrial Complex” in Asale Angel-Ajani & Julia Sudbury (eds.), Lockdown: Race, Gender, Globalization and Criminalization (New York: Routledge, forthcoming).
PRESENTATIONS & LECTURES
Conference presentations
¨  “The Racial Politics of Asian American Jurisprudence” / Asian Pacific American Law Journal Symposium
University of California, Los Angeles / February 2004
¨  “The Feel of Law” / American Studies Association
Hartford, CT / October 2003
¨  “Veiled Threats” / American Studies Association
Houston, TX / November 2002
¨  “Terrorism and the Image of Woman” / Law and Society Association
Vancouver, BC, Canada / May-June 2002
¨  “Globalization and Punishment” / Color of Violence
University of Chicago, IL / March 2002
¨  “Women’s Imprisonment, Commanding View” / Instruments of Torture: Middle Ages to the Present
Herbst International Exhibition Hall, San Francisco, CA / June 2001
¨  “Prisons and Violence Against Women of Color” / Thinking Gender Conference
University of California, Los Angeles / March 2001
¨  “Civil Death and the Politics of Imprisonment” / Committing to Conscience: Ending the Death Penalty
San Francisco, CA / November 2000
¨  “Asian American Prisoner Narratives” / Haas Scholars Annual Research Conference
University of California, Berkeley / April 1999
Lectures
¨  “Themes in Equal Protection and Race” / African American Studies Department
University of California, Los Angeles / October & November 2003
¨  “Race, Gender, and the War” / Women’s Studies Department
University of California, Santa Cruz / November 2001
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
¨  Coordinator for L.E.A.D. Project / Critical Resistance, Los Angeles Chapter / January 2004-July 2004
¨  Organizer for Critical Resistance/Incite! Coalition Against Gender Violence / Incite! Women of Color Against Violence
National Organization / December 2001-July 2004
¨  National Coordinator for Prison Issues / Incite! Women of Color Against Violence
Oakland, CA / April 2001-December 2001
¨  Film Festival Coordinator / Women of Color Research Cluster
University of California, Santa Cruz / September 2000-June 2002