Emma X. Paulson
PhD, Information Sciences, Illinois (in progress)
B.A., Sociology and Anthropology, University of Puget Sound
Pronouns: she/her
Research focus
My research sits between information studies, Asian American studies, and adoption studies. I investigate how transracial, transnational adoptees use public media representation of Asian American communities in television and film to construct and make sense of their racial identities.
Honors and Awards
- 2014-2018 Otis Coolidge Chapman Honors Program
Courses currently teaching
Advisor
Publications & Papers
For a complete list of publications, visit Emma Paulson's Google Scholar profile or ORCID.
Chong, K. L., & Paulson, E. X. (2025). Wilson, Bernard, and Sharmani Patricia Gabriel, editors. Asian Children’s Literature and Film in a Global Age: Local, National, and Transnational Trajectories. Palgrave Macmillian, 2020. 434 pages. ISBN 9789811526319.
Paulson, Emma X., & Kyle L. Chong. Review of Ethnic Studies and Youth Literature: A Critical Reader, edited by Marilisa Jiménez García and Sonia Alejandra Rodríguez. The Lion and the Unicorn, (Under Review) (invited).
Presentations
Paulson, Emma X. (2018, Oct. 18). The Many Faces of Nuclear: War, Peace, and Climate Change [Conference presentation]. Journal of Curriculum Theorizing Annual Conference, Dayton, OH, United States.