Seo-Young Chu

Seo-Young Chu (; born February 14, 1978) is a queer Korean American scholar, feminist, poet, #MeToo activist, and associate professor of English at Queens College, CUNY. She is the author of ''A Refuge for Jae-in Doe'' and ''Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep? A Science-Fictional Theory of Representation''.

Chu is best known for her scholarship on science fiction, her writing on the Koreas, her work on postmemory han, her work on the uncanny valley, her creative nonfiction and lyric poems exploring mental illness and sexual violence, and her work as an activist against rape culture on college campuses. She was one of the earliest #MeTooAcademia advocates, first speaking out in 2017, and remains active in the movement. She frequently campaigns for universities and colleges to create more robust sexual harassment policies, and enforce them. She also regularly speaks out on behalf of sexual assault victims in academia, encouraging universities to take accusations seriously, respond with compassion, and provide help to victims. She has also spoken out about sexual violence in Asian Americans. Provided by Wikipedia