Nayoung Bishoff

Nayoung Bishoff is a Ph.D. student in English at the George Washington University where she is a Columbian Distinguished Fellow. Her research focuses on comparative literature between East and West, particularly Romanticism and Shakespearean adaptations. She has presented on gender, cultural globalization, and film and theater studies at the Modern Language Association (MLA), American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA), Shakespeare Association of America (SAA), Asian Shakespeare Association (ASA), Renaissance Society of America (RSA), Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) and other venues.

Her most recent article, “Beyond The (K-Pop) Scene: BTS’s Wings and Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray,” was published in Literature/Film Quarterly (Vol. 53.1, 2025). Her recent publications can also be found in Borrowers and Lenders: The Journal of Shakespeare and Appropriation and The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Shakespeare, among others.

Her short story, “The Land of Canaan,” which examines the plight of North Korean refugees, received the Korean Literary Society of Washington’s award in 2023. Her work on this topic was also featured by Radio Free Asia. Dedicated to amplifying marginalized voices through storytelling, she has played a pivotal role in broadening perspectives on gender and immigration within comparative studies. As Editor-in-Chief of Korean Literature of Washington, Bishoff strives to bridge the gap between South Korea and the Korean American diaspora, improving access to literary works written in both English and Korean.