Visiting Assistant Professor, Science, Technology, Health, and Society
Yoehan Oh's research focuses on the history and social studies of computer science, information technology, and data infrastructures across the U.S., East Asia, and Asian America. His book project, based on his dissertation supported by the Jongha Scholarship Foundation and the D. Kim Foundation for the History of Science & Technology in East Asia, examines the recent history of platform sovereignty through a South Korean case study. Another research project of his is the history of computing, A.I., multiculturalism, and human labor and creativity, supported by the ACM (Association of Computing Machineries) History Committee Fellowship. His research is inspired by his past and current teaching, including one at the Science, Technology, Health and Society Program, where his courses include: History of Modern Science and Technology; Scientific Lives and Legacies; and Science, Technology, and Politics.
Publications
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Oh, Yoehan. "Teaching the History of Computing across Asia/America: Computerization, Globalization, and Racialization." In IFIP International Conference on the History of Computing, pp. 1-26. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2026.
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Oh, Yoehan. "Tech oligarchy meets developmental state: translating developmentalist and regulatory imaginaries to platform capitalism in South Korea." Science as Culture (2026): 1-16.
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Kim, Theodore, Yoehan Oh, and Jacinda Tran. "The Vietnamese Computer Scientist Who Made Toy Story Possible." TIME Magazine: Made by History (2024).
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Kim, Theodore, Yoehan Oh, and Jacinda Tran. "The Life and Legacy of Bui Tuong Phong." In ACM SIGGRAPH 2024 Talks, pp. 1-2. 2024.
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Kim, Eun-Sung, Yoehan Oh, and Gi Woong Yun. "Sociotechnical challenges to the technological accuracy of computer vision: The new materialism perspective." Technology in Society 75 (2023): 102388.