Publications

Selected publications, my M.A. thesis, and manuscripts in progress are listed below.
Please see my CV for a full list of conference presentations and research experience.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Hwang, J., Han, N., Cha, P., Zhao, H., & Lee, C.-S. (2025). Brokerage of the illicit migrant labor and trust: Private labor brokers in the day-labor market. Korean Journal of Sociology, 59(4), 1–45.

Book Chapters

Cha, P. (Forthcoming, 2026). Return Migration to South Korea and Identity Negotiation among Zainichi Koreans: A Comparative Study of Zainichi Kankokujin and Zainichi Chōsenjin. In Seoul National University School of Law (Ed.), Hakbong Award Selected Papers 2 (2021–2025) [학봉상 수상논문집 2 (2021–2025)]. (in Korean)

Conference Proceedings

Cha, P. (2023). Imagined Homeland: The Identity Transformation Process of Zainichi Koreans Visiting South Korea [想像された祖国: 韓国訪問在日のナショナル・アイデンティティ変化過程を中心に]. In Proceedings of the 3rd Research Conference of the Japan Association of Koreanology (pp. 50–60). Japan Association of Koreanology. (in Japanese)

M.A. Thesis

Cha, P. (2025). A Study on the Return Migration and Identity Negotiation of Zainichi Koreans: Focusing on a Comparison between Zainichi Kankokujin and Zainichi Chosenjin [재일한인의 귀환과 정체성 협상 연구: 재일한국인과 재일조선인에 대한 비교를 중심으로]. M.A. thesis, Department of Sociology, Sogang University. (in Korean; English and Japanese abstracts available)

Works in Progress

Zhao, H., Hwang, J., & Cha, P. Class mobility and the reproduction of inequality among migrant workers: A comparative analysis of Chinese Korean (Joseonjok) and Han Chinese migrants. Manuscript in preparation. (Corresponding author)

Cha, P. From Korean Wave (Hallyu) to Colonial Memory: The Transgenerational Reconnection of Zainichi Korean Youth. Manuscript in preparation. Earlier version accepted for oral presentation at the ISA Forum of Sociology, Rabat.