Dr. Bo kyung Blenda Im is an ethnomusicologist who specializes in popular culture and Christianity in Korea and the Korean diaspora. During her second year in AY22-23, as the Global Korean Diasporas Postdoctoral Fellow, Blenda will continue to work on her book project, Transpacific Modernity and the Forgotten Constant: Race, Music, and Faith in Seoul. This ethnographic account of Black gospel and contemporary worship music in Korea reconceives transpacific musical modernity through a restorative chronopolitical framework. Blenda will also present her research at scholarly meetings, including the Calvin Summer Seminar “Power, Participation, and Access within Congregational Worship Music: Challenges and Possibilities” in August, and the Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting in November. Upon completion of her postdoctoral fellowship at the Korea Institute, Blenda will join the faculty at Yale University as Assistant Professor of Sacred Music and of Divinity.