Song Joseph Cho

Associate Professor | INDS, Program Director of TESL | Modern Languages

Education

M.Div. in Evangelism & Missions, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
M.A. in TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language), Liberty University
M.A. in English, Ohio Dominican University
Doctor of Intercultural Studies (DIS), Western Seminary
M.A. in Christian Studies, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
M.A. in Spanish, Middlebury College
B.A. in Spanish, New York University

Biography

Dr. Song (Joseph) Cho is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Liberty University. Prior to coming to Liberty University, he taught at Hampton University and Oklahoma Baptist University. His research interests include biblical allusions in literature, Global Christianity, Korean popular culture (e.g., K-Pop and K-Dramas), and Japanese Anime/Manga.

Selected Publications

“The Protoevangelium in John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath.” Accepted for publication in Steinbeck Review (The Pennsylvania State University Press).
“The Joy of Reading Studio Ghibli.” Children & Libraries: The Journal of the Association for Library Service to Children, vol. 22, no. 4, 2024. (American Library Association)
“Learning English through Manga (Japanese Comic Books).” TESOL Journal, vol. 15, no. 3, 2024. (Wiley)
“Echoes of the Biblical Story of Joseph and His Brothers in Willa Cather’s O Pioneers!” ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes, and Reviews, vol. 37, no. 3, 2024. (Routledge)
“A Note on Judgment Day Fire in Flannery O’Connor’s ‘Revelation.’” Flannery O’Connor Review, vol. 21, 2023.
“Biblical Allusions and the Passion of Christ in García Márquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold.” Journal of Christianity and World Languages, vol. 24, 2023. (Christian Association of World Languages)
“Understanding the Written Word through Popular Culture in Japan.” Evangelical Missiological Society, vol. 30, 2022.“Willa Cather’s Use of Psalms in My Ántonia.” Willa Cather Review, vol. 63, no. 1, 2022.
“Jane Austen’s Lady Susan as a Possible Source of Inspiration behind C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters.” Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature, vol. 40, no. 1, 2021.
“The Vision of the Apostle John in Flannery O’Connor’s ‘Revelation.’” Flannery O’Connor Review, vol. 19, 2021
“The Fairy Tale World of Korean Dramas (K-Dramas): Using Korean Pop Culture for Evangelism.” Evangelical Missions Quarterly, vol. 55, no. 3, 2019.
“Becoming a Little Child in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.” The Dickensian, vol. 111, no. 497, 2015. (Dickens Fellowship, UK).
“The Book of Proverbs in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.” Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal, vol. 36, 2014.
“Charles Dickens’ Jacob Marley and the Gospel of St Mark.” Notes and Queries, vol. 61, no. 4, 2014. (Oxford University Press)
“Thomas Hardy and the Samaritan Woman in the Gospel of John.” Hardy Society Journal, vol. 9, no. 2, 2013.
“The Monkey and the Fish.”. Evangelical Missions Quarterly, vol. 49, no. 3, 2013.
“Tess of the D’Urbervilles and the Transfiguration of Christ.” Hardy Society Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, 2012.
“Thomas Hardy’s Ironic Use of Scripture in Tess of the D’Urbervilles.” The Thomas Hardy Yearbook, vol. 39, 2011 (St. Peter Port Eng.: Toucan Press).
“The Catholic and Nahuatl Elements in Juan Rulfo’s Pedro Páramo.” Journal of Christianity and World Languages, vol. 11, 2010.