Hi! I’m a Ph.D. Candidate at the Hussman School of Journalism and Media, Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I’m also a graduate affiliate with the Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP). I’ll be joining the department of Journalism, University of Massachusetts Amherst as an Assistant Professor of Media Law and Ethics starting September 2024. It’s official!
I am a multidisciplinary scholar who studies artificial intelligence ethics and platform governance. I am passionate about my research because of its implications for equity and democracy.
South Korea’s Press Freedom Under Fire. Read how in The Diplomat (2024)
Transnational platform ecosystems harm children and women outside the West. Read how in Tech Policy Press (2022)
AI chatbot systems can harm users in several ways. Read how in Slate (2021)
Ph.D. in Communication, Expected 2024
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
M.A. in Communication, 2018
Seoul National University, South Korea
B.A. in Media and Mass Communication, 2016
Korea University, South Korea
B.B.A in Business Administration, 2016
Korea University Business School, South Korea
Python, SQL, R | SPSS, STATA, Qualtrics, MTurk
survey, experiment, content analysis, statistical analysis
interview/focus-group, textual analysis, grounded theory