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Hong Jin Jo The University of Chicago | Department of Sociology | 1126 East 59th Street | Chicago, IL 60637 (773) 627-7170 | [email protected] Updated November 2020
EDUCATION University of Chicago (Chicago, IL): Sociology Ph.D. Candidate in English 2016 -
Seoul National University (Seoul, South Korea): Sociology M.A. in Korean 2012 Thesis: “Research on affiliation divestiture and succession of business group: in case of Korea, 1989-2010” Seoul National University (Seoul, South Korea): Economics B.A. Cum Laude in Korean 2010
PRIMARY RESEARCH INTERSTS Sociology of Education, Social Change, Historical Sociology, Globalization, Political Sociology, Economic Sociology, Social Network Analysis, Social Theory, Comparative Research (East Asia)
PUBLICATIONS Kwi Byung Kwak, Dae-Wook Kim and Hong Jin Jo. 2018. “How Do People Evaluate the Human Rights?: Focusing on National-Level Variables, SES, Discrimination, Democracy, and Political Participation” (in Korean). Korean Journal of Sociology 52(1): 117-151.
PRESENTATIONS “Ivy League above “SKY”: Stranded Dream of Korean (Upper-) Middle-Class” Roundtable Presentation at 2020 ASA Annual Meeting Aug. 8th, 2020 2019 Annual Conference of Social Science History Association Nov. 21st, 2019 Conference on Multifaceted Aspects of Education in Contemporary Korea Sep. 20th, 2019 7th International Conference of NextGen Korean Studies Scholars May. 17th, 2019 21st Annual Chicago Ethnography Conference Mar. 16th, 2019
“Ivy League, Targeted: New Institutionalist Explanation of a South Korean High School’s Solution” Roundtable Presentation at 2018 ASA Annual Meeting Aug. 12th, 2018 East Asia Workshop: Politics, Economy and Society, University of Chicago May. 29th, 2018 4th Research Network on Education, Family, and Inequality in Korea Feb. 24th, 2018
“How Do People Evaluate the Human Rights?: Focusing on National-Level Variables, SES, Discrimination, Democracy, and Political Participation” Semiannual Meeting of the Korean Sociological Association Jun. 17th, 2016
“Affiliation Divestiture As a Detour for Succession - in Case of Korean Business Groups, 1989-2010” XVIII International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology Jul. 18th, 2014 Semiannual Meeting of the Korean Sociological Association Dec. 22th, 2013 2
EXPERIENCE University of Chicago, Illinois, United States Lecturer - Social Science Inquiry 2020 Manuscript Board – American Journal of Sociology 2018 - 2019 Coordinator – Money, Markets and Governance Workshop 2018 - 2019 Teaching Intern – Social Science Inquiry 2018 - 2019 Korean Librarian Assistant – The University of Chicago Library 2018 -
Republic of Korea Airforce Finance Officer (First Lieutenant) 2012 - 2015
Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea Editorial Assistant – Development and Society 2010 - 2012
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Reviewer – American Journal of Sociology, Socio-Economic Review
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS
Doctoral Research Innovation Fund ($4,700), University of Chicago 2020
Charles R. Henderson Research Grant ($3,000), University of Chicago 2020
Korean Studies Pre-Dissertation Research Grant ($3,000), Center for East Asian Studies,
University of Chicago 2019
SNUAA Chicago Scholarship ($1,000), SNUAA Chicago 2018
SNUAA Scholarship ($1,000), Seoul National University Alumni Association in USA 2018
Visiting Student (10,000 RMB), Zhejiang University, China 2018
Grad Council Advanced Travel Fund ($600), University of Chicago 2018
Social Science Research Travel Grant ($200), University of Chicago 2018
Center for East Asian Studies Conference Travel Grant ($300), University of Chicago 2018 - 2019
Social Sciences Fellowship (5 years), University of Chicago 2016 - 2021
Travel Grant for Starting Sociologists in East Asia, XVIII ISA Organizing Committee 2014
Lecture and Research Scholarship, Seoul National University 2012
Nat’l Research Fellowship for Humanities (2 years), Korea Student Aid Foundation 2010 - 2011
Domestic Kwanjeong Scholarship (3 years), Kwanjeong Educational Foundation 2007 - 2009
Superior Academic Performance Scholarship (1 year), Seoul National University 2006 3
SKILLS Languages: Korean - Native, English – Fluent, French, Japanese and Chinese – Speak and read with basic competence SPSS, STATA, R, NetMiner, UCINET, MAXQDA
REFERENCES Elisabeth S. Clemens William Rainey Harper Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology and the College Department of Sociology, University of Chicago [email protected], (773) 834-4746
Stephen Raudenbush Lewis-Sebring Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology, the College, and the Harris School of Public Policy Studies; Chair, Committee on Education Department of Sociology, University of Chicago [email protected], (773) 834-1904
Marco Garrido Assistant Professor Department of Sociology, University of Chicago [email protected], (773) 702-6515
Bruce Cumings Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor Department of History, University of Chicago [email protected], (773) 834-1818