Curriculum Vitae
JEONG HYUN OH (JOHANNA)
University of Chicago 1126 East 59th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637 [email protected]
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Inequality, health, education, and subjective social status in global perspective, especially sub-Saharan Africa
EDUCATION
2016-curr. University of Chicago Ph.D. in Sociology
2018 University of Chicago M.A. in Sociology
2015 Cornell University B.A. in Africana Studies and Sociology
PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES
Oh, Jeong Hyun, Sara Yeatman, and Jenny Trinitapoli. 2019. “Data Collection As Disruption: Insights from a Longitudinal Study of Young Adulthood.” American Sociological Review 84(4):634-663.
Oh, Jeong Hyun. 2019.“Educational Expansion and Health Disparities in Ethiopia: 2005-2016.” Social Science & Medicine 235:112316.
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2021 The Committee on African Studies Graduate Student Research Grant, University of Chicago, $1,000
2021 Doctoral Research Innovation Fund, University of Chicago, $4,000
2020 Charles R. Henderson Fund, University of Chicago, $3,000
1 Last updated in May 2021 2020 Lloyd and Susanne Rudolph Field Research Award, Center for International Social Science Research, University of Chicago, $3,500
2019-20 Editorial Fellowship, American Journal of Sociology, $18,000
2019 The Committee on African Studies Graduate Student Research Grant, University of Chicago, $2,000
2018-19 Problem-Solving Sociology Dissertation Proposal Development Workshop, Northwestern University
2016-21 Social Sciences Fellowship, University of Chicago
2015 Cornell Undergraduate Student Travel Grant, $3,000
2014-15 Korean American Scholarship Foundation (KASF), $2,000
2013-14 Los Angeles Youngnak Scholarship, $1,000 Sarang Church Rev. Han-Hum Ok Scholarship, $6,000
AWARDS AND HONORS
2016 Third Place Winner, Alpha Kappa Delta Undergraduate Paper Competition “You Win or You Die: The Effect of Limited Resource on Child Mortality”
MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS
“Economic Exchanges, Relationship Quality, and Marital Dissolution among Young Women in Malawi.”
“Gendered Knowledge Crossing and Intra-Household Dynamics in Ethiopia.”
“Educational Expansion and Trends in Inequality in sub-Saharan Africa.”
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
External “Economic Transformation, Relationship Quality, and Marital Dissolution among Young Women in Malawi.” 1. (forthcoming) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, August, 2021. 2. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, May, 2021.
2 Last updated in May 2021 “Transmission of Gendered Knowledge and Intra-Household Dynamics in Ethiopia.” 3. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, April, 2020. 4. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Sociology of Development Conference, South Bend, IN, October, 2019.
“Educational Expansion and Health Disparities in a Rapidly Changing Society: The Case of Ethiopia.” 5. Paper presented at the IUSSP Population, Poverty, and Inequality Research Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, June, 2019 6. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Austin, TX, April ,2019. 7. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA, August, 2018.
Internal 1. “Accumulation of Wealth and Marital Quality among Young Couples in Malawi.” Paper presented at the African Studies Workshop, April, 2020. 2. “Data Collection As Disruption: Insights from a Longitudinal Study of Young Adulthood.” Paper presented at the Social Theory and Evidence Workshop, January, 2019. 3. “An Effort to Fertility Convergence: Revisiting the Effects of Population-Control Policies, 1976-2015.” Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Center for International Social Science Research, October, 2018. 4. “Educational Expansion and Health Disparities in a Rapidly Changing Society.” Paper presented at Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries, September, 2018. 5. “Does Education Promote Healthy Society? Analysis of Education Expansion and Health Inequality in Ethiopia.” Paper presented at the African Studies Workshop, April, 2018
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lecturer Winter 2020 Global Society II: Population Winter 2021 Global Society II: Population
Teaching Assistant Spring 2019 Global Society III: Social Changes Winter 2019 Global Society II: Population Fall 2018 Global Society I: Social Thought Spring 2018 Demographic Technique
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2017- Research Assistant, Tsogolo la Thanzi (TLT), University of Chicago
3 Last updated in May 2021 2015-16 Research Fellow, Ethiopia Women’s Empowerment and Development Project (EWEDP), Holeta, Ethiopia 2014-15 Research Assistant to Prof. N’Dri Assie-Lumumba, Cornell University 2014 Intern, United Nations Millennium Village Project, Gumulira, Malawi 2012-13 Research Assistant, Marcus Garvey Papers Project, UCLA
PROFESSIONAL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE
2019-20 Associate Editor, American Journal of Sociology 2018-20 Member, Manuscript Assignment Board, American Journal of Sociology 2015- Research Fellow, Africa Future Research Institute, Seoul, South Korea
Peer reviewer for American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) Population Association of America (PAA) American Sociological Association (ASA)
LANGUAGES AND SKILLS
Proficient in STATA, LATEX, and MAXQDU Fluent in Korean, Japanese, conversational in Swahili and Spanish
4 Last updated in May 2021