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Hello! My name is Minjeong (MJ) Jeon. I am a Professor of Advanced Quantitative Methods in the Social Research Methodology  (SRM) Division of the UCLA School of Education & Information Studies. I am the SRM Division Head and an affiliated faculty of the UCLA Center for Social Statistics.  I obtained my Ph.D. in Quantitative Methods and MA in Statistics from UC Berkeley.  Before joining the UCLA faculty, I was an Assistant Professor of Quantitative Psychology and Translational Data Analytics group at Ohio State University. 

My research revolves around developing, applying, and estimating various latent variable models for studying measurement and growth.  My recent research topics include network analysis, joint modeling, and process modeling. 

I enjoy collaborating with researchers from diverse areas, such as psychology, neuroscience, policy, medicine, dentistry, computer science, biostatistics, statistics, etc.