Dean of Admissions, Handong Global University, 2025~Present
Associate/Assistant Professor of Sociology (Affiliated Faculty in Communication Studies & Global Korean Studies), Global Leadership School, Handong Global University, 2016 ~ Present
Visiting Research Scholar, Harrison Ruffin Tyler Department of History, College of William & Mary, 2022 ~ 2023
Visiting Research Fellow, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies; Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo, 2012~2013
Graduate Teaching Instructor/Assistant, Research Assistant, Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009~2015
Education
Ph.D. in Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst (with Distinction), 2016
M.A. in Communication, Seoul National University, 2008
Exchange Student, The University of Tokyo, 2007
B.P in Mass Communication, B.A in Christian Culture(with Honors), Handong Global University, 2006
Awards & Fellowships (selected)
Best Dissertation Award (최우수 박사논문상, 국제커뮤니케이션학회), International Communication Association(ICA), Global Communication and Social Change Division, 2017
The Urban Communication Foundation (UCF) Scholarship Award, Urban Affairs Association (UAA), 2015
The Japan-Korea Cultural Foundation Research Fellowship (일한문화교류기금 펠로우쉽). 2012~2013
SSRC Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop Grantee, Social Science Research Council (SSRC). 2012