PEOPLE

Professor Hyo Jung Lee

ACADEMIC POSITION

• Assistant professor, Child and Family Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, 2022-Present 

• Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2018-2022

• Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida,Tampa, FL, 2016-2017

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Gerontology, University of Massachusetts Boston, MA

• MS in Gerontology, University of Massachusetts Boston, MA

• MSW, School of Social Welfare, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

• BAs in German Language & Literature / Psychology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

RESEARCH AREA 

Aging and Health, Family Relationships, Quality of Life and Death, Quantitative Methods

Research Team

In Hye Jung

• Ph. D. Candidate

• Research Interest : Family Caregiving, Leisure Activities of Older Adults, Aging in Place, Age-friendly Environment 

Hyunjoo An

• Integrated Master's-Ph.D. student

• Research Interest : Crisis Family Problems, Low-income Families

Minju Seong

• Integrated Master's-Ph.D. student

• Research Interest : Family and Health, Family Relationships, Intergenerational Transmission

Jisu Lee

• Master's student

• Research Interest : Family Life Education, Family Interaction, Family Therapy (Bowen's multigenerational family therapy) 

Goeun Ha

• Master's student

• Research Interest : Family Loss, Family Crisis, Parent-child Relationships

Hyunji Ahn

• Master's student

• Research Interest : Family Therapy, Family Relationships,  Well-being in Late Life

Alumni

Mihye Lim

• Ph. D. 2025.08

• Thesis : Adult Children's Transition to Adulthood and Psychological Well-Being in Later Life : The Moderating Effects of Socioeconomic Resources

Miseon Kang

• Ph. D. 2025.02

• Thesis : Multi-trajectories of Digital Skills Among Middle-aged and Older Adults : Predictors and Impact on Life Satisfaction

Seolah Lee

• Ph. D. 2025.02

• Thesis : The Impact of Life-course Socioeconomic Disparities on Midlife Depressive Symptoms : The Role of Family Conflict Coping Strategies

Taeeun Kim

• M.A. 2025.02

• Thesis : Adult Children's Divorce and Depressive Symptoms in Older Parents : The Moderating Effect of Parent-child Relationship Satisfaction