Prof. Ji-yeon Lee

Ji-yeon Lee is a psychologist whose work sits at the intersection of counseling psychology, digital safety, and human–technology interaction. Holding a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Purdue University and licensed as a psychologist in New York State, she brings clinical depth and research rigor to how people experience harm online, what psychological mechanisms drive those experiences, and how systems, platforms, and policies can be designed to protect rather than expose.

Dr. Ji-yeon Lee is a psychologist whose work sits at the intersection of counseling psychology, digital safety, and human–technology interaction. Holding a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Purdue University and licensed as a psychologist in New York State, she brings clinical depth and research rigor to how people experience harm online, what psychological mechanisms drive those experiences, and how systems, platforms, and policies can be designed to protect rather than expose.

• Professor, Counseling Psychology, Graduate School of Education, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies  (http://gsecp.hufs.ac.kr/)

• Chair of 상담・UX심리 융합전공 (https://dep.hufs.ac.kr/sites/psychology/index.do)

• Education
  - Ph. D. Purdue University (Counseling Psychology) 

• Clinical license
  -  L. P., (Licensed Psychologist) in the State of New York, U.S.A.
  -  Counselor License 1st Grade, Korean Counseling Psychological Association 

• Previous Academic Position
  - University of Texas at Tyler (Assistant Professor)
  - Seton Hall University (Assistant Professor)

• UN Women Consultant 2026

Advisory & Policy

•   Experts Committee, Kering Foundation, Paris (2024–present)

•   Women’s Safety Experts, Meta (2018–present)

•   Suicide & Self-Injury Advisor, Meta (2018–present)

•   Research partnership on non-consensually shared intimate images with Facebook (2019–2022)

•   User Safety Advisory Board, Bondee, Singapore (2023–2025)

•   Meta APAC Safety Summit panel — Singapore (2018, 2023, 2024), Bangkok (2019)

•   Meta Global Safety Summit panel — New York (2019)

•  Correction Policy Advisory Board, Ministry of Justice, Republic of Korea (2026–2027)

• Invited Talks & Keynotes (최근)

•   AI 시대의 상담 윤리와 라포 재구성 — 대한스트레스학회, 서울대병원 (2026)

•   Digital predators and psychological safety — 1st Cyberpsychology Symposium, Albizu University, Puerto Rico (2026)

•   기조강연: Ending Digital Violence Against Women — Orange the World, 주한 오스트리아대사관 (2025)

•   패널: Digital governance and online gender-based violence — 대만 행정원·FWRPD, 타이베이 (2025)

•   패널: Korea Youth and Women’s Safety Roundtable — Meta Korea (2025)

•   패널: Safe online workplaces — APEC 제3차 고위관리회의, 인천 (2025)

• 국제 협력 (International Collaboration)

 이탈리아 밀라노비코카대학교(University of Milano-Bicocca)의 ConnectLab 및 BiConnect Lab과 유해 콘텐츠 대응·인간–AI 상호작용 분야에서 국제 공동 연구를 진행하고 있습니다.

 We collaborate internationally with the ConnectLab and BiConnect Lab at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy, on harmful-content response and human–AI interaction research.

• Selected Research Grants

• 한국연구재단 — 심리학 이론에 기반한 디지털 컴패니언으로서의 AI (2025–2028)

• 삼성전자 — 삼성헬스 마인드풀니스 AI 훈련 콘텐츠 및 코칭 개발 (2025)

• 아모레퍼시픽재단 — 유튜브 폭식 브이로그 시청의 영향 (2023)

• 외교부 — 2차 성적 피해 예방 가이드라인 (2018)

• 한국연구재단 — 노인의 디지털 리터러시와 외로움 (2019–2021)

Academic Leadership

•   학생처장, 한국외국어대학교 (2024–2026)

• 서울지역학생처장협의회 회장 (2025)

•   학생상담센터장, 한국외국어대학교 (2017–2020) — 우수상담센터 수상(2019)

•   한국상담심리학회 홍보위원장(2026) · 사례위원장(2025)

•  한국학교심리학회 상벌 및 윤리 이사 (2026~2027), 홍보이사 (2024-2025)

• 한국상담학회 아동청소년상담분과학회 이사 2026

•   APA Early Career Professional Leadership Award (2015)

  •  Division 52 Chair of the Web Committee, American Psychological Association, (2013 - 2015)

  •  Ad hoc central programming working group committee in the Board of Convention

at the American Psychological Association (APA), (2013).