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Dr. Jiin Jung is a social psychologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Lehigh University, specializing in minority influence on social change and minority-majority dynamics in group schism. Dr. Jung directs the Group Dynamics and Social Change Lab, which focuses on how minority voices, often dismissed as too radical to take seriously or too invisible to matter, can spread through society, change societal norms and cultural practices, and contribute to building a more innovative and resilient society. She also serves as Secretary of the Computational Social Science Society of the Americas. Her work sits at the intersection of social psychology and computational social science, aiming to tackle pressing social challenges and provide insights for policy interventions. Dr. Jung engages in policy initiatives geared toward democracy and gender equity.
Before beginning her academic career, she worked as an editor at Toto Book publishing. In this role, she developed an environmental education program for youth called Wild Grass School, and collaborated with peace activist Dae-Kwon Hwang in running the program. This work was published in the children's magazine, A Whale Told Me So. This program was part of Hwang's broader Life-Peace Movement, which used non-violence methods for achieving social change. She later edited Hwang's related book, Wild Grass School. This experience planted the seed for her research on tolerance, indirect minority influence, and social change.
Interests: Minority influence, social change, social identity, diversity, collective intelligence, computational social science
Jiin Jung, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor | Department of Psychology | Lehigh University
Director | Group Dynamics and Social Change Lab
Secretary | The Computational Social Science Society of the Americas
Website | GDSC Lab | Google Scholar | CV
