Positions:

Associate Professor (2022-present), Sungkyunkwan University

Assistant Professor (2020-2022), Sungkyunkwan University

• Department of Consumer Science

• Convergence Program for Social Innovation

Assistant Professor (2016-2019), University of Alabama

• Department of Consumer Sciences

Research fields: 

Health economics: consumer response to health risk, socioeconomic gradients in health, health-wealth relationship, financial toxicity of medical treatment, and population health implications of government policy.

Behavioral finance / consumer finance: decision making under mental illness, inequality and consumption behavior, formation of consumer preferences, financial socialization, and financial literacy and education.

Research methods: 

Longitudinal data analysis, quasi-experimental research design, and modern methods of causal inference.

Academic / board membership:

Associate editor - Journal of Consumer Affairs (JCA), Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, PLoS ONE

Editor for the JCA special issue on "Emerging Technologies and Consumer Well-Being"

Editorial board - International Journal of Consumer Studies, Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Other information:

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