Education

  • Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea (2024 - Present)
    M.S. in Social Data Science

  • Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea (2020 - 2022)
    M.Ed. in Educational Policy

  • Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea (2014 - 2020)
    B.A. in German (1st major) & Public Administration (minor)

  • University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany (2016 - 2017)
    Exchange Student

  • Daeil Foreign Language High School, Seoul, South Korea (2011 - 2014)
    English Department

Publications & Presentations

  • Journal papers, Domestic
    • Park, K & Jon, J.-E.* (2023). A study on the predictors of college students’ institutional commitment in online learning environment: Focusing on educational presence. Korean Journal of Educational Research, 61(6), 87-117. [link] (KCI Excellent Accredited Journal)

    • Jon, J.-E., & Park, K*. (2023). Korean public’s attitude toward asylum seekers: Applying integrated threat theory and contact theory. Journal of Diaspora Studies, 17(1), 145-195. [link] (KCI Accredited Journal)

  • Poster Presentations, Domestic
    • Sung, J., Seo, Y., Kim, Y., Kim, H., & Park, K*. (2023, June 17). Developing multi-class classification model predicting students’ competency level using KoBERT. Presented at The Koreans Society for Educational Technology Conference. Jeju national university. [link]
  • Conference Presentations, International
    • Park, K., & Jon, J.-E. (April, 2022). Korean undergraduate students’ intent to drop out from higher education institutions in the era of COVID-19: A mixed-methods study. Presented at the Comparative and International Education Society Conference (Online). [link]

    • Jon, J.-E., & Park, K. (April, 2021). Korean public’s attitude toward asylum seekers and refugees: Roles of education and gender. Presented at the Comparative and International Education Society Conference (Online). [link]

Research Experience

  • Research Assistant (March 2020 – October 2021)
    International Migration & Mobility Research Center, HUFS

    • Reviewing and analyzing the ratification of the UNESCO “Convention against Discrimination in Education” in Korea. Korean National Commission for UNESCO
    • Systemization of higher education qualifications terminology from Korea and abroad and the scope of their application. KCUE (2020.12-2021.4)
      • Roles: literature review
    • Public attitude towards refugees and its determinants in the Korean society: Multi-phase mixed methods research. NRF (2019.5-2021.10)
      • Roles: all stages of the research process, including literature review, research design, data collection, and data analysis
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant (May 2019 – February 2020)
    International Migration & Mobility Research Center, HUFS

    • Public attitude towards refugees and its determinants in the Korean society: Multi-phase mixed methods research. NRF (2019.5-2021.10)

Extra Curricular Activities

  • Part-time Student (September 2022 – December 2022)
    Seoul Cyber University & Hanyang Cyber University
    • Programming for Big Data
    • Discrete Mathematics
    • Data Structure Theory
  • Big Data Analytics course training (July 2022 – December 2022)
    Encore PLAYDATA

Awards & Merit-based Scholarships

  • 3rd Prize in 2022 Urban Big Data Analysis Competition (December 2022)
    Awarded by Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH)

  • Academic Excellence Scholatship (December 2021)
    Granted by the department of Education, HUFS

  • European University Exchange Student Scholarship (2016)
    Granted by Kim Hee-Kyung Scholarship Foundation for European Humanities Scholarship

Skills

Software Tool Skills: Python, R, SPSS

Certificates

Toeic scored 890 (2023.3.12)
Toeic scored 935 (2019.2.10)
Teacher’s Certificate - the Secondary School Teacher (Grade II) of German Language