Office of Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL)

Jeongsan Hwang

She/her/hers

Jeongsan Hwang employs a critical quantitative methodology to contribute to underrepresented college students from an educational perspective. Jeongsan has previously worked as a research fellow at the Department of Medical Education at Ajou Medical University in South Korea. Her experiences have helped Jeongsan develop quantitative and qualitative methodologies as well as interdisciplinary backgrounds, which are crucial for her research.

Education

• Ph.D. Student, Higher Education, Education Policy, Organization & Leadership, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  
• M.A., Human Resource Development & Education of Work, Education; Yonsei University, South Korea
• B.A., Children Development and Family Studies (Dual Major: Communications), Yonsei University, South Korea

Projects

• ASPIRE Regional Collaboratives

Research Areas

• Nontraditional students’ postsecondary pathways
• School-to-work transition
• Disconnected youth in South Korea
• Critical quantitative methodology