<aside> 🌅 A psychology researcher interested in understanding how motivation, identity, and social contexts shape adolescents’ engagement with their communities. My research focuses on civic engagement, student agency, collective efficacy, belonging, and motivation for community-oriented action, with a particular interest in how educational experiences can support young people in becoming active and collaborative members of their communities.

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CONTACT

📧 [email protected]

KEYWORDS

• Student Agency
• Civic Education
• Community-Based Education
• Social Justice
• Quantitative/Qualitative Research
• Interdisciplinary Reserach

EDUCATION

The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

Aug. 2025 – Present

Ph.D. in Educational Psychology

Advisor: Dr. Eric Anderman

Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea

Mar. 2019 – Feb. 2022

M.A. in Psychology (Social)

• Advisor: Dr. Hoon-Seok Choi

Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea

Mar. 2013 – Feb. 2019

B.A. in Confucian Studies & Eastern Philosophy, Double Major in Psychology

• Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany – Exchange Student Program (Spring 2017)
• Tsinghua University, Beijing, China – A five-week course on Eastern Philosophy (in Chinese; Winter 2016)
• Curriculum for Teaching Profession in Ethics

QUALIFICATION/LICENSES, CERTIFICATION

• Licensed Secondary School Teacher for Grade 2 Ethics, Ministry of Education

Feb. 2019

PUBLICATIONS

Han, J., & Ryong, J. S. (2026). Development and Validation of the Academic Adaptation Scale for Master’s Students. Korean Journal of Coaching Psychology, 10(2), 1-27.

Seo, J. H., Ha, N., Kim, M. W., Han, J., Kim, B. J., & Park, S. J. (2024). Distant Reading on ‘Jeohui’ ― A Study on the Diachronic Changes of Two Types of ‘Jeohui’ Applying an ELECTRA-Based Semantic Classification Model and N-gram Analysis. Daedong Institute for Korean Studies, 128, 513-548. doi: 10.18219/ddmh..128.202412.513

Research Summary

Han, J., Seo, J. G., & Ryong, J. S. (2024). Research on the Academic Adaptation of Graduate Students Using Consensual Qualitative Research: Focusing on Facilitators and Barriers. The Korean Journal of School Psychology, 21, 71-106. doi: 10.16983/kjsp.2024.21.1.71

Research Summary