Education

• Ph.D., Education Policy, Organization & Leadership,  College of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017

  • Concentration: Human Resource Development 

  • Dissertation: Doctoral students’ career decision-making process: Comparing faculty and non-faculty careers from socio-cognitive and contextual perspectives

• MA, International Office Administration, Ewha Womans University, 2012

• BA, International Office Administration, Ewha Womans University, 2008

Professional Experiences

• Director of Graduate Career Development & Faculty, Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Education at Georgia Institute of Technology: 2023- Present

• Senior Associate Director,  Graduate Student Career Development, The Center for Career Development, Princeton University: 2020 - 2023

• Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF) Curriculum Reviewer, Center for Credentialing and Education: 2020

• Career Consultant & Trainer, Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM, Cornell University's Medical College) :  2019 - 2020

• Career Services Manager/ Education Manager, Department of Population Health Sciences, WCM:  2018 – 2019

• Career Development Specialist: Graduate and International Advisor, Cornell Career Services, Cornell University:  2017 – 2018

• Graduate Research Assistant for Assessment and Research, The Career Center at Illinois (TCC), University of Illinois:  2013 – 2017

• Pre-Professional Graduate Assistant for Career Development for International Students, TCC, University of Illinois: 2013 – 2014

• Program Coordinator, Office of International Programs, College of Education, University of Illinois:  2012 –  2013

• Senior Executive Assistant of CEO, Hyundai Corporation, Seoul, South Korea :  2008 –  2010

University & Community Services

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• Co-Lead, Professional Development/Event Planning, International Career Collective (ICC)

• Chair & Co-Chair, Awards Committee, National Career Development Association (NCDA)

• Resource Team Co-lead, International Student Services Committee (ISSC), National Career Development Association (NCDA) 

• Webinar Team Co-lead, International Student Services Committee (ISSC), National Career Development Association (NCDA) 

• Department Education Committee, Weill Cornell Medicine 

• 2019 Virtual Career Expo Committee Co-Chair, Graduate Career Consortium (GCC)

• 2018 Virtual Career Fair Committee, Graduate Career Consortium (GCC)

• ImaginePhD Research Committee, Graduate Career Consortium (GCC)

• Campus Career Services Assessment Committee Research Lead, Cornell Career Services, Cornell University

• Student Affairs International Education Committee, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, University of Illinois             

• Assessment Committee, The Career Center at University of Illinois 

• Advisory Committee for Career Development, Korean Student Association (KSA), University of Illinois

• External Vice President, Korean Student Association (KSA), University of Illinois

• Career Consultant, International Advertising Mob (IAM)

Editorial Services

Field Editor,  Career Convergence, National Career Development Association (NCDA), 2026 - Present

Editorial Board Member, Education, Language and Sociology Research, 2020 - 2023

Ad Hoc Reviewer         

• Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

• Journal of Career Development (JCD)

• The Career Development Quarterly (CDQ)

• Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education

• Gender, Work & Organization (GWO)

• Human Resource Development Review (HRDR)

• Human Resource Development International (HRDI)

• Cogent Psychology

• SN Social Sciences 

• Reviewer for the 2017 Career Development Quarterly Award for National Career Development Association 

• Conference Proceedings of Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD), 2015, 2016

Awards & Honors

• Embracing All Voices Award, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2025 

• NCDA Services to International Students, National Career Development Association (NCDA), 2025 

• Faculty of the Year, Graduate Student Government Association, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2024

• Career Services Excellence Award, National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), 2024 

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Excellence Award, NACE, 2024

• Professional Service Collaboration Award, Global University China Career Union, 2019 

• Teacher Ranked as Excellent by Students, Weill Cornell Medicine, 2018

• Outstanding Graduate Student Research Grant, NCDA, 2017 

• Hardie Dissertation Award, UIUC, 2017 

• Robert P. Larsen Grant Award for Research in Career Development, The Career Center, UIUC, 2017

• Teacher Ranked as Excellent by Students, UIUC, 2016

• Exemplary Achievement in Assessment Recognition, UIUC, 2014, 2016 

• John D. Shingleton Award for Innovation, Midwest Association for Colleges and Employers, 2015, 2016

• John Steele Grant Award for Research, Midwest Association of Colleges and Employers, 2015, 2016

• Human Resource Development (HRD) Service of Korea Project Grant, South Korea, 2014

• Donna Reichmann Award, UIUC, 2016 

• Conference Travel Award, UIUC, 2015, 2016

• Hardie Conference Travel Support Award, UIUC, 2014

• Outstanding Asian American Graduate Student Leader Award, UIUC, 2014

• Conference Travel Award, College of Education, UIUC, 2015, 2016

• Hardie Conference Travel Support Award, College of Education, UIUC, 2014

• Human Resource Development (HRD) Service of Korea Project Grant, South Korea, 2014