Born & raised in Japan and trained in moral and political philosophy in the United States, I developed my interest in educational justice from my lived experiences and academic exploration.
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Bio & CV
Osaka, Japan
The Beginning
1989-2008
I was born and raised in Osaka, Japan as a 3rd-generation Korean immigrant. Growing up in a predominantly low-income & immigrant community, I attended a severely under-resourced school for Korean ethnic minority children, where most students did not go to college. These experiences sparked my interest in the issues of justice — in particular, educational justice.
Middletown, CT, USA
The College of Social Studies
Wesleyan University
2009 - 2013
With generous funds from the Wesleyan Freeman Asian Scholarship Program, I attended Wesleyan University, where I took courses in political and moral philosophy for the first time. I realized that political and moral philosophy is the field that addresses my life-long questions about justice, fairness, and equality. My study in the College of Social Studies at Wesleyan culminated in a senior thesis on Paulo Freire.
Cambridge, MA, USA
Ph.D. in Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
2016 - 2023
Under the guidance and mentorship of Catherine Elgin, I received training in philosophy of education, as well as quantitative and qualitative research methods. I completed a dissertation project titled “The Capability Approach as a Normative Framework of Educational Measurement.“ You can listen to this podcast episode to learn more about my dissertation research.