Kang, JuneMi Jennifer
I am a Ph.D. student in Public Policy in the joint program between Georgia State University and Georgia Institute of Technology (job market expected in 2023-2024), working under the advisement of Dr. Ross Rubenstein, Dan E. Sweat Distinguished Chair in Educational and Community Policy. My current research interests revolve around program evaluation, human capital development, STEM education, and tackling upward mobility questions through social innovation, such as social capital and social entrepreneurship. Building on these topics, I investigate how educational outcomes differ for the traditionally disadvantaged or low-income groups and the ways to boost social opportunities through human capital development.
I have been graciously funded by the Coca-Cola Foundation with the additional stipend to attend the program through Dean’s Fellowship. I have recently been selected as the 2022 APPAM Entrepreneurship Policy Student Fellowship cohort with generous honoraria from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation for my research on tackling social inequity through Social Entrepreneurship. I have just completed a Causal Inference for Social Impact Lab’s Data Challenge hosted by the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. I have been researching as a lead author of the paper on the effect of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education in boosting opportunities for the traditionally under-represented groups of women, blacks, and Hispanics, as a part of the Research on Careers in Science (RoCS) Lab at Georgia Tech graciously funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
For more information, read more about my research journey on my website junemikang.com and by following me on Twitter @JunemiKang.