CV

PhD, Sociology

• GPA - 3.95 out of 4.0
• Doctoral advisor - Prof. Eran Shor
• Area Exam 1 - Sociology of Knowledge (committee chair Prof. Peter McMahan)
• Area Exam 2 - Political Sociology (committee chair Prof. Barry Eidlin). The exam committee wrote in the decision letter that it tried to award a formal “distinction” but could not since the system only allows pass/fail. It suggested that I write this in my CV.

MA, History

• Focus areas - Historiography and Nationalism
• GPA 3.83 out of 4.0

MSc, Political Economy of Late Development

• Focus areas - International Political Economy, Colonialism and Development
• Degree classification - Distinction

BA, Economics and Finance

Study abroad program

• One-year visiting study (In German)
• GPA 4.9 out of 6.0

Study abroad program

• Un été à l'ENS (In French)

Uncompleted degree program (MSc)

• MSc, Epistemology Ethics and Mind (Online)

Graduate Research Awards for Disarmament, Arms Control, and Non-Proliferation

• jointly offered by Global Affairs Canada (GAC) and Simons Foundation Canada
• In the award ceremony, I gave a 30-minute presentation to high-profile Canadian diplomats at the GAC headquarters in Ottawa about current Canadian policy on global arms control and disarmament.
• C$5,000

McGill University nominee for the 2023 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Talent Award, a C$50,000 award annually given to one doctoral or postdoctoral researcher in the humanities and social sciences.

Graduate student anti-black racism research award, McGill University

• I received this award in recognition of my theoretical contributions to the benefits of minority inclusion (article forthcoming in Hypatia) and my plans to apply my theory to the problem of the underrepresentation of people of African heritage in academia.
• C$2,000

Everett C. Hughes Research Graduate Award, McGill University department of sociology

• Annually given to the student with the best research record in the department
• C$100

Graduate Excellence Award, McGill University

• C$1,000

Graduate Award Program, McGill Institute of Health and Social Policy

• two-semester training program offering hands-on-experience for communicating the results of graduate students’ health research to policymakers
• C$4,000

Joseph-Armand-Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship

• two-semester training program offering hands-on-experience for communicating the results of graduate students’ health research to policymakers
• C$105,000 (disbursed over three years)

Fonds de Recherche du Québec (FRQ) doctoral scholarship

• C$21,000 per annum (discontinued after one year due to receipt of Canada Graduate Scholarship)

Graduate Excellence Award, McGill University

• C$1,500

McCall MacBain Scholarship

• C$6,500

Graduate Excellence Award, McGill University

• C$441

Sociology Graduate Award, McGill University

• C$325

Merit-based entrance scholarship, University of Hong Kong

• HK$20,000 per annum for three years (received for two years due to one year of visiting study at the University of Zurich)

English - Native equivalent

Korean - Native

French - Advanced

• DALF C2 (highest among six levels)

German - Advanced

• Grosses Deutsches Sprachdiplom C2 (highest among six levels)

Japanese - Advanced

• JLPT N1 (highest among five levels)

Mandarin - Intermediate

• HSK level 5 (second highest among six levels

Classical Chinese - Proficient reading

Course Instructor for SOCI211 Sociological Inquiry (summer)

Teaching Assistant for SOCI325 Sociology of Science

• Gave a guest lecture on feminist epistemology

Teaching Assistant for SOCI254 Development and Underdevelopment

Teaching Assistant for HIST218 Modern East Asian History

• Gave a guest lecture on modern Korean history

Research assistant in social determinants of health for Prof. Anthony Masi

• McGill University Department of Management

Research assistant in sociological theory for Prof. Axel van den Berg

• McGill University Department of Sociology

Research assistant in historical sociology for Prof. Matthew Lange

• McGill University Department of Sociology

Academic Translator (Korean ↔ English)

• Editage

Project Management Intern

• United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
• Regional Office for the Asia and the Pacific, Fukuoka, Japan

GRE Revised

• Verbal 169 out of 170
• Quant 170 out of 170
• Writing 4.5 out of 6.0

GMAT

• Quant & Verbal 750 out of 800 (98th percentile)
• Integrated Reasoning 8 out of 8
• Analytical Writing 6.0 out of 6.0