Hojung Lee

Hojung Lee is a Ph.D. student in Education & Social Policy, a joint program between the College of Education and Human Development and the Joseph R. Biden Jr School of Public Policy & Administration. Her research focuses on educational inequality, particularly in terms of the distribution of school resources across different states and levels of governance. Additionally, Hojung has a strong interest in causal inference methods for evaluating the impacts of policies aiming to support the academic outcomes of marginalized and disadvantaged students.

Hojung completed her undergraduate studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in 2017, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Economics and English Linguistics. She obtained a Master of Arts in Economics from Seoul National University in 2019, specializing in microeconomic theory and axiomatic bargaining.

Education

• M.A., Economics, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, 2019
• B.A., International Economics and Law and English Linguistics (double major), Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea, 2017

Professional Experience

• Editorial Manager, Institute of Economic Research, Seoul National University, 2019–2020
• Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Seoul National University, 2017–2019
• Student Assistant, Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, 2016
• Student Mentor and Tutor, Guwol Middle School, Incheon, South Korea, 2012–2015

Recent Honors and Awards

• Dr. Eugene Own Scholarship, ICPSR, Institute of Social Research, University of Michigan, March 2023

• Roe L. Johns Student travel Grant, Association for Education Finance & Policy, January 2022

Publications

• Lee, Hojung, Kenneth Shores, and Elinor Williams. “The distribution of school resources in the United States: A comparative analysis across levels of governance, student subgroups, and educational resources.” Peabody Journal of Education 97, no. 4 (2022): 395-411.

• Shores, Kenneth, Hojung Lee, and Nell Williams. “Increasing Title I funds should target largest sources of school spending inequalities across states.” Brown Center Chalkboard, Brookings Institution, (August 6, 2021). https://www.brookings.edu/articles/increasing-title-i-funds-should-target-largest-sources-of-school-spending-inequalities-across-states/

• Shores, Kenneth, Hojung Lee, and Nell Williams. “Expanding Title I could eliminate K-12 spending gaps – if the funds are well targeted.” Brown Center Chalkboard, Brookings Institution, (August 19, 2021). https://www.brookings.edu/articles/expanding-title-i-could-eliminate-k-12-spending-gaps-if-the-funds-are-well-targeted/

Presentations

• Lee, H. (2023, Nov). The gap reducing impacts of Title I: resource and achievement gap between low- and high-income kids. Poster presented at annual Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) research conference 2023 in Atlanta, GA.

• Lee., H. (2022, Nov) The effects of the changes in college admission in South Korea: A movement to holistic assessment. Poster presented at annual Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) research conference 2022 in Washington, DC. 

• Ran, F., & Lee, H. (2022, April). Closing the College Success Gap for Underprepared Students: Evidence from a State-Wide Remedial Education Reform, paper presented at AERA conference 2022, virtual. 

• Shores, K., & Lee, H. (2022, March). A critical Appraisal of Title I: Its Role in Reducing and Perpetuating Inequality in K-12 Spending. Paper presented at AEFP conference 2022, Denver, CO.

• Ran, F., & Lee, H. (2022, March). Closing the College Success Gap for Underprepared Students: Evidence from a State-Wide Remedial Education Reform. Poster presented at AEFP conference 2022, Denver, CO.

• Lee, H. (2021, May). The Impact of Need-Based Scholarship: Evidence from South Korean National Scholarship, paper presented at the Student Research Online Seminar, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), virtual. 

• Lee, H. (2019, August). : Cooperative Game Theoretic Approach for Revenue Sharing in an Airline Alliance. Paper presented at Summer Workshop of Game Theory, Sendai, Japan