Jiyoun Suk, Ph.D.

Hello! I am an assistant professor of Big Data and Diversity in the Department of Communication at the University of Connecticut. I am also a core faculty member at the Program of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and a faculty affiliate at the Center for mHealth and Social Media. I received my Ph.D. degree from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I am also a co-director of Communication and Emerging Media lab, an institutional lab with University at Buffalo.

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At the center of my research lies how the communication processes in the networked media environment influence social trust, activism, and political polarization. I look at the role of communication dynamics in understanding  marginalized communities, including women/sexual violence survivors, and racial and ethnic minorities. Recently, I am focusing on the challenges that social justice voices are facing, such as politicization attempts, online hate and violence, and targeted mis/disinformation against minorities.

 

To answer my questions, I primarily employ computational methods using R and Python. Check out my Computational Research Methods graduate seminar at UConn's Comm Department.

 

Besides research, I love cycling and jogging! I am also a huge animal lover.