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I'm a researcher, educator, designer, and innovator. I'm also currently an Assistant Professor in the Communication Department at Columbia College Chicago, focusing on social media. My research/teaching interests are digital literacy education, digital production, new technologies, creativity, social media, media effects, media psychology, empowerment, authenticity, and STEM/STEAM. I strongly believe that creativity in digital media is essential to make a positive change in our society. Hence, I encourage everyone (especially young people) to experiment and try out new ideas even if they fail. I often hear people saying, "I'm not creative," and I disagree with their statement. Everyone has a creative side that's waiting to come out. Creativity is not a gift from higher beings, but it's about being courageous to experiment with new things and express your "rawness." Especially for young people, who are immersed in digital media and in the process of developing their cognitive abilities, they are full of creativity. Life is too long and too interesting to live only by the answers that are given to us. So let's play.
I fell in love with digital media when I came to U.S. at the age of 10. It helped me to express myself to others despite the language barrier and fulfilled my loneliness. I'm also a super visual person so I'm addicted to digital media, which are full of colorful and creative things that range from memes to vlogs - power to people through user-generated content! I love looking at trends and discovering new things via digital media. I took a strength test that tells you what kind of strengths a person has and futuristic was my #1 strength - "people who are especially talented in the futuristic theme are inspired by the future and what could be. They inspire others with their visions of the future" - it fits me very well. I mostly self-taught my skills to engage in creative production (check out Watch.Listen.See). I enjoy engaging in both digital production and critically/quantitatively analyzing digital media and technologies (check out Read). These two areas should be inseparable to understand digital media thoroughly. My goal is to bring out people's creativity and partake in digital innovations.
I created this site to share my thoughts and projects with you. Let's connect!
I'm a researcher, educator, designer, and innovator. I'm also currently an Assistant Professor in the Communication Department at Columbia College Chicago, focusing on social media. My research/teaching interests are digital literacy education, digital production, new technologies, creativity, social media, media effects, media psychology, empowerment, authenticity, and STEM/STEAM. I strongly believe that creativity in digital media is essential to make a positive change in our society. Hence, I encourage everyone (especially young people) to experiment and try out new ideas even if they fail. I often hear people saying, "I'm not creative," and I disagree with their statement. Everyone has a creative side that's waiting to come out. Creativity is not a gift from higher beings, but it's about being courageous to experiment with new things and express your "rawness." Especially for young people, who are immersed in digital media and in the process of developing their cognitive abilities, they are full of creativity. Life is too long and too interesting to live only by the answers that are given to us. So let's play.
I fell in love with digital media when I came to U.S. at the age of 10. It helped me to express myself to others despite the language barrier and fulfilled my loneliness. I'm also a super visual person so I'm addicted to digital media, which are full of colorful and creative things that range from memes to vlogs - power to people through user-generated content! I love looking at trends and discovering new things via digital media. I took a strength test that tells you what kind of strengths a person has and futuristic was my #1 strength - "people who are especially talented in the futuristic theme are inspired by the future and what could be. They inspire others with their visions of the future" - it fits me very well. I mostly self-taught my skills to engage in creative production (check out Watch.Listen.See). I enjoy engaging in both digital production and critically/quantitatively analyzing digital media and technologies (check out Read). These two areas should be inseparable to understand digital media thoroughly. My goal is to bring out people's creativity and partake in digital innovations.
I created this site to share my thoughts and projects with you. Let's connect!
EducationPH.D. University of Missouri
Major: Mass Media Emphasis: Social media, digital literacy, media effects M.A. DePaul University Major: Media and Cinema Studies Emphasis: Digital media B.A. University of Illinois at Chicago Major: Communication CV available upon request |
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Bonus: Fun Facts!
YouTube and Reddit are my current social media addiction.
My Korean name translates to a famous soda name.
Animal Crossing is the first video game I bought.
YouTube and Reddit are my current social media addiction.
My Korean name translates to a famous soda name.
Animal Crossing is the first video game I bought.