Funding, Awards, and Honors

External Awards and Honors

• 2022 — Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Awards, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.
• 2016 — Brain Korea 21 Plus Scholarship, National Research Foundation of Korea.
• 2016 — Best Student Paper Award, Korea Welfare Panel Study Conference, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs.
• 2015 — Outstanding Student Paper Award, Workplace Panel Survey Conference, Korea Labor Institute.
• 2013 — Scholarship for Academic Excellence, The Foundation of Korea Racing Authority (KRA) Social Welfare and Donation Fund.
• 2011–2013 — Kookmin Academic Scholarship, Kookmin University.
• 2011 — Scholarship for Academic Excellence, The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA).
• 2010 — National Scholarship for The Next Century Humanities, Korea Student Aid Foundation (KOSAF).

University Awards and Honors

• 2025–2026 — Dissertation Year University Graduate Fellowship (UGF), Office of Graduate Studies, University of Kansas.
• 2025 — Carroll D. Clark Award for Teaching Excellence, University of Kansas.
• 2025 — Samuel and Freda Sass Fund for Professional Development, University of Kansas.
• 2025 — Summer Research Scholarships, Office of Graduate Studies, University of Kansas.
• 2024 — Graduate Teaching Awards Nominee, Office of Graduate Studies, University of Kansas.
• 2024 — Student Governing Council Travel Award, University of Kansas Medical School.
• 2024 — Louise Julie Doehring McClendon Scholarship in Gerontology, University of Kansas.
• 2024 — Research Excellence Initiative, The College Dean’s Office, University of Kansas.
• 2023 — Graduate Student Travel Fund, Office of Graduate Studies, University of Kansas.
• 2023 — IPSR Doctoral Research Fellowship, Institute for Policy and Social Research, University of Kansas.
• 2022–2024 — Helen Waddle Roofe Research Scholarship, Department of Sociology, University of Kansas.
• 2021 — May J. Geis Opportunity Scholarship for Student-Faculty Research, Department of Sociology, University of Kansas.
• 2020–2024 — Carroll D. Clark & Morris C. Pratt Graduate Student Scholarship, Department of Sociology, University of Kansas.
• 2016 — Outstanding Student Paper Award, The 11th National Conference for Sociology Graduate Students in Korea, Yonsei University.
• 2014 — Outstanding Student Graduation Thesis, Kookmin University.