Research

Research agenda · Gender, institutions, inequality

How institutions shape consequential choices

I have always been fascinated by the social structural constraints imposed on individuals and how they deepen existing inequality. My research examines these multilevel effects and how they shape individual decisions. During my PhD, I focused on how gender—both as an individual attribute and as an institutional force—shapes migration, career development, and identity formation, and in turn perpetuates social inequality.

Migration

How does gender shape the decision to migrate or return?

Exodus From Gender Inequality? Gender Differences in Educational Selectivity among Korean Immigrants in the US

Raymond V. Bowers Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper

Manuscript available

Gender Gap in Foreign US Ph.D. Holders: Does Gender Inequality Affect Return Decisions?

In progress

Career Trajectories

How do gendered institutions structure professional opportunity?

Pervasive Gender Divides in the Medical Profession: Professional Purity and Research Career

With Erin Leahey

In progress

The Impact of Home Country Gender on Women Pursuing Ph.D. in the US

In progress

Identity Formation

How do gender and inequality shape political and social identities?

The Influence of Medical Inequality Perceptions on the Political Identity of U.S. Hispanic-Latinos

With Dylan Simburger and Daniel Martínez

In progress

Future directions

Extending the research agenda

Gender inequality, online discourse, and migration intentions

How do expressions of gender inequality in social media and online forums correlate with migration intentions, and what can this reveal about the gendered nature of migration decision-making processes?

This project will employ Natural Language Processing techniques, including word embedding models, to analyze large-scale textual data from social media and online forums. The aim is to quantify the semantic distance between expressions of gender inequality and migration intentions, providing new insights into how gendered social contexts shape migration decisions.

International scholars and gendered academic trajectories

In what ways do gender dynamics influence the academic trajectories, assimilation processes, and contributions of international scholars within local and global academic communities?

This comprehensive, long-term project will examine international scholars' academic trajectories and assimilation processes, with a particular focus on gendered dynamics. The research will investigate scholars' reception in local and international academia, their contributions to productivity and innovation, and patterns of assimilation or marginalization within academic communities.