Hyunjin Seo

Dr. Seo joined KU's William Allen White School of Journalism in 2011 from Syracuse University. In addition to her faculty role at KU,  she has served as Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, and is the founding director of the KU Center for Digital Inclusion, which has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, and other grant-making organizations. She has also has served as a Fellow and Faculty associate at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, and as a Visiting Faculty Fellow at Yale University.

Dr. Seo teaches courses on social media, research methods and strategic campaigns, an has earned numerous teaching awards from the University of Kansas, the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, and other organizations. Her research focuses on identifying emerging properties of networked communication and understanding their implications for social change, collective action and civic engagement. She strives to inform organizations and policies by working closely with community members, policymakers and activists through her research. She has served as Principal Investigator on over $6 million in competitively awarded external grants, including $4 million from federal agencies such as the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Learn more about Hyunjin Seo on KU's School of Journalism website.