Hu Young Jeong

Hu Young Jeong is a Mellon Race, Place, and Equity postdoctoral fellow at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Utilizing both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, he researches how individuals who have experienced collective violence make sense of their experiences and how these interpretations affect intergroup relations, conflict escalation, and resolution in global contexts. In addition, he investigates how perceptions of group power among racial and ethnic minority groups either facilitate or obstruct efforts to challenge unequal power structures.

Jeong received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Clark University and his M.A. and B.A. in Psychology from Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea. His research has been supported by the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, American Psychological Association Division 48 (Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology Division), and the National Research Foundation of Korea.