Hee Jung Gong

HIGHLIGHTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Gong, H. J., Toutkoushian, R. K. (2024). High school students’ expectations and college aspirations: Causes and consequences. Educational Policy, 38(1). 254-281. https://doi.org/10.1177/08959048231153600
2. Gong, H. J., & Lee, I. (2024). The effects of afterschool program participation in high school using propensity score weighting: Focused on college preparatory behaviors and regional differences. The Korean Journal of Educational Administration, 42(1), 651-682.  
3. Park, J. & **Gong, H. J. (2023). Effects of college student scholarships on organizational commitment in colleges using hierarchical linear modeling. The Korean Journal of Educational Administration, 41(3), 189-223.
4. Gong, H. J., Park, H., & Hagood, T. C. (2023). Peer learning in STEM: A qualitative study of a student-oriented active learning intervention program. Interactive Learning Environments. 31(4), 1992-1932. https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2020.1863235

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

1. Gong, H. J., & Lee, I. (2024). The effects of afterschool program participation in high school using propensity score weighting: Focused on college preparatory behaviors and regional differences. The Korean Journal of Educational Administration, 42(1), 651-682.  
2. Gong, H. J., Toutkoushian, R. K. (2024). High school students’ expectations and college aspirations: Causes and consequences. Educational Policy, 38(1). 254-281. https://doi.org/10.1177/08959048231153600
3. Park, J. & **Gong, H. J. (2023). Effects of college student scholarships on organizational commitment in colleges using hierarchical linear modeling. The Korean Journal of Educational Administration, 41(3), 189-223.
4. Gong, H. J., Park, H., & Hagood, T. C. (2023). Peer learning in STEM: A qualitative study of a student-oriented active learning intervention program. Interactive Learning Environments. 31(4), 1992-1932. https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2020.1863235
5. Koo, K. K., Yao, C. W., & Gong, H. J. (2023). “It is not my fault”: Exploring experiences and perceptions of racism among international students during COVID-19. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. 16(3), 284-296. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000343
6. **Gong, H. J., Jang, N. Y., & Kim, J. (2022). Effects of early admissions on Korean students’ engagement and outcomes using propensity score weighting. The Korean Journal of Educational Administration, 40(4), 207-236.
7. Gong, H. J., Kwon, J., & Brock, M. (2022). Experiential learning experiences through a PLA model in STEM. Educational Research, 64(3), 317-333. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131881.2022.2096092
8. Gong, H. J. & Jin, S. (2021). A panel analysis of the impact of financial aid policy on college students’ engagement and achievements. The Journal of Economics and Finance of Education, 30(1), 61-87.
9. Gong, H. J. & Hong, J. E. (2021). Does postsecondary education attainment matter in community service engagement?: Evidence from across 18 OECD countries. Educ. Sci. 11(3), 96.
10. Gong, H. J., Park, K. H. (2020). High school students’ motivation for college access using latent profile analysis: Focused on the parental environment and college choice. Korean Journal of Educational Research, 58(4), 117-148.
11. Chung, G-H., Shim, W-J., Yi, P., & Gong, H. J. (2015). A plan to improve the university education operating system in response to the demand for ‘perpetual student’. (PP 2015-15). Korean Educational Development Institute (KEDI).
12. Gong, H. J. & Rhee, B. S. (2014). What determines student engagement?: Focusing on the effects of college students’ perceived learning environment and institutional features. Korean Journal of Educational Administration, 32(3), 177-207.        
13. Chung, G-H., Shim, W-J., Rah, M., Rhee, B. S., Yi, P., Son, H., Jang, S., & Gong, H. J. (2014). A Study on the university education system improvement in response to changing educational environment: exploring strategies for building a customized education system (RR 2014-11). Korean Educational Development Institute (KEDI).
14. Rhee, B. S., Gong, H. J., & Kim, H. (2013). Investigating differential influences of institutional features on career competency development of college students: A multi-level approach. Korean Journal of Educational Research, 51(4), 213-247.         
15. Rhee, B. S., Kim, H., Gong, H. J., Park, H., & Jhun, M. (2012). Studying college impact in Korea: Recent trends and issues. The Journal of Future Education, 43(4), 191-219.
    
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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / ACTIVITIES

• Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
• American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA)
• Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP)
• Korean-American Educational Researchers Association (KAERA)
• Korean – American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA)
• Korean – American Women in Science & Engineering (KWiSE)
• The Korean Educational Administration Society
• The Korean Educational Research Association

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Hee Jung Gong is an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in Higher Education/Higher Education Administration ​in the Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies (ELPTS) at the University of Alabama​. ​She is a recipient of the Thomas G. Dyer Outstanding Dissertation Research Award (2020-2021) and an AERA-NSF Doctoral Dissertation Grant Award (2019-2020). Before joining the University of Alabama, she worked as a Research Faculty at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and as a lecturer at Yonsei University in South Korea. She received her Ph.D. in Higher Education (Dec. 2021) in the Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia with a graduate certificate in Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies in the Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy at the University of Georgia. She also holds an M.A. in Education, specializing in Higher Education, from Yonsei University, and a B.A. and B.P.A. from Sookmyung Women’s University in South Korea. ​Her work has been presented at national conferences in the U.S. (e.g., ASHE, AERA, AEFP) and published in peer-reviewed journals in both the U.S. and South Korea over the past 10 years.