Nanum Jeon
Biography
Nanum Jeon is a Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology and an M.S. Student in Statistics and Data Science at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is affiliated with the Inequality Data Science Lab (IDS-Lab) and the California Center for Population Research. Prior to UCLA, she worked in public policy think tanks, including the Asian Development Bank Institute in Tokyo, Japan. She holds an M.P.P. from the University of Tokyo in Japan and a B.A. in Sociology from Ewha Womans University in South Korea.
Degrees
- Ph.D., Sociology, UCLA, 2019 – Present
- M.S., Statistics, UCLA, 2021 – Present
- M.A., Public Policy, University of Tokyo, 2017
- B.A., Sociology and Society & Justice (Scranton Honors Program), Ewha Womans University, 2015
Fields of Study
Social Stratification and Inequality, Social Demography, Disruptive Events, Gender and Family Attitudes, Statistics and Quantitative Methodology
Research
Her research applies and develops statistical, demographic, and machine learning methods to explore social stratification, inequality, and social demography with a strong emphasis on causal inference. She focuses on uncovering the social processes driving both inter-group and intra-group disparities throughout the life course. Her work has been published in Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Journal of Marriage and Family, and Social Science Research.
Awards & Grants
- UCLA Dissertation Year Award ($20,000), 2024 – 2025
- Donald J. Treiman Research Fellowship ($6,000), 2023
- Kawahara Fellowship for pre-dissertation research ($8,000), 2021
- Kwanjung Educational Fellowship ($100,000), 2019 – 2024
- Japan Student Services Organization Scholarship ($6,000), 2015 – 2017
- Mirae Asset Scholarship ($5,000), 2012
