Ahyeon Cho
Biography
Ahyeon (pronounced eye-yawn) is a fourth-year PhD student at UCLA, focusing on the sociology of the family, gender, and social demography. Her previous research investigated the relationship between family friendly policies and the experiences of working mothers in South Korea. She has also studied the racial identity shifts of multiracial individuals from adolescence to middle adulthood, examining how skin tone and racial ancestry influence these changes. Currently, she is investigating the challenges of motherhood in the workplace, particularly the factors contributing to the motherhood penalty.
Degrees
- MA in Sociology, UCLA 2023
- MA in Social Sciences, University of Chicago 2021
- MA in International Cooperation, Seoul National University 2019
- BA in International Studies, Korea University 2016
Fields of Study
Family, Gender, Motherhood, Racial/Ethnic Identity, Social Stratification, Social Demography
Awards & Grants
- NICHD CCPR Trainee Fellowship, UCLA 2024-2025
- Best Poster Award, PAA 2024
- Graduate Research Mentorship Fellowship, UCLA 2023-2024
- NICHD CCPR Trainee Fellowship, UCLA 2022-2023
- Graduate Summer Research Mentorship, UCLA 2022
- Graduate Dean’s Scholar Award, UCLA 2021
- Phoenix Research Award, University of Chicago 2020
- Distinguished Thesis Award, Seoul National University 2019
- Dean’s Award, Seoul National University 2018
- Best Researched Presentation, KOICA/Korea University 2015
Conference Presentations
Cho, Ahyeon. “Who Remains Multiracial? Measuring Who Shifts In and Out of the Multiracial Category,” poster presentation at the 2024 Population Association of America (PAA) Conference, April 17-20, 2024 (Poster Winner)
Jeon, Nanum and Ahyeon Cho. “Gender and Ideology and the Centrality of Marriage in South Korea,” presented at the 2023 American Sociological Association (ASA) Conference, August 17-23, 2023
