Youngsun Lee is a PhD student in the Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership. Her current research centers on the causes and consequences of racial/ethnic disproportionality in school discipline and those of socioeconomic disparities among Asian students. She mainly uses causal inference and econometric methods while expanding to use systematic literature review and political analysis. Youngsun is open to collaborating with others who share her interests in these topics (ylee1245@umd.edu).
She previously worked at the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training (KRIVET), where she coordinated two government projects for secondary career education: building school-community partnerships to enhance local career education and executing university career exploration programs for students in rural and underserved areas. Additionally, with experience teaching students at all school levels, from elementary to undergraduate, she had primarily taught middle and high school students English (as a foreign language), math, and academic writing in the social sciences. Youngsun earned her B.Ed. in Education and B.A. in English Education (as a foreign language), with a minor in Economics and Trade from Kyungpook National University and an M.A. in Educational Administration from Seoul National University, both in South Korea.
2022 - 2025 Graduate School Special Dean's Fellowship, University of Maryland-College Park
2014 - 2016 Departmental Scholarship for Superior Academic Performance 'Global Challenger A', Kyungpook National University
2019 Best Paper Award, 3rd place, Graduate Student Research Competition [Education Panel], Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training
2018 Best Paper Award, 1st place, Graduate Student Research Competition [Corporate Panel], Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training
Lee, Y., Lee, G., Kim, J., & Lee, M. (2021). Equity in career development of high school students in South Korea: The role of
school career education. Education Sciences, 11(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11010020 [In English]
Moon, C., Moon, H., Lee, Y., & Jeong, D. W. (2021). The effects of the educational capacity enhancement policy in general
high schools: Evidence from the high schools in Seoul, South Korea. Korean Journal of Educational Administration, 39(1),
117-141. https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE10616872 [In Korean]
Lee, Y. (2020). The relationship between high school students’ career maturity and career maturity of their classmates: Does
classmate peer effect on career maturity exist?. Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 23(1), 69-104.
https://doi.org/10.36907/krivet.2020.23.1.69 [In Korean]
Moon, C., Jeong, S., Lee, Y., & Jeong, D. W. (2020). The analysis of the relationship between the implementation of the free
semester and academic achievement in middle schools. Korean Journal of Educational Administration, 36(5), 219-245.
https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE10617523 [In Korean]
Moon, C., Lee, Y., Lee, J., & Jeong, D. W. (2019). The impact of adolescent-parent career congruence on student learning
experiences and career development. Asian Journal of Education, 20(3), 617-645.
https://doi.org/10.15753/aje.2019.09.20.3.617 [In Korean]
Moon, C., Nam, I., Lee, Y., Lee, J., Han, S., & Jeong, D. W. (2019). The effects of diversity of workers’ educational
backgrounds on corporate financial and non-financial performances. Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 22(2),
91-127. https://doi.org/10.36907/krivet.2019.22.2.91 [In Korean]
Teaching Assistant: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on Education (TLPL 250), Spring 2023
Teaching Assistant: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on Education (TLPL 250), Fall 2022