JUNE JEON

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Chungnam National University

Welcome!

I am an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Chungnam National University (CNU), Republic of Korea. Before joining CNU, I was an Associate Research Fellow at the National Assembly Futures Institute, Republic of Korea, and was a postdoctoral fellow in civic science at Tufts University's Tisch College of Civic Life. I received my Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (joint-PhD with Environmental Studies). I have been affiliated in the Holtz Center of Science and Technology Studies as well. I have been using qualitative ethnography, computational social science, and theoretical analysis to study science, social inequality, and environmental crisis.

I am actively working on multiple projects in three main research areas. First, I study scientific institutions with in-depth qualitative ethnography. I investigate the interplay between social powers and scientific research to understand the macro and micro dynamics of socio-technoscientific changes. Second, I study a macro-scale inequality within the scientific field and a gap between the scientific field and social demands. I have been utilizing large language models to connect Science and Technology Studies (STS) and Science of Science (SOS). Third, I study civil society's engagement with environmental problems in various settings to understand polarized views on environmental crisis, disinvestment in environmental sciences, and slow environmental violence. ​

My works have appeared in the Social Studies of Science, New Media and Society, Agriculture and Human Values, Sociological Inquiry, Engaging Science, Technology, and Society, and several outlets. You can find a link to my Google Scholar page here. My research has been recognized by awards from the American Sociological Association (ASA) and the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP).