Seoyeon Jo

Professor Jo’s research centers on gender, labor, education, and health economics. Her current projects examine public policies related to gender issues, such as paid family leave and women’s labor market attachment, the gender pay gap and its relationship to educational and sectoral choices, the effects of state budget cuts on educational outcomes, and domestic violence. Before joining Macalester College, she worked at a national research institution in South Korea(KWDI), at the Institute for Policy & Social Research (IPSR) at the University of Kansas, and was teaching at Oberlin College. Originally from Seoul, South Korea, Professor Jo is fluent in Korean.

BA: Yonsei University, 2013

MA: Yonsei University, 2015

PhD: University of Kansas, 2023