Background
Yoon, In-Jin was born on June 30, 1963 in Hong Seong, South Korea. Son of Hee-Ro and Ok-Hee (Song) Yoon. came to the United States, 1985.
head professor of the Department of Sociology
Yoon, In-Jin was born on June 30, 1963 in Hong Seong, South Korea. Son of Hee-Ro and Ok-Hee (Song) Yoon. came to the United States, 1985.
Bachelor, Korea University, Seoul, 1985. Master of Arts, University Chicago, 1988. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1991.
He received his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Chicago and taught at the Asian American Studies Department of the University of California, Santa Barbara between 1992 and 1995 before he joined the Department of Sociology in of Korea University. He is now professor of the Department of Sociology, of Korea University and the former presidents of the Association for North Korean Migrants Studies and the Association for the Studies of Koreans Abroad, and head of the Brain of Korea 21 Project Group for Conflict Society. His major publications include On My Own: Korean Businesses and Race Relations in America, Korean Diaspora: Migration, Adaptation, and Identity of Overseas Koreans, and North Korean Migrants: Lives, Consciousness, and Support Policy for Resettlement, South Koreans’ Perceptions of Migrant Workers and Multicultural Society, and Migration and Transnational Space in Northeast Asia, Mutual Perceptions of North Korean Migrants and South Koreans, Trends and Tasks of Studies of Koreans Abroad, and the History of Koreas Abroad, History of Overseas Koreans, International Migration and Multiculturalism in Northeast Asia, Reflections on Multiculturalism in of Korea and Its Prospects.
His research interests include social psychology, minorities, international migration, and multiculturalism.
Deacon Pyong Kang Church, Isla Vista, California, since 1992. Adviser Korean Christian Fellowship, University of California Santa Barbara, since 1992. Member American Sociological Association, Association for Asian-American Studies, Pacific Sociological Association.
Married Hyang-Ju Lee, June 8, 1991. 1 child, Joan Yoon.