Dr. Heesoo Jang

Dr. Heesoo Jang

Assistant Professor

UMass-Amherst

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I’m an Assistant Professor of Media Law and Ethics in the department of Journalism, University of Massachusetts Amherst. I’m affiliated with the Global Technology for Social Justice Lab (GloTech) and the Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP). I co-organize the Tech Policy Junior Scholar Working Group in collaboration with Data & Society’s Public Technology Leadership Collaborative (PTLC).

I study the ethics and governance of AI and digital platforms, with a focus on their implications for democratic governance, social equity, and institutional transparency.

Selected Interviews and Mentions

Opinion pieces

Education
  • Ph.D. in Communication, 2024

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

  • M.A. in Communication, 2018

    Seoul National University, South Korea

  • B.A. in Media and Mass Communication, 2016

    Korea University, South Korea

  • B.B.A in Business Administration, 2016

    Korea University Business School, South Korea

Talks

Skills

Languages & Software

Python, SQL, R | SPSS, STATA, Qualtrics, MTurk

Quantitative

survey, experiment, content analysis, statistical analysis

Qualitative

interview/focus-group, textual analysis, grounded theory