Awards & Honors

Top Paper Award, AEJMC Korean American Communication Association Division (2020).
Top Poster Paper Award, ICA Journalism Division (2017)
Top Student Paper Award, AEJMC Korean American Communication Association Division (2015)
Academy of Korean Studies Overseas Research Grant (2019) $14,000
Temple University Open Access Publication Grant (2018)
Temple University Summer Faculty Research Grants (2017, 2018, 2021) $21,000
Walter John Scholarship, Columbia Journalism School (2010 – 2014) $400,000
Harvard University, Jane Mansbridge Research Award for outstanding research on gender and public policy (2010)
Harvard University, Nancy Germenhausen Cultural Bridge Fellow (2009)
Harvard University, Shorenstein Scholar (2008, 2009) $100,000
Hankyoreh Journalism Award for coverage of Taleban leaders during hostage crisis (2007)
U.S. State Department, Edward R. Murrow Fellow (2007)
Europe-Asia Next Generation Young Leaders (2006)
Japanese Foreign Ministry Fellow (2003)
Hankook Ilbo Paeksang Journalism Award for “Letters to President Roh” Series (2002)
South Korean Education Ministry, Top Prize in German in National Foreign Language Competition (1999)
Seoul National University, merit-based scholarship (1996, 1997)