Thank you for visiting my website! I am Byeongdon Oh, a first-generation immigrant scholar from South Korea. Please feel free to call me “Don,” which is the last syllable of my full name.
I am currently serving as an Assistant Professor of Sociology – Social Justice & Change at the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly). I also serve as a Computational Social Science Research Faculty at the University of California, Berkeley.
With a diverse background that includes experiences as a journalist, military officer, and policy researcher, I have developed a keen sensitivity to social diversity and inclusion. My research focuses on social stratification, education, race/ethnicity, quantitative/computational methods, and mixed methods. I have received funding from the National Science Foundation for my doctoral and two postdoctoral projects. My work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as Social Problems, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, and Social Science Research.
If you wish to get in touch, please email me at ohb@sunypoly.edu or donoh@berkeley.edu.
Academic Positions
2024-Present
Assistant Professor of Sociology – Social Justice & Change, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York Polytechnic Institute
2024-Present
2022-2024
Postdoctoral Scholar, Social Science D-Lab, University of California, Berkeley
- Improving Undergraduate STEM Education Program, National Science Foundation
- Project Title: Undergraduate Data Science Education at Scale (DUE-1915714, PI: Dr. David Harding)
2020-2022
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Sociology, Portland State University
- Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Grant, National Science Foundation
- Project Title: Tapping Hidden Potential: Multilevel Factors that Improve the STEM Outcomes of Racial Minorities, and Youth with Lower Socioeconomic Status or a Disability Classification (DRL-1652279, PI: Dr. Dara Shifrer)
Funding, Awards, and Honors
2022-Present
Special Sworn Status Researcher, Federal Statistical Research Data Centers, US Census Bureau
2018-2022
Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation (SES-1801820)
2020
Passed Doctoral Dissertation Defense with Honors, Department of Sociology, University of Kansas
2018
Jaap Dronkers Award for Graduate Students’ Research, International Sociological Association Research Committee 28 on Social Stratification and Mobility
2017
Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Awards, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation
2017
Poster Presentation Award, Population Association of America
Education
2020
Ph.D. in Sociology (with Honors), University of Kansas
2012
M.A. in Sociology, Sungkyunkwan University
2006
B.A. in Sociology and Philosophy, Sungkyunkwan University
Other Experience
2022-2023
Instructor & Consultant, Social Science D-Lab, University of California, Berkeley
2019-2020
Head Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Kansas
2017-2018
Project Manager, Center for Migration Research, University of Kansas
2014-2017
Teaching & Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Kansas
2011-2014
Research Assistant, National Youth Policy Institute of Korea
2009-2011
Research Assistant, Samsung Economic Research Institute
Research Assistant, Survey Research Center, Sungkyunkwan University
Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, Sungkyunkwan University
2006-2009
First Lieutenant, Republic of Korea Army