June Jeon

Assistant Professor

  • Degree
    • University of Wisconsin-Madison, PhD in Sociology

    • KAIST, MA in Science and Technology Policy

    • KAIST, BA in Chemistry

  • Research field
    • Sociology of Science and Technology

    • Sociological Theory

    • Environmental Sociology

    • Computational Social Science

  • Teaching
    • Contemporary Social Theory

    • Science, Technology and Society

  • Major Career
    • Assistant Professor of Sociology,Chungnam National University(2021-2024)

    • Tufts University Postdoctoral Fellow (2020-2021)

  • Major external activities and awards
    • General Director, Korean Association of Science and Technology Studies

    • American Sociological Association Best Paper Award (2020)

    • Society for Studies of Social Problems Best Paper Award (2021)

  • Representative Research Performance
    • Jeon, J. (2024). “I don’t care who rules in the White House”: Boundary-training in science and everyday politics of knowledge, The Sociological Quarterly (online)

    • Chen, K., Jeon, J., & Zhou, Y. (2023). A critical appraisal of diversity in digital knowledge production: Segregated inclusion on YouTube. New Media & Society, 25(11), 2855-2876.

    • Jeon, J. (2019). Invisibilizing politics: Accepting and legitimating ignorance in environmental sciences. Social Studies of Science, 49(6), 839-862.