In-Jin Yoon

The native form of this personal name is Yoon In-Jin. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

In-Jin Yoon (Korean: 윤인진; born June 30, 1963) is a South Korean sociologist.

In-Jin Yoon
Born	(1963-06-30) June 30, 1963 Hongseong, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea
Alma mater	Korea University University of Chicago
Occupation	Sociologist
Employer	Korea University
Korean name
Hangul	윤인진
Revised Romanization	Yun Injin
McCune–Reischauer	Yun Injin

Early life and career

He was born in Hongseong, South Korea and raised in Daejeon until high school. He graduated from Korea University with a BA in sociology in August 1985. He received his Ph.D. 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 Korea University. He is now professor of the Department of Sociology, Korea University and the former presidents of the Association for North Korean Migrants Studies and the Association for the Studies of Koreans Abroad, the head of the Brain Korea 21 Project Group for Conflict Society, the vice director of the Asiatic Research Institute of Korea University, and the president of the Korean International Migration Studies Association (http://kimanet.org). He also serves as the director of the Korea University Press. His research interests include social psychology, minorities, international migration, and multiculturalism.

Publications

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 Korea and Its Prospects, Identity of Koreans, Theories and Practices of Diaspora and Transnationalism, the Current State of Overseas Koreans Community and Policy Tasks, Koreatowns and Korean communities Abroad, and The Next Generation of Overseas Koreans and Mainstreaming.