CURRICULUM VITAE
Sungeun A. Bae
May 2013
Vanderbilt University
Department of Sociology
201 Garland Hall
VU Station B #351811
Nashivlle, TN 37235-1811
Email: sungeun.bae@vanderbilt.edu
Phone: 404-693-4872
EDUCATION & TRAINING
2012-Present
2008- 2011
Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, Sociology
B.A. in Sociology (Honors) and Educational Studies
EMPLOYMENT
2012- Present
Vanderbilt Graduate Research Assistant
2012
Research Consultant, Emory Office of Community & Diversity
2010-2011
Emory EPASS, ESL Tutor
2009-2010
SAT Tutoring
2008-2009
TOEFL Tutoring
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Racial and Gender Inequality; Education (school segregation, school resources, achievement gaps, social
and cultural capital); Immigration (second generation and children of illegal immigrants); Social
Stratification (racial and income inequality); Family/Parenting.
AWARDS
2011-2012
Emory Community Builder 2011-2012 (Recognized among 100 Emory
students/faculties/staffs for my commitment and involvement to improve the community)
2010
Third Place Winner- Paper Competition, SouthEastern Undergraduate Sociology
Symposium
RESEARCH
2010-2011
Sociology Honors Program/Thesis, Asian Women and white men’s interracial
relationships
2011
SIRE Partner Research Program
2011
SIRE Independent Research Grant
2010-2011
Education Research (Internship-Assistantship), Examining effects of education policy
on science education in urban elementary schools
2010
Summer Undergraduate Research Program
RESEARCH PRESENTATION
2011
Emory Fall 2011 Symposium, presenting research on teaching evaluation of private
college professors
2011
Emory Fall 2010 Symposium, presenting a research on public’s perception of Asian
women-white men’s interracial relationships
2011
SouthEastern Undergraduate Sociology Symposium, presenting a research on race and
sex differences in perceived effectiveness of DARE and zero tolerance
2010
Georgia Sociological Association Conference, presenting a research on how various
discipline programs are perceived based on one’s sex and race
MEMBERSHIPS
2011- Present
American Sociological Association
2012-Present
Phi Beta Kappa
PUBLICATIONS/AUTHORSHIP
Co-author of a book, The Little Girl is Me: Activities Manual: Discussions on Race, Ethnicity and
Healing