KyongJoo Hong joined the Department of Statistics and Data Sciences in 2018. She is currently working on several research papers primarily focusing on two areas: the impacts of father involvement on maternal marital satisfaction and children’s behavior problems, and the effects of parents’ acculturation attitudes on adolescents’ outcomes. She is interested in the holistic support of college students, focusing on students' intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being collectively. 

Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2017