Saemi Nadine Jung

 

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Hi World,

I am Saemi Nadine Jung. 

I am a former financial news anchor turned media & communications scholar who strongly believes in the power of education.

Growing up, I have always been fasicanted by different ways of thinking and viewing the world. Born and partially raised in South Korea, a third of my life was spent in North America and Germany, another third in South Korea to work as a financial journalist, then in London, UK, where I did my Master's of Social Science in Media and Communications. Currently, I am living and working in Vancouver, Canada, where I am pursuing my Ph.D. in Communication.

My doctoral research takes a post-colonial, transnational approach to examine the development of EdTech, investigating in what ways technologies influence, shape the future of education. Currently, I work on research projects that are at intersection of technology, communication and policy. Two key projects that I have been working on at the Digital Democracies Institute at Simon Fraser University include examining 1) keypunch operation as a form of female immigration labor in Canada in the 1970s, 2) how different communities form trust around bio-manufactured products such as COVID-19 vaccines in algorithmically curated spaces. 

My past research work includes comparative cross-national policy analysis of the EU and South Korean education, gendered racism in media news representation during the COVID-19 and data justice/ethics. 

In addition to being a doctoral researcher/PhD student, I am a Founder of the Baeum Institute and Society, an academic learning community in which I share both academic/life lessons that I learn along the way. The online community of my YouTube channel has been integral in sharing my research journey and also publicly engage with the larger audience about my work. 

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When I'm not doing research work, I love making music, listening to music, and performing the piano. I spend much time watching nature, being in nature, and drawing, painting, and playing music.  

I am driven by the values that I believe in. I hope my work will continue to serve the world, especially help those who are marginalized, underrepresented, who can use empowerment. 

#Media Justice #Education #Ethical Practices in Education #AI/Data Ethics #Political Economy of digital platforms