Hwiyoung P. Lee, MA

Hwiyoung Lee is a PhD student at the School of Social Policy and Practice and an IES Predoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. His research centers on the causal factors of social capital and civic engagement, inequality, policy evaluation, and quantitative methodology. Hwiyoung earned a BA in Social Welfare and a BA in Economics, both with honors, from Seoul National University, where he also pursued graduate studies in Social Welfare. Although his primary focus is on quantitative research, he has also been volunteering with homeless and disadvantaged elderly populations for over a decade to follow the tales of the field.