Seong Won Han

Seong Won Han's research focuses on between-country differences in educational outcomes and policies, with particular focus on teacher quality and inequality in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education in a wide range of nations, including the United States. To address her questions, She uses large-scale international and national data, such as the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) surveys.

• PhD, Ewha Womans University
• PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Sociology
• MA, Ewha Womans University
• BA, Ewha Womans University

• STAR Award for Research; UB Graduate School of Education; 2022-05-13;
• UB Exceptional Scholar Award for Young Investigators; University at Buffalo; 2018-07-19;
• NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Semifinalist; National Academy of Education; 2018-04-24;
• OECD Thomas J. Alexander Fellow; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); 2014-04-15;
• AERA Dissertation Grant; American Educational Research Association (AERA); 2011-12-22;

• Borgonovi, F., Han, S. W., & Greiff, S. (2023). Gender differences in collaborative problem-solving skills in a cross-country perspective. Journal of Educational Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000788
• Han, S. W., Kang, C., Weis, L., & Dominguez, R. (2023). On Track or Off Track? Identifying a Typology of Math Course-Taking Sequences in U.S. High Schools. Socius, 9. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231231169259
• Kang, C., Jo, H., Han, S., & Weis, L. (2023). Complexifying Asian American student pathways to STEM majors: Differences by subgroup and college selectivity. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. 16(2), 215-225. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000326
• Borgonovi, F., & Han, S. (2021). Gender disparities in fear of failure among 15-year-old students: The role of gender inequality, the organisation of schooling and economic conditions. Journal of Adolescence, 86, 28-39.
• Han, S., Borgonovi, F., and Guerriero, S. (2018). What motivates high school students to want to be teachers? The role of salary, working conditions, and societal evaluations about occupations in a comparative perspective. American Educational Research Journal. 55 (1), 3-39

• Han, S., Kang, C., & Weis, L. (2020, April 17-21). Science coursetaking: Longitudinal analyses of inequality in American high schools, 1992-2012,” The annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. (conference canceled).;
• Han, S., Kang, C., Weis, L., Dominguez, R., & Singh, K. (2019, August). The effect heterogeneity of high school exit exams on math course-taking. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, NYC, New York.;
• Han, S., Kang, C., Weis, L., Dominguez, R., & Singh, K. (2020, April 17-21). On Track? Racial/Ethnic and SES Differences in Math Course-Taking Sequences in U.S. High Schools. The annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. (conference canceled).;
• Kang, C., Jo, H., Weis, L., & Han, S. (2020, April 17-21). Complexifying Asian American student pathways to STEM majors: Differences by subgroup and college selectivity. The annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. (conference canceled).;
• Han, S., Kang, C., Weis, L., Dominguez, R., & Singh, K. (2018, August). Examining math flows: High school math course-taking sequences, and racial, ethnic and SES differences. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA.;

• Effects of state policy on high school science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) opportunities and outcomes for low-income underrepresented minorities.; Federal; National Science Foundation; Awarded; (08/01/2017-07/31/2024)

• I routinely review manuscripts for a wide variety of top tier journals, including Educational Researcher, American Educational Research Journal, International Journal of Educational Development, and Asia Pacific Education Review.
  05/24/2022-05/28/2023

• NSF Panelist
  06/01/2020-05/31/2021