Young Ji (pronounced as Young-gee) received her BA in mass communication from Yonsei University in Korea. She did her MA study in human communication at Arizona State University's Hugh Downs School of Human Communication (thesis focused on socio-cultural factors in the use of Web search services). Prior to her graduate study, Young Ji interned as a research assistant in three organizations, namely, Korean National Commission for UNESCO, Chosun daily newspaper, and TNS Korea, a market research firm. At Annenberg, she hopes to study networks in organizations and multicultural communities, focusing on the ways in which knowledge is shared and managed through networks. She is also interested in socio-cultural factors that affect new technology use.

Also participates in

• Understanding and enabling network dynamics in virtual communities , 2008-