Hyunjin Seo

Hyunjin Seo is a University Distinguished Professor and Oscar Stauffer Professor of Journalism at the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Kansas. She serves as founding director of the KU Center for Digital Inclusion and has secured over $6 million in external grants, including from the National Science Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts.

• Ph.D. in Mass Communications, Syracuse University (2010)
• M.A. in Journalism, University of Missouri Columbia

Her research examines networked communication's impact on social change, with a focus on digital inclusion, misinformation, and civic engagement. She authored Networked Collective Actions: The Making of an Impeachment (Oxford, 2022) and developed evidence-based programs for justice-involved women's technology education.

Grants highlight her work on digital equity for marginalized groups, including women reentering society post-incarceration and low-income seniors' information assessment. Awards include University Distinguished Professor (2025), Docking Faculty Scholar (2013), and Katich Creativity Award (2015). She bridges academia with public policy through collaborations with organizations like the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard.

• Scientific Awards: Inaugural Fellow (2020-2021), First-Place Top Paper (2020), Best Paper Nomination (2018), Faculty Excellence in Service Learning (2017), Emerging Scholar (2014)