Eunice Sookyung Han

Eunice Sookyung Han is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Utah, where she has held positions since 2016 (Assistant Professor) and 2024 (Associate Professor). Her research focuses on labor economics, educational policy, and gender studies, particularly examining unionization effects on labor market outcomes, teacher compensation, and inequality. She earned her B.A. from UCLA and Ph.D. from Harvard University.

Research Interests center on labor relations across public and private sectors, union impacts on employment stability, wage premiums, and teacher well-being. Her work explores gender disparities in labor markets and unionization’s role in mitigating these gaps. She also investigates charter school dynamics, collective bargaining laws, and socioeconomic factors influencing educational outcomes.

Article Trends show sustained focus on unionization during crises (e.g., pandemic labor markets), gendered employment effects, and teacher retention/compensation. Keywords span labor economics, education policy, and gender studies, with sub-fields like remote work, legal institution changes, and STEM teacher dynamics.

Non-Academic Roles include serving on the Academic Advisory Board at the Economic Policy Institute, as a Fellow at the National Educational Policy Center, and Senior Research Associate at Harvard Law School. She teaches econometrics, labor economics, and principles of microeconomics at the University of Utah.