Research and Education

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I hold a Master of Science in Mathematics from Montclair State University, where I conducted research in combinatorics and graph theory under the supervision of Dr. Jonathan Cutler. My thesis "The Independent Polynomial of a Graph at -1", proposes a new bound involving the decycling number. The results were presented at the SIAM NNP Annual Meeting (2023) and the AMS Eastern Sectional Meeting (Spring 2025).

This work is currently under peer review and a preprint is available on https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.14576

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I also hold a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Rutgers University, with a concentration in Technology & Information Management. As part of this program, I transferred graduate credits from my earlier studies in Public Relations & Advertising at Sookmyung Women’s University (Seoul, South Korea), where I had completed all coursework and passed the comprehensive exam. During my time in Seoul, I was mentored by Dr. Jang-ho Moon, a respected scholar in Communication, Media, and Human–Computer Interaction, whose guidance shaped my early exploration of New Media Study. At Rutgers, I built on this foundation to examine how influence and perception operate across networked media platforms, combining insights from communication psychology and information systems.

 

My research bridges mathematical models and media, networks and social psychology — tracing how perception, beauty, and identity emerge within complex, mediated communications.