SeongGyeong Park
M.Ed. in Educational Leadership and Policy, University of Texas at Austin, 2023
B.A. in Japanese and Political Science & International Relations, Inha University, 2020
Email: sgpark@austin.utexas.edu
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B.A. in Japanese and Political Science & International Relations, Inha University, 2020
Email: sgpark@austin.utexas.edu
View Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
SeongGyeong Park is a doctoral student in the Education Policy and Planning program at UT Austin. She has contributed to advocating for marginalized students and families in diverse countries. Based on her experiences, SeongGyeongs research focuses on parenting and equity in education. Her first research strand examines immigrant parental engagement via school-community partnerships and school leaders' responses. Her current project, funded by UT Austins College of Education, explores newcomer parental engagement via school-community partnerships in a large urban district in the Southwestern U.S. As part of her research project, her manuscript titled "Breaking Barriers to Immigrant Parental Engagement: A Systematic Review and Policy Implications" was accepted to Policy Futures in Education and is under revision. Her second research strand, rooted in her service at UT Austin, focuses on supporting parenting students. She co-developed the Lunch & Learn workshop series for graduate and post-doc student parents funded by the Texas Career Engagement Center for two years. These support and research have been recognized at national conferences such as AERA and 2025 Reimagining Education Summer Institute by Columbia University.
