SeongGyeong Park

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, SeongGyeong’s 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 Austin’s College of Education, explores newcomer parental engagement via school-community partnerships in a large urban district in the Southwestern U.S. 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.