Jin H.K.
Jin H.K.
Jin is a journalist and researcher with 7 years of writing experience, and 3+ years of various designing and training experience.
He has a history of initiative and leadership in team projects while assisting in diverse roles.
He received his master's degree in journalism from Northeastern University, where he also studied game science and design for one year.
He also has a bachelor's degree in computer science and a minor in Japanese language studies.
Jin begins his Master's degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Fall 2021.
He has published research on game psychology, mainly studying the components of confomity and empathy through a gamified lens.
His topics of interest in journalism are investigations in economic and climate justice, social justice, as well as the experiences of the Asian American disapora.
His career goals involve blending the investigative scope of journalism and global criminal justice/criminal law reform,
with hopes to pursue a PhD or JD in the future (or perhaps both!).
He also appreciates stories and game design inspired by multicultural experiences and visions, and hopes
to incorporate those inspirations in future creative endeavors.
Look into his published and ongoing research and independent projects,
or contact him.
Outside of studies, Jin enjoys learning languages, traveling to different countries and practicing Taekwondo.
He believes that experiences both inside and outside one's cultural knowledge help individual growth,
and that they hold potential for interesting stories.
Throughout the years, he has grown to have a deep fascination for East Asian mythology and folklore,
particularly within Korea and Japan.
He strives to bring his understandings about cultures and technology together within his work.
His passion for writing and learning more about his Korean heritage has led to collaborating with an artist to publish a comic
in WANDERLUST, A Mythology Anthology.
Jin is also a former member of MIT's Oori Samulnori group!
Given time and space, he practices playing bassoon,
and hopes to be part of a professional orchestra in the future.
He has a variety of work experiences, from tutoring in English and Japanese, developing and teaching tech-camp curricula for kids,
documentation and creation of company-wide training material,
to intensive psychological research through the scope of game design.
Jin is a native-level speaker of English, is near-fluent in Korean and conversationally fluent in Japanese. He has lived
in most regions of the U.S. as well as Osaka, Japan and Seoul, South Korea. He hopes to learn Mandarin Chinese, Tibetan and Sanskrit as well.
As an avid fan of science fiction,
some of his favorite books are Terry Pratchett's "Thief of Time," Liu Cixin's "The Wandering Earth" and Samuel R. Delaney's "Babel-17."