Jihyun Jeong
Welcome! I'm Jihyun.
Welcome! I'm Jihyun.
I am a political theorist specializing in normative political theory and philosophy, currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at Duke University. My research interests encompass victimhood, oppression, resistance, political emotion, political ethics, hate speech, and legal theory. As a Korean lawyer, I have worked as Junior Legal Officer at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland, and have lived in four countries across three continents.
I am a political theorist specializing in normative political theory and philosophy, currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at Duke University. My research interests encompass victimhood, oppression, resistance, political emotion, political ethics, hate speech, and legal theory. As a Korean lawyer, I have worked as Junior Legal Officer at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland, and have lived in four countries across three continents.
My dissertation develops a normative theory of victimhood, arguing that recognizing one's status as a victim can serve as a positive political resource. I propose normative standards for a constructive politics of victimhood, outlining ethical responsibilities for both victims of oppression and non-victims in fostering such politics. An article from this project has been published in the European Journal of Political Theory. My research has been supported by the Duke Kenan Institute for Ethics and the Kwanjeong Educational Foundation.
My dissertation develops a normative theory of victimhood, arguing that recognizing one's status as a victim can serve as a positive political resource. I propose normative standards for a constructive politics of victimhood, outlining ethical responsibilities for both victims of oppression and non-victims in fostering such politics. An article from this project has been published in the European Journal of Political Theory. My research has been supported by the Duke Kenan Institute for Ethics and the Kwanjeong Educational Foundation.