My name is Soojong Kim. I am a tenure-track assistant professor at the Department of Communication at the University of California Davis. I am a faculty affiliate of the Computational Communication Lab and the Computational Social Science Designated Emphasis program at UC Davis. Before joining UC Davis, I was a postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University, jointly affiliated with the Program on Democracy and the Internet (PDI) and the Digital Civil Society Lab (DCSL). I received my PhD at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. I have a background in computer science and engineering, and previously I worked as a researcher at Samsung Electronics for several years.

I have been elected to and have been serving on the Executive Committee of the ComSHER (Communicating Science, Health, Environment, and Risk) division at AEJMC (Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication) since 2025. I was elected and served as the Secretary of the Computational Methods Division of the ICA (International Communication Association) between 2023-25 and was an organizer of ICA Hackathon 2025.

My research examines the unequal making of public knowledge in digital and AI-mediated society. I study how information moves across networks, changes through platforms and AI systems, and creates unequal conditions for public understanding, engagement, and response. For selected studies organized around this agenda, see my Research page.

More information about me can be found on my Curriculum Vitae, LinkedIn, and faculty profile.
Research articles and patents are listed on my Google Scholar profile.
You can also find me on X (Twitter): @soojongkim_1.
Email me if you have any questions: soojong_kim_97[at]gmail.com (remove the underscores.)