She earned her doctorate (PHD) of Communications and Master’s degree (MA) in Journalism at Indiana University. Prior to joining Ewha, Dr. Choi was a staff writer at The Hankookilbo, a national newspaper in South Korea. She has published in top-ranking journals such as Journal of Computer-mediated Communication, Journal of Communication, Computers in Human Behavior, and Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, and presented at many national and international conferences. Her primary research focus is on a question of how the new media environment influences citizens’ political communication process.