Academic degrees:
Ph.D.  Teaching & Learning, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
M.Ed. Teaching & Learning, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
B.S. Early Childhood Education, Duksung Women's University, Seoul, S. Korea

Shin Ji has been teaching at JMU since 2009. Her professional interests include refugee education, spiritual issues in education, and intercultural learning. Her scholarship has been shared in the form of book chapters, journal articles, art exhibitions, interviews, study abroad special programs, and intercultural summer camps. She enjoys cooking for her family and friends in her spare time. Shin Ji’s life motto is Love & Learning.