Education
Ph.D. Education, Johns Hopkins University
Ed.M. Prevention Science and Practice, Harvard University
M.A. Child Development, Tufts University
B.S. Child and Family Studies, Yonsei University
Research Interest
- Early childhood educators’ holistic well-being, social and emotional competencies, stress, resilience, professional commitment, work environment, and organizational climate
- Young children’s social, emotional, and civic learning in early care and education settings
- Digitalization in early care and education settings
- Early care and education policy
- Program development and evaluation
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Jeon, L., Burchinal., P. R., & Byun, S. (2025). Does Head Start or public Pre-Kindergarten enrollment matter? Associations with children’s long-term school attendance in Baltimore City. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 71(2), 59-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2024.11.012
Byun, S., & Jeon., L. (2025). Associations among preschool classroom chaos, work climates, and child outcomes. Teaching and Teacher Education, 153(104821), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2024.104821
Wahman, C. L., Byun, S., Jeon, L., White, A., Houston, K., Artman-Meeker, K., & Moustaka, M. (Accepted). Teachers’ Implementation of Pyramid Model Practices During Remote Instruction. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education.
Ha, N., Byun, S., Lang, S., & Jeon, L. (2024). Qualitative study on Social Emotional Learning for Teachers (SELF-T): A professional development intervention promoting early childhood educators’ knowledge of emotional well-being. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. Online publication ahead. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293X.2024.2425947
Byun, S., Jeong, J., & Jeon, L. (2024). Changes in early care and education settings amid COVID-19: Voices of primary caregivers. Early Education and Development, 35(3), 476-499. https://doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2022.2160922
Zhang, Q., Xiong, Y., Prasath, P., & Byun, S. (2023). The relationship between international students’ perceived discrimination and self-reported overall health during COVID-19: Indirect associations through positive emotions and perceived social support. Journal of International Students, 14(1), 119-133. https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i1.5368
Byun, S., & Jeon, L. (2023). Early Childhood Teachers’ Work Environment, Perceived Personal Stress, and Professional Commitment in South Korea. Child and Youth Care Forum. 52, 1019-1039. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-022-09722-9
Byun, S., & Jeon, L. (2023). Preschool teachers’ psychological well-being, emotion regulation, and emotional responsiveness: A US-Korea comparison. Frontiers in Psychology, 14(1152557), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1152557
Byun, S., Zhao, X., Buettner, C. K., Chung, S. A., & Jeon, L. (2022). Early childhood teachers' psychological well-being, competence, and responsiveness toward children: A cross-cultural comparison between teachers in the U.S. and South Korea. Teaching and Teacher Education, 114(103705), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2022.103705
Byun, S., & Slavin, R. E. (2020). Educational responses to the COVID-19 outbreak in South Korea. Best Evidence of Chinese Education, 5(2), 665-680. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3652607
Byun, S., Brumariu, L., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (2016). Disorganized attachment in young adulthood as partial mediator of relations between severity of childhood abuse and dissociation. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 17(4), 460-79. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2016.1141149
Finger, B., Byun, S., Melnick, S., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (2015). Hostile-helpless states of mind mediate relations between severity of abuse and the extent of borderline and antisocial personality disorder features. Translational Developmental Psychiatry 3. https://doi.org/10.3402/tdp.v3.28785