Eunice Kahng
PhD Student
Criminology, Law, and Justice
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About
Eunice is a Ph.D. student in Criminology, Law and Justice at UIC. Her research bridges the fields of law, emotion, and comparative judicial culture. She focuses on the intersection of emotion and law, specifically the role of emotion in the courtroom and its influence on judicial decision-making. Her dissertation replicates and extends Schuster and Propen’s (2010) study of judicial responses to Victim Impact Statements (VIS) to the South Korean context, conducting a comparative analysis of how judges interpret and respond to emotional expression across different legal cultures. In particular, she compares the Korean judicial system with that of the United States to explore how judges in both systems perceive and respond to emotional expression in the courtroom, using VIS as a lens to examine the intersection of emotion, culture, and legal reasoning. Through this work, she also aims to observe how judicial emotion operates within both adversarial and civil law traditions.
Education
BS - Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington
BA - Criminal Justice, Indiana University Bloomington
MA - Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati