Jin Kang

Jin Kang currently serves as Associate Director at Breakwater Strategy, a position held since October 2021, having previously worked as Senior Associate. Prior experience includes roles as Director of Quantitative Research and Project Analyst at Accelerant Research from June 2019 to October 2021, and as a Strategy and Communications Intern at High Lantern Group. Earlier in career, Jin Kang held various research and analytical positions, including Technical Services at Epic and Research Analyst at the UNC Kenan Institute. Responsibilities have involved exploring alternative economic metrics, studying emotional language acquisition, and analyzing behavioral data. Jin Kang gained research experience as a Research Assistant at the Carolina Affective Science Laboratory and completed a prestigious internship analyzing large data sets for MARSOC. Academic credentials include a double major in Psychology and Economics with a minor in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.