Yun Jin Rho

Yun Jin leads the Maguire Associates research division with the goal of advancing its methods for primary and secondary research on behalf of higher education and K-12 clients.

Before she joined Maguire, she created and led diverse teams of educational researchers and data scientists to provide behavioral learning analytics for higher education clients. To strengthen efficacy research goals at Pearson, her team analyzed high-resolution digital data by incorporating qualitative information to measure the impact of online education products. The research helped the company’s marketing and sales teams make data-driven decisions and helped the product management teams identify the strengths and weaknesses of their online education products.

Coming from academia with a background in cognitive science and psychometrics, Yun Jin was well prepared to apply her training to the online education industry, which she did for about ten years. This experience honed her skills for finding the balance between rigor and relevance in her research.

Her innovative skills are demonstrated by her achievements as the lead inventor for three patents.

Yun Jin received her Ph.D. in Applied Statistics from Columbia University. She also holds an M.S. in Cognitive Science and B.S. in Mathematics and Psychology from Yonsei University.