Jin-Kyu Jung is an Assistant Professor in the Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington Bothell. He received his Ph.D. in Geography and M.U.P. in Urban Planning from State University of New York at Buffalo. He earned a B. S. in Urban Engineering from Busan National University in South Korea.

Jung brings theoretical and technical expertise in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and mixed-methods approach to the field of urban geography and planning. His work includes exploration of the importance of politics and power as well as the complexities of race, class, and gender in cities and how the shaping of these categories effectively complicates urban geographical knowledge. He also focuses on discussing new ways to expand the qualitative capabilities of GIS. The charm of GIScience lies in its broad, flexible, modern, and interdisciplinary agenda in using geographic information.

Jung's current research is particularly focused on ‘Computer-Aided Qualitative GIS’ (CAQ-GIS), an approach for storing and analyzing qualitative, quantitative, and geovisual data in both GIS and computer-aided qualitative data analysis software. He continues to work with qualitative GIS as an analytical framework to study diverse urban issues. More accessible and user-friendly forms of qualitative GIS will allow us a more ‘popular’ engagement with analysis and representation of local places and people’s everyday life.