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I am an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Indiana University. My research demonstrates the relevance of network theories and methods for sociological inquiry in a variety of substantive areas in the field of health, politics, and network science. My current projects examine: 1) the impact of COVID-19 on Americans’ social ties using a large-scale egocentric network surveys, 2) social determinants (demographic homogeneity, religion, state policy) of suicide and opioid overdose using medical claims data and administrative data, 3) political polarization, hate speech and cross-ideological interactions using large-scale Facebook forum data, 4) the causes and consequences of cultural changes using survey experiments, 5) the evolution of terrorist networks using agent-based simulations, among others.

My work has appeared in the American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, Proceedings of National Academy of Science, JAMA Network Open and several other outlets.

You can find a link to my CV here.

• Lee, Byungkyu 2021 "Close Relationships in Close Elections", Social Forces

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• Lee, Byungkyu, Wanying Zhao, Kai-Cheng Yang, Yong-Yeol Ahn, and Brea L. Perry 2021 "Systematic Evaluation of State Policy Interventions Targeting the US Opioid Epidemic, 2007-2018.", JAMA Network Open 4(2):e2036687

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• Pescosolido, Bernice, Byungkyu Lee and Karen Kafadar 2020 "Cross-level Sociodemographic Homogeneity Alters Individual Risk For Completed Suicide.", Proceedings of National Academy of Science 117(42): 26170-26175

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• Lee, Dohoon, and Byungkyu Lee 2020 "The Role of Multilayered Peer Groups in Adolescent Depression: A Distributional Approach", American Journal of Sociology 125(6): 1513-1558.

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• Lee, Byungkyu and Peter Bearman 2020 "Political Isolation in America", Network Science 8(3): 333-355.

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• bl11@indiana.edu