Dr. Jeong, Ph.D. is a professor in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at the University of South Carolina and an International Scholar at the Universidad de La Sabana in Colombia.

She has worked at various institutions, including the University of Massachusetts, Iowa State University, and the University of Mississippi. Her teaching interests include AI-powered event planning, hospitality business analytics/data visualization, and hospitality and tourism technology.

She has received numerous industry and academic research grants from the American Hotel & Lodging Association, the Incentive Research Foundation, International Council of Shopping Centers, and United State Department of Agriculture. Throughout her academic career, Dr. Jeong has received various research awards such as W.

Bradford Wiley Memorial Best Paper of the Year and Best Paper from various conferences. Her research interests are in smart tourism technology, digital technology, consumer behavior, hospitality operations, sharing economy, and business analytics.