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Associate Director Jeongeun "Jŏng-ŭn" Park (she/her) is a historian, a digital humanities specialist, and an educator. Jeongeun is a community builder who engages diverse voices so that ROHA can tell a more complete Rutgers and New Jersey story. She explores how the personal, the local, and the state history connect to the national and the global history. She highlights the ordinary and the extraordinary stories of individuals enmeshed in history by increasing the accessibility of ROHA's digital archive, broadening the reach of its newsletters and podcasts, and expanding community outreach. Jeongeun is an avid reader of histories of the Cold War and modern Northeast Asia. She received her Master of Arts in History from Rutgers University-New Brunswick and her Bachelor of Arts in History from Stanford University.