DongWon Oh studies how subjective human perceptions of the social world emerge, influenced by stereotypes, acquired knowledge, and cultural context. DongWon's investigation employs various methodologies including experiments, data-driven computational modeling, multivariate analysis, and eye-tracking. His work spans from decoding implicit social evaluations to understanding individual variations in person perception and exploring the dynamic nature of impression formation.

DongWon is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the National University of Singapore (NUS), with recent recognitions such as a 2024 APS Rising Star Award and a 2024 SESP Fellowship. At NUS, he directs MAP Lab (Multi-Sociocontextual Action and Perception Lab). Prior to his present role, he was a PhD student at Princeton (advisor: Alex Todorov) and then a postdoc at New York University and Columbia University (advisor: Jon Freeman).