Research

Peer-Reviewed Publications (SSCI)

1. Nachman, L., Yen, W. T., & Kim, H. J. (Forthcoming). Feeling Blue: Public Support for Taiwan’s Bluebird Movement and Legislative Reforms.

2. Lee, D., Kim, H. J., & Kang, M. M. (Forthcoming). Economic Insecurity or Political Fragility? The Growing Gender Gap among Young Koreans and Repercussions for Korea’s Democratic Future.

3. Lee, D., Kim, H. J., & Kang, M. M. (2025). Us Versus Them? How Nationalism and Partisanship Influence Sentiment Toward Different Foreigner Groups in South Korea. Korea Observer.

4. Kim, H. J. (2025). Democracy and changing leadership preferences among young individuals: the case of South Korea. Japanese Journal of Political Science, 26(2):106-126.

5. Kim, H.J. & Moon, P.W. (2025). A Gender-Based Pandemic? A Psychological Approach to Gendered Policy Support during COVID-19 in South Korea. Journal of Asian Public Policy , 1-18.

6. Lee, D., Kang, M. M., & Kim, H. J. (2025). The Human Dimension of Smart Cities: Examining Antecedents of Citizens’ Smart City Policy Literacy. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 9(2), 275-292.

7. Jenkins, M. D., & Kim, H. J. (2024). The Role of Misogyny in the 2022 Korean Presidential Election: Understanding the Backlash against Feminism in Industrialized Democracies. Journal of East Asian Studies, 24(2), 169-196.

8. Arora, M., Kim, H. J., Masuoka, N., & Stout, C. T. (2024). How Crises Shape Interest in Elected Officials of Color: Social Media Activity, Race and Responsiveness to Members of Congress on Twitter. Political Communications, 42(2), 268-285.

9. Lee, D., Kim, H. J., & Kang, M. M. (2024). Examining the Role of Social Capital and Socioeconomic Status on Anti-Foreigner Sentiment in South Korea. Korea Observer, 55(1).

10. Kim, H. J., & Lee, C. (2022). The 2022 South Korean Presidential Election and the Gender Divide among the Youth. Pacific Affairs, 95(2), 285-308.

11. Kim, H. J., & Grofman, B. (2020). Who Creates a Google Scholar Profile?. PS: Political Science and Politics, 53(3), 515-520.

12. Smith, A. E., Hardt, H., Meister, P., & Kim, H. J. (2020). Gender, Race, Age, and National Origin Predict Whether Faculty Assign Female-Authored Readings in Graduate Syllabi. PS: Political Science and Politics, 53(1), 100-106.

13. Kim, H. J., & Grofman, B. (2019). Job Mobility, Tenure, and Promotions in Political Science Phd-Granting Departments, 2002–2017: Cohort, Gender, and Citation-Count Effects. PS: Political Science and Politics, 52(4), 684-690.

14. Hardt, H., Kim, H. J., Smith, A. E., & Meister, P. (2019). The Gender Readings Gap in Political Science Graduate Training. Journal of Politics, 81(4), 1528-1532.

15. Kim, H. J., & Grofman, B. (2019). The Political Science 400: With Citation Counts by Cohort, Gender, and Subfield. PS: Political Science and Politics, 52(2), 296-311.

16. Whang, T., Kim, Y., Han, J. T., & Kim, H. J. (2019). US Foreign Aid and Economic Policy Concessions. Policy Studies, 40(1), 58-79.

17. Shin, D. C., & Kim, H. J. (2018). How Global Citizenries Think about Democracy: An Evaluation and Synthesis of Recent Public Opinion Research. Japanese Journal of Political Science, 19(2), 222-249.

18. Whang, T., & Kim, H. J. (2015). International Signaling and Economic Sanctions. International Interactions 41(3), 427-452.

19. Soh, C., Kim, Y., & Kim, H. J. (2015). The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee’s Contribution to Global Human Rights. Korea Observer, 46(1), 1-26.

Peer-Reviewed Publications (Scopus, KCI, and Others)

1. Kim, H. J., Lee, D., Moon, P.W. & Kang, M. M. (2025). How exposure to different media framing influences support for gender equality: The case of the gender gap and employment during the Covid-19 pandemic in South Korea.현대정치연구 , 18(2), 213-244.

2. Kim, H. J., & Lee, H. W. (2025). The Effects of Political Ideology on Foreigner Sentiment: A Comparison of Young Adults and the Youth in South Korea. International Area Studies Review, 28(2), 113-129.

3. Kim, H. J., Kang, M. M., & Lee, D. (2025). Understanding Gender Inequality through the Lens of Gendered Sentiment: The Case of Korean Citizens. International Review of Public Administration, 30(1), 44-59.

4. Kim, H. J. (2024). Democratic Citizenship and Attitudes Towards Gender Equality in East Asian Democracies. 아세아연구 , 67(3), 99-137.

5. Moon, P. W., & Kim, H. J. (2024). The Growing Gender Divide: Changing Perceptions of Gender Equality among the Youth in the United States. International Area Studies Review, 27(1), 1-20.

6. Arora, M. & Kim, H.J. (2023) Democratic Citizenship in the United States: Measuring Democratic Support during the Trump Era. 사회과학연구

7. Kim, H. J. (2023). Threats to the Liberal International Order: Attitudes towards Democracy among the Youth in South Korea. Korea Policy, 56.

8. Arora, M., & Kim, H. J. (2020). Stopping the Hate: Political Condemnations of Anti-Asian Rhetoric during the COVID-19 Crisis. Journal of Asian American Studies, 23(3), 387-405.

9. Shin, D. C., & Kim, H. J. (2017). Liberal Democracy as the End of History: Western Theories versus Eastern Asian Realities. Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, 2(2), 133-153.

10. Soh, C., Kim, H. J., & Whang, T. (2014). Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) implementation in South Korea: Lessons from American and British CSR Policies. Journal of International and Area Studies, 99-118.

Book Chapters

1. Kim, H.J., & Cho, Y.(Forthcoming). A Conservative Turn after the Candlelight Protests: Changing Democratic Orientations Among Young South Koreans. Youth and Student Movements in East and Southeast Asia: The Generation’s Struggle for Freedom and Change.

2. Kim, H.J. (2026). Book review of The Politics of South Korea: A Comprehensive Introduction by Ji Young Choi, Pacific Affairs.

3. Kim, H.J. (2025). Between Generation and Gender: A Comparison of Attitudes towards Foreigner Groups in South Korea. 청소년의 정치사회화.

4. Kim, H. J., & Nachman, L. (2022). Active Democracy: How Political Activists and Ordinary Citizens Support Democracy in Taiwan. Globalization and Civil Society in East Asian Space, 165-186. Routledge.

Public Facing Scholarship

1. Kim, H.J. (2025). Young women in South Korea are politically active but still marginalised. East Asia Forum.

2. Kim, H.J. (2025). Navigating Crisis and Division: South Korea’s Political Landscape After Martial Law and the Snap Election. Italian Institute for International Political Studies, ISPI.

3. Kim, H.J. (2025). What internal challenges would a Lee Jae-myung presidency face and how could they impact his foreign policy?. Italian Institute for International Political Studies, ISPI.

4. Nachman, L., Kim, H. J. & Yen, W.T. (2025). The Trump Effect on Public Attitudes toward America in Taiwan and South Korea. Brookings Institution.

5. Kim, H.J. (2025). Yoon’s Impeachment is Just the Start of Stabilising South Korea’s Democracy. East Asia Forum.

6. Nachman, L., Yen, W.T., & Kim, H. J. (2024). How Taiwan and South Korea see Democrats, Republicans, and America. Brookings Institution.

7. Kim, H.J. (2024). South Korean Elections Cast a Shadow over Yoon’s Presidency. East Asia Forum.

8. Shin, G. W., Gordon, H., & Kim, H. J. (2022). South Korea Votes, Beijing Watches. American Purpose.

9. Shin, G. W., Gordon, H., & Kim, H. J. (2021). South Koreans Are Rethinking What China Means to Their Nation, in Stanford University’s Shorenstein APARC News

10. Kim, H.J. (2021). South Korea’s Democratic Deconsolidation. East Asia Forum.

11. Arora, M. & Kim, H.J. (2021). Asian American Women Legislators Have Been Speaking Out Against Anti-Asian Violence. The Washington Post.