Research

Peer-Reviewed Publications

1. "Understanding Feminist Backlash in Industrialized Democracies: The Role of Misogyny in the 2022 Korean Presidential Election," with Matthew D. Jenkins, Journal of East Asian Studies, October 2024.

2.   "Democratic Citizenship and Changing Attitudes Towards Gender Equality in East Asian Democracies,"  아세아연구, September 2024. 

3. "Smart City Policies in the Eyes of Citizens: Examining Antecedents of Smart City Policy," with Danbee Lee and Minsung Michael Kang, International Review of Administrative Sciences, September 2024.

4. ”How Crises Shape Interest in Elected Officials of Color: Social Media Activity, Race and Responsiveness to Members of Congress on Twitter,” with Maneesh Arora, Natalie Masuoka, and Chris Stout, Political Communications, July 2024.

5. ”Public Attitudes Towards Foreigners in South Korea: The Role of Social Capital and Socioeconomic Status in Accepting Foreigners in Two Forms of Anti-Foreigner Sentiment,” with Danbee Lee and Minsung Michael Kang, Korea Observer, March 2024.

6. ”Why the Youth Rebel: Changing Perceptions of Gender Equality among the Youth in the United States,” with Phoebe Moon, International Area Studies Review, March 2024.

7. ”Democratic Citizenship in the United States: Measuring Democratic Support during the Trump Era,” with Maneesh Arora, Social Science Studies, December 2023.

8. "Threats to the Liberal International Order: Democracy and the Youth in South Korea,"  Korea Policy, May 2023.

9. "The 2022 South Korean Presidential Elections and the Gender Divide among the Youth" with Chungjae Lee, Pacific Affairs, June 2022.

10. "How Global Citizenries Think about Democracy: An Evaluation and Synthesis of Recent Public Opinion Research'' with Doh Chull Shin, Japanese Journal of Political Science, June 2018. 

11. "Liberal Democracy as the End of History: Western Theories versus Eastern Asian Realities'' with Doh Chull Shin, Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, June 2018. 

12. "Stopping the Hate: Political Condemnations of Anti-Asian Rhetoric During the COVID-19 Crisis'' with Maneesh Arora, Journal of Asian American Studies, October 2020.

13. "The Gender Readings Gap in Political Science Graduate Training'' with Heidi Hardt, Amy Erica Smith, and Philippe Meister, Journal of Politics, October 2019. 

14. "Who Creates a Google Scholar Profile?'' with Bernard Grofman, PS: Political Science and Politics, July 2020. 

15. "Gender, Race, Age and National Origin Predict Whether Faculty Assign Female-Authored Readings in Graduate Courses'' with Heidi Hardt, Amy Erica Smith, and Philippe Meister, PS: Political Science and Politics, January 2020.

16. "Job Mobility, Tenure, and Promotions in Political Science Ph.D. Granting Departments, 2002-2017: Cohort, Gender and Citation Count Effects'' with Bernard Grofman, PS: Political Science and Politics, October 2019. 

17. "The Political Science 400: With Citation Counts by Cohort, Gender and Subfield'' with Bernard Grofman, PS: Political Science and Politics, January 2019.

18. "US Foreign Aid and Economic Policy Concessions'' with Taehee Whang, Jungtaek Han, and Youngwan Kim, Policy Studies, January 2019. 

19. "International Signaling and Economic Sanctions'' with Taehee Whang, International Interactions, May 2015. 

20. "The Role and Power of UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee'' with Changrok Soh and Yooneui Kim, Korea Observer, March 2015. 

21. "CSR in Korea: Lessons from American and British CSR Policies'' with Changrok Soh and Taehee Whang, Journal of International and Area Studies, October 2014. 

Additional Publications

1. "How Taiwan and South Korea see Democrats, Republicans, and America'' with Lev Nachman and Wei-Ting Yen in Brookings Institution, July 30, 2024.  

2. "South Korean Elections Cast a Shadow over Yoon’s Presidency'' in East Asia Forum, April 27, 2024.

3.  “Active Democracy: How Political Activists and Ordinary Citizens Support Democracy in Taiwan” with Lev Nachman, in Globalization and Civil Society in East Asian Space, Routledge Press, December 2022.

4. "South Korea Votes, Beijing Watches'' with Gi-Wook Shin and Haley M. Gordon in American Purpose, March 2, 2022.

5. "South Koreans Are Rethinking What China Means to Their Nation" with Gi-Wook Shin and Haley M. Gordon in Stanford University's Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center News, February 9, 2022. 

6. "South Korea's Democratic Deconsolidation'' in East Asia Forum, July 14, 2021.

7. "Asian American Women Legislators Have Been Speaking Out Against Anti-Asian Violence'' with Maneesh Arora in The Washington Post, March 19, 2021.