Kisoo Kim
Welcome! I am a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy.
My research focuses on topics in political economy and American politics, including legislative politics, electoral competition, media politics, democratic accountability, and democratic institutions.Â
Publication
Fowler, Anthony and Kisoo Kim. 2022. An Information-Based Explanation for Partisan Media Sorting. Journal of Theoretical Politics. Replication Data.
Winner of Ostrom Award in 2023 given to the best article published in the journal within the previous two calendar years (2021, 2022) by the Formal Theory Section of the American Political Science AssociationWork in Progress
Lame Duck by Primary: Effect of Electoral Incentives on U.S. House Representatives (Job Market Paper)
Electoral Competition and Legislative Moderation (with Rohen Shah)
Strategic Media Bias
Teaching
Instructor
Mathematical Methods for Social Science (Ph.D. Math Camp, Syllabus), 2022, 2021
Teaching Evaluations: 2022, 2021
Teaching Assistant
Data and Programming for Public Policy (Master's, Head TA), Professor Nathan Barker, Spring 2024
Analytical Politics 2 (Master's, Head TA), Professors Luis Martinez, Zhaosong Ruan, Arduino Tomasi, Winter 2024
Game Theory (Ph.D.), Professor Konstantin Sonin, Fall 2023, 2022
Strategic Decision Making in Public Policy, Professor Konstantin Sonin Fall, 2023
Applied Econometrics, Professor Christopher Clapp, Fall 2023
Microeconomics 2 (Ph.D.), Professor Scott Ashworth, Winter 2022
Game Theory (Ph.D.), Professor Roger Myerson, Fall 2021
Formal Models of Domestic Politics (Ph.D.), Professor Scott Gehlbach, Winter 2020
Analytical Politics 1 (Master's, Head TA), Professors Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, Wioletta Dziuda, Alexander Fouirnaies, Fall 2020
Mathematical Methods in Social Science (Ph.D. Math Camp), Summer 2020
Political Economy 2 (Ph.D.), Professor Peter Buisseret, Winter 2020
Political Economy 1 (Ph.D.), Professor Konstantin Sonin, Fall 2019
Data and Policy Summer Scholar Program, Professor Austin Wright, Summer, 2019
Math Camp for Incoming Master's Students, Summer 2019
Microeconomics for Public Policy (Undergraduate), Professor Sabina Shaikh, Spring, 2019