Welcome!

I am a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Mount St. Mary's University. My research explores the intersections of populism, political rhetoric, democratic governance, polarization, and extremism in both established and emerging democracies. Drawing from both quantitative and qualitative approaches, I use text analysis and survey data to investigate the social and ideological foundations of political behavior. My research has been published or is forthcoming in leading disciplinary journals, including Political Science Research and Methods and Social Science Quarterly, and includes an invited contribution to a special issue of Political Psychology. I have also published in regionally focused journals such as the Journal of East Asian Studies and the Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs. I received my Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Missouri.

My most recent CV can be accessed [here📖]. (Last update: Sep 17, 2025)

Email: y.j.jung@msmary.edu

Research Interest

• Comparative Political Behavior

• Political Rhetoric and Communication

• Democratic Backsliding and Polarization

• Populism and Political Style

• Text-as-Data and Computational Social Science