Yujin J. Jung

Education

Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science (Comparative Politics, International Relations), University of Missouri, August 2019 - Present

• Participant in Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research (IQMR) 2022, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry, Syracuse University, NY, July 2022.

  • Multi-Method Research, Computer-Assisted Text Analysis, Designing and Conducting Fieldwork, Social Media as Social Science Data 

• Participant in Summer Program at Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan (Virtual), July-August 2021.

  • Text Analysis, Maximum Likelihood Estimation

• Participant in Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS), Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey (Virtual), June 2020

  • Survey and Machine Learning, Experiment, Digital Trace Data

M.A. in International Politics, B.A. in Policy Studies (Summa Cum Laude), Hanyang University 한양대학교, Korea, August 2018, 2016.

Under Review

1. Yujin J. Jung. "State Governor's Crisis Communication Strategy during COVID-19: A Computation Analysis of Governor's Tweets across 50 States" (with Meril Antony, Hanjin Mao) (under review)

Current Projects

2. Yujin J. Jung. "Presidential Rhetoric in Social Media and Anti-Minority Sentiment" (with Jonathan Krieckhaus) (in progress) 

3. Yujin J. Jung. "Democratic Backsliding and Political Revenge in South Korea"  (with Youngho Cho) (in progress)

4. Yujin J. Jung. "Populism in East Asia" (Dissertation Chapter) (in progress) 

5. Yujin J. Jung. "Does Immigration Fuel Populism? The Effect of Immigration on the Rise of Populist Rhetoric" (with  Jeongho Choi) (in progress) 

6. Yujin J. Jung. "Political Campaign of Asian-American Politicians" (with Taewoo Kang) (in progress) 

7. Yujin J. Jung. "Populism Rhetoric in the United States: Focusing on Twitter Analysis" (with Mercial Stewart and Baekkwan Park)  (in progress)

8. Yujin J. Jung. "Perceived Inequality,  Redistribution Preferences, and Populist Attitudes in the United States"  (with Eduardo Ryô Tamaki) (in progress)

9. Yujin J. Jung. "Democracy Level and Conflict Management: The Effect of Regime Type on the Outcome of Civil War Mediation" (with Yu Bin Kim) (in progress)

10. Yujin J. Jung. "Coalition Participation and Radical Populist Party Success: The Conditional Effect of Party Ideology" (in progress)

11. Yujin J. Jung. "Democratic Diffusion and Campaign Debates: A Comparative Analysis of the Onset of Campaign Debates in the Electoral Process " (in progress)

Research Interest

Populism, Democracy, Text Analysis, Asian Politics

• Comparative Politics (Comparative Political Behavior, Asian Politics, Authoritarian Politics, Democratic Backsliding)

• Political Behavior (Populism Attitudes, Immigration Attitudes, Affective Polarization, Gender and Politics)

• Methodology (Mixed-Method Research, Machine Learning)

• Text Analysis (NLP, Text Analysis in R & Python)

• Computational Social Science (Social Media and Politics, Political Communication)

Political Behavior, Comparative Politics, Methodology, Text Analysis, Computational Social Science

Teaching Experience

Course Instructor 

• POL 2700: Comparative Political System, University of Missouri (Fall 2022) 

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• POL 4680: Chinese Politics & Foreign Policy, University of Missouri (Spring 2023)

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• POL 1400: International Relations, University of Missouri (Fall 2023)

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• Method Workshops for Graduate Students in Quantitative Methods, Truman School of Government and Public Affairs, University of Missouri

  • Text Analysis in R (Spring 2022)

  • Mixed-Method Research (Spring 2023)

Teaching Assistant 

• POL 1400 Introduction to International Relations, University of Missouri, Spring 2022 (to Dr. Heather Ba)

  • Guest Lecture on "Challenges to Global Order: Globalization, Immigration, and the Rise of the Extreme Right" (April 27, 2022)

• POL 4210: Constitutional Rights, University of Missouri, Fall 2021 (to Dr. Rodolfo Hernandez)

• POL 1100 American Government, University of Missouri, Spring 2021 (to. Dr. Bill Horner)

• POL 2004 Topics in Political Science: How Government Affects You, University of Missouri, Fall 2020 (to Dr. Jonathan Krieckhaus)

• POL 4540 American Foreign Policy, University of Missouri, Spring 2020 (to Dr. Heather Ba)

• Political Science Methodology, International Organization, Civil Society, Hanyang University, Fall 2016

Conference Presentation 

"Democratic Backsliding and Political Revenge in South Korea", paper will be presented at the 119th American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Los Angles, CA, August, 2023. 

"The Rise of Populism in Mainstream Party: Populism Rhetoric Convergence", paper will be presented at the 119th American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Los Angles, CA, August, 2023. 

"The Effect of Anti-immigration Sentiment on Inequality and Populist Attitudes", paper will be presented at the 119th American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Los Angles, CA, August, 2023. 

"Asian Populism", paper will be presented at the 10th International Conference of NextGen Korean Studies at the University of Michigan with support from the Academy of Korean Studies, Ann Arbor, MI, May 12-13, 2023. 

"Does Immigration Fuel Populism? The Effect of Immigration on the Rise of Populist Rhetoric", paper will be presented at the 80th of Annual Conference of Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 13, 2023.

"The Rise of Populism and Populist Rhetoric in Politics" & "Coalition Participation and Radical Populist Party Success: The Conditional Effect of Party Ideology", Paper presented at the 79th Annual Midwest Political Science Conference, April 7-10, 2022, Chicago, IL

"Democracy and Conflict Management: The Effect of Regime Type on Civil War Mediation", Paper presented at International Studies Association 2022 Annual Convention, March 28-April 4, 2002, Nashville, TN.

"Comparing Political Communication: A Comparative Analysis on Campaign Debate", paper presented at the section of "Elite Political Communication II" at the 78th of Annual Conference of Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Virtual, April 14, 2021 

“Democracy Level and Conflict Management: The Effect of Regime Type on the Outcome of Civil War Mediation", (with Yu Bin Kim) paper presented at the ISA Midwest Annual Conference 2020, November 20, 2020

"Nuclear Populism: Why North Korea Will Not Forgo its Nuclear Power," poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Washington D.C., August 31, 2019 

Research Experience

Research Assistant, University of Missouri, Summer 2020 (to Dr. Sheena Greitens)

Research Assistant, University of Missouri, Spring 2020 (to Dr. Sheena Greitens and Dr. Heather Ba)

Research Assistant, University of Missouri, Fall 2019 (to Dr. Bryce Reeder)

Researcher, Institute of Euro-African Studies, 2018.

Research Fellow, Nuclear Nonproliferation Education and Research Center, 2018.

Research Assistant, Hanyang University, 2016.

Congressional Intern, Korean Embassy at the United States, 2014.

Professional Services

Discussant for the Session of “Poster Session: Undergraduate Behavior and Methods” at the 80th of Annual Conference of Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 13, 2023.

Discussant for the Session of “Poster Session: Undergraduate Comparative Politics” at the 79th of Annual Conference of Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 7, 2022.

Chair & Discussant for the Session of “Parties, Media, and Political Communication in Comparative Perspective” at the 78th of Annual Conference of Midwest Political Science Association, Virtual, April 21, 2021

GPC Representative for  Graduate Association of Political Scientists (GAPS)  for 2020-2021 Academic Year

Discussant for the Session of “China’s One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiatives and the Future of China-Africa Relations” at the Annual Conference of The Korean Society of Contemporary European Studies, Seoul, December 07, 2018

Award and Support

Robert N. Epsten Scholarship for International Studies, Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award Foundation, May, 2022. 

2022 Edith Taylor Therrien Award, Harry S Truman School of Government and Public Affairs, University of Missouri, April, 2022.

2021 Edith Taylor Therrien Award, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri. April 2021. 

Methodological Training Scholarship, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri, 2021

2010 Robin Remington Award, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri. April. 2020.

APSA Annual Meeting Travel Grant, American Political Science Association, 2019.

Research Award, Korean National Police Agency 2018.

NEREC Research Fellowship, Nuclear Nonproliferation Education and Research Center, 2018.

Teaching/Research Assistant Scholarship, Hanyang University, 2016.

Methodological Training 

Certification:

• Certified to complete "Advanced Regression Analysis" course, Korea Social Science Data Archive (May 9-30 2020)

• Certified to attend "Introduction to Python Short Course", Department of Statistics, University of Missouri (Jan 25, 2020)

Programming: STATA, R, Python, Latex

Methodology: Text analysis, NLP, Digital trace data, Social media data analysis, Advanced regression analysis, Survey Experiment