Dr. Yujin J. Jung is an incoming tenure-track Assistant Professor of Political Science at Mount St. Mary’s University, set to begin her role in the fall of 2024. Jung’s academic work is primarily centered on examining democracy and political behavior, with a methodological focus on text analysis. She has forthcoming articles in the Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs and the Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age. In addition, her ongoing work on populism and democracy is under review in several academic journals.
Jung’s achievements have been recognized with awards in both teaching and research. She has been honored with the GPC Excellence in Teaching Award (2024) and the Missouri Excellence in Political Science Teaching Award (2024) from the University of Missouri, underscoring her dedication to educational excellence. On the research front, she received the Robert N. Epsten Scholarship for International Studies from the Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award Foundation (2022).
As a committed scholar, Jung serves on the Steering Committee of the Young Scholars Initiative on Populism (OPUS), a division within the international research network in populism studies, Team Populism. Her previous positions include research roles at the Institute for Euro-African Studies and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Education and Research Center. Jung received a Ph.D. in political science from the Harry S Truman School of Government & Public Affairs at the University of Missouri. She holds a Master of International Politics and a Bachelor in Policy Studies (Summa Cum Laude) from Hanyang University.
A copy of Jung’s Curriculum Vitae is available for download here.
PhD in Political Science, 2024
University of Missouri
Methodological Training
IQMR (Syracuse University, 2022), ICPSR (University of Michigan, 2021), SICSS (Rutgers University, 2020)
MA in International Politics, 2018
BA in Policy Studies (summa cum laude), 2016
Hanyang University
Jung, Yujin J. 2024. "Cyber Shadows over Nuclear Peace: Understanding and Mitigating Digital Threats to Global Security." Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, 11(2). forthcoming
Mao, Hanjin, Meril Antony, & Jung, Yujin J. 2024. "Lighthouse in the Mist: State Governors’ Crisis Communication on Twitter during the Early Stage of the Covid-19 Pandemic." International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age forthcoming
Choi, Jeongho, & Jung, Yujin J. "Does Immigration Fuel Populism? The Effect of Immigration on the Rise of Populist Rhetoric"
Jung, Yujin J. "Populism and Polarization in Comparative Perspective: Sectarian Populism"
Jung, Yujin J. "Navigating Populism in America: Unveiling the Socio-Economic and Ideological Roots of Populist Attitudes"