Yujin J. Jung

Yujin J. Jung

Incoming Assistant Professor

Mount St. Mary's University

Biography

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. Concurrently, she is a Political Science Ph.D. candidate at the Harry S Truman School of Government & Public Affairs at the University of Missouri. 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, while her research on populism and democracy is concurrently undergoing review in various academic journals.

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. She holds a Master of International Politics and a Bachelor in Policy Studies (Summa Cum Laude) from Hanyang University and has received accolades like the GPC Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Missouri (2024), the Robert N. Epsten Scholarship for International Studies from the Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award Foundation (2022), as well as the 2022 & 2021 Edith Taylor Therrien Award and 2020 Robin Remington Award.

A copy of Jung’s Curriculum Vitae is available for download here.

Interests
  • Comparative Politics
  • Political Behavior
  • Text Analysis
  • Asian Politics
  • International Politics
Education

  • PhD in Political Science, 2024 (expected)

    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

Research

Publications

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

Under Review

Work in Progress

  • Jung, Yujin J. “Are Populist Citizens Extreme? Non-linearity of Populist Attitudes and Ideological Extremism” (with Eduardo Ryô Tamaki)
  • Jung, Yujin J. “Large Language Model and Populism”
  • Jung, Yujin J. “Presidential Rhetoric in Social Media and Anti-Minority Sentiment: Using LLM Approach” (with Jonathan Krieckhaus)
  • Jung, Yujin J. “Democratic Backsliding and Political Revenge in South Korea” (with Youngho Cho)
  • Jung, Yujin J. “Political Campaign of Asian-American Politicians: Using Survey Experiments” (with Taewoo Kang)
  • Jung, Yujin J. “Gender, Populist Candidates, and Media Effects” (SAGE International Encyclopedia of Politics and Gender, forthcoming)
  • Jung, Yujin J. “Authoritarian Attitudes and Populist Attitudes” (with Jeongho Choi)

Teaching

Assistant Professor at Mount St. Mary’s University

  • Introduction to Populist Politics, PSCI 100, Fall 2024 (expected)
  • Political Analysis (Research Methods), PSCI 360, Fall 2024 (expected)

Graduate Instructor at the University of Missouri

  • The Science of Politics (Research Methods), POLSC 2500, Spring 2024
  • Introduction to International Relations, POLSC 1400, Fall 2023
  • Chinese Politics and Foreign Policy , POLSC 4680, Spring 2023
  • Comparative Political System , POLSC 2700, Fall 2022

Instructor for Methodology Workshops

  • Mixed-Method Research, Method Workshops for Graduate Students in Quantitative Methods, Truman School of Government and Public Affairs, Spring 2023.
  • Text Analysis in R, Method Workshops for Graduate Students in Quantitative Methods, Truman School of Government and Public Affairs, Spring 2022.

Awards

  • The GPC Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Missouri, 2024.

Service

Conference Discussant

  • Discussant for the Session of “Poster Session: Undergraduate Behavior and Methods” at the 80th 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 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 Annual Conference of Midwest Political Science Association, Virtual, April 21, 2021
  • 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

Leadership

  • Steering Committee of the Young Scholars Initiative on Populism (OPUS), Team Populism, 2024.
  • Writing Group Leader for Campus Writing Program, University of Missouri, January-May, 2023.
  • Debate Judge, for Missouri Debate Union at the University of Missouri, March 2023 & October 2022.
  • GPC Representative for the Graduate Association of Political Scientists (GAPS) at the University of Missouri (2020-2021 Academic Year).
  • Volunteer Translator for North Korean Human Rights NGO (PSCORE) at United Nations Geneva, Mar 2017.
  • Congressional Intern, Korean Embassy at the United States, Dec 2013 - Feb 2014.

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