Greetings! I am a political science PhD candidate (ABD) at the Harry S Truman School of Government & Public Affairs at the University of Missouri. My work mainly examines democracy and comparative communication with a methodological interest in machine learning and text analysis. In my dissertation project, I investigate the rise of populism in East Asian countries and how mainstream parties become populistized. My collaborated articles on political communication and democratic backsliding are currently under review in the journals. I am also an enthusiastic instructor who has taught and will teach the introductory courses of Comparative Politics (Fall 2022) and International Relations (Fall 2023), Research Methods in Political Science (Spring 2024), and Chinese Politics & Foreign Policy (Spring 2023) at the University of Missouri.
Prior to beginning the Ph.D. program, I was a researcher at the Institute for Euro-African Studies and a research fellow at Nuclear Nonproliferation Education and Research Center. I obtained both a Master of International Politics and a Bachelor in Policy Studies (Summa Cum Laude) from Hanyang University, South Korea. I am the recipient of the Robert N. Epsten Scholarship for International Studies from the Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award Foundation, and also the 2022 & 2021 Edith Taylor Therrien Award and 2020 Robin Remington Award which are awarded to highly accomplished women graduate students.
You can download a copy of my Curriculum Vitae here.
Beyond academic life, I am a big fan of sports, ranging from playing golf to watching baseball, am an amateur photographer, and am passionate about jazz and bourbon.
PhD in Political Science, 2024 (expected)
University of Missouri
Methodological Training
IQMR (Syracuse University, 2023), ICPSR (University of Michigan, 2022), SICSS (Rutgers University, 2021)
MA in International Politics, 2018
BA in Policy Studies (summa cum laude), 2016
Hanyang University
Mao, Hanjing, Antony, Meril, & Jung, Yujin J. "A Computational Analysis of State Governors and Public Reaction on Twitter in Early Days of COVID-19 Pandemic" (Currently Under Review)
Jung, Yujin J. "Coalition Participation and Radical Populist Party Success: The Conditional Effect of Party Ideology" (Currently Under Review)
“Professor Jung is incredibly passionate about this subject and helped me cultivate a deep and vibrant understanding of Chinese politics. She values discussion and a variety of view points in class and helps foster student growth and participation. She has been one of the most encouraging professors to me personally this semester!” (Student Evalulation, Spring 2023, POL 4680)
“Professor Jung was amazing. She was constantly engaging and enthusiastic. She created a very positive class environment. She was also really understanding and receptive to any suggestions or clarifications. She also took the time to answer our questions and get to know us as individuals. 10/10 would recommend this course to others and specifically a thank you to Professor Jung!” (Student Evaluation, Fall 2022, POL 2700)