Sanghoon Kim
Assistant Professor
University of North Texas
Department of Political Science
Email: Sanghoon.Kim@unt.edu
Education
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PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2024
Major: Political Science
Professional Positions
- Assistant Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2024 - Present).
- Senior Lecturer/Assistant Director, Johns Hopkins University. Johns Hopkins University. (2022 - 2024).
Academic - Post-Secondary
Teaching
Teaching Experience
- PSCI 3300 - Political Science Research Methods, 1 course.
- PSCI 4300 - Topics in Political Research Methodology, 1 course.
- PSCI 4661 - Politics of Autocracy, 1 course.
- PSCI 5300 - Practical Research Methods, 1 course.
- PSCI 6625 - Democracy and Democratization, 1 course.
University of North Texas
Research
Published Intellectual Contributions
- Kim-Leffingwell, S. (2024). Authoritarian Nostalgia, Group Sentiment, and Voter Behavior: Evidence from East Asia. Political Behavior.
- Kim-Leffingwell, S., Sallenback, E. (2024). Mnemonic Politics among Philippine Voters: A Social Media Measurement Approach. Democratization.
- Gong, D., Kim-Leffingwell, S., Yang, Y., Shen, S. (2024). Money Backfires: How Chinese Investment Fuels Anti-China Protests Abroad. World Development. 178 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106566
- Usher, N., Kim-Leffingwell, S. (2023). Authoritarian Legacies and Partisan Bias in Corruption Voting: Evidence from South Korea. International Journal of Press/Politics. Online first https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612231186939
- Kim, S. (2023). Authoritarian Legacies and Partisan Bias in Corruption Voting: Evidence from South Korea.. Journal of East Asian Studies. 23 (2) 241-262.
- Yang, Y., Kim-Leffingwell, S., Gong, D., Shen, S. (2023). Killing Protests with Kindness: Anti-China Protests and China’s Public Diplomacy. International Studies Quarterly. 67 (4) https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqad087
- Kim-Leffingwell, S. (2023). Personality Traits, Democratic Support, and Authoritarian Nostalgia. Social Science Quarterly. 23 (2) 241-262. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.13286
- Kim-Leffingwell, S. (2023). Alternative Legacies of Authoritarianism: Pro-dictator Bias in Ideology. Party Politics. 29 (3) 580-586. https://doi.org/10.1177/13540688221083559
Journal Article
Presentations Given
- Kim, S. (Author & Presenter), Ko, H. (Author), International Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Pixelated Authoritarian Nostalgia, International Political Science Association, Seoul, South Korea, Korea, South. (2025 - 2025).
- Kim, S. (Author & Presenter), Southwest Workshop on Mixed Methods Research, Authoritarian National Ideology and Variation in Authoritarian Nostalgia, University of California, Riverside, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
- Kim, S. (Author & Presenter), Ko, H. (Author), American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Did You Miss Me? The Use of Nostalgic Rhetoric of Former Dictators in the Media, American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
- Kim, S. (Author & Presenter), Yang, Y. (Author & Presenter), American Political Science Association, Long-Term Effects of Ethnic Discrimination on Anti-China Protest in Indonesia, American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).