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Yu-Hsien Sung

Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Political Science

Email: Yu-Hsien.Sung@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of South Carolina, 2023
    Major: Political Science
  • MS, University of South Carolina, 2021
    Major: Applied Statistics

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • PSCI 2306 - US and Texas Constitutions and Institutions, 1 course.
  • PSCI 3010 - American State and Local Government, 1 course.
  • PSCI 6321 - Multiple Regression, 1 course.

Awards and Honors

  • Best Graduate Student Paper Award, Law and Courts Section, American Political Science Association. (September 2023).
  • Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG), American Political Science Association/National Science Foundation. (September 2020).
  • Society for Political Methodology Travel Award, Society for Political Methodology. (July 2022).
  • The Warren E. Miller Fund in Electoral Politics, American Political Science Association. (September 2020).
  • John A. Garcia Scholarship, Society for Political Methodology. (July 2021).
  • EITM Certification Scholarships, ICPSR Summer Program. (June 2020).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Journal Article

  • Sung, Y. (2023). How US voters elect prosecutors: Evidence from a conjoint experiment. Political Research Quarterly. 76 (3) 1309-1324. California, Sage.
  • Sung, Y. (2023). A Court as a Means of Legislative Position Avoidance. 10 (1) 107-1302-. New York, Cambridge University Press.
  • Sung, Y. (2022). The effects of source cues and issue frames during COVID-19. Journal of Experimental Political Science. 9 (3) 369-378. England, Cambridge University Press.

Presentations Given

    Panel Presentation

  • Sung, Y. (Author & Presenter), 2025 Southern Political Science Association Conference, Examining Information in Low-Information Elections: An Analysis of US District Attorneys’ Campaign Messages, San Juan, PR, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Sung, Y. (Author & Presenter), 2024 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Building Trust: The Role of Judicial Communication in New Democracies, Philadelphia, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Sung, Y. (Author & Presenter), 2024 Annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Fit In Or Stand Out in the All-Boys Club? An Analysis of Campaign Rhetoric between Women and Men Prosecutors, Chicago, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).

    • Poster

  • Sung, Y. (Author & Presenter), 2024 Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium(PRIEC), An Analysis of US District Attorneys' Campaign Messages, Austin, Texas, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).

Service

Professional Service

  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Public Policy. (October 2024 - January 2025).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Law and Courts. (2024 - 2024).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. (September 2024 - September 2024).
  • Judge, American Political Science Association, Centennial Center. (August 2024 - September 2024).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Political Research Quarterly. (September 2022 - October 2022).