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Sanghoon Kim

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Political Science

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2024
    Major: Political Science

Current Scheduled Teaching

PSCI 3600.002Governments and Politics Around the WorldSpring 2026
PSCI 3300.002Political Science Research MethodsSpring 2026
PSCI 6625.001Democracy and DemocratizationFall 2025
PSCI 3300.003Political Science Research MethodsFall 2025 Syllabus
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Previous Scheduled Teaching

PSCI 5300.001Practical Research MethodsSpring 2025 SPOT
PSCI 4300.001Topics in Political Research MethodologySpring 2025 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4661.001Politics of AutocracyFall 2024 Syllabus SPOT
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Journal Article

  • 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
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Overall
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Engagement Index		 Response Rate

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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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