Contact Information
1407 W. Gregory Ave.
Urbana, IL, 61801
Office Hours
Research Interests
Public Opinion, Political Behavior, Democratic Theory
Education
MA, University of Chicago
MA, Korea University
BA, Korea University
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
SP 2023 - GESIS Spring Seminar - Modeling Group Differences (Method Training; Cologne, Germany)
FA 2022 - Master Course in Online Teaching (Teaching Certificate; UIUC)
SP 2021 - Big 10 Academic Alliance Traveling Scholar (University of Chicago)
Awards and Honors
Civic Health and Institutions Project (CHIP50) Special Competition Winner, 2024
Rapoport Family Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Survey Grant, 2024
LAS Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching for Graduate Teaching Assistants, 2024
Humane Studies Fellowship, Institute of Humane Studies, 2024
Winner of the Univ. of Cincinnati Graduate Student Political Science Symposium, 2022
List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent (with Outstanding Distinction), Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022
International Foundation for Korea University (IFKU) Scholar, Fall 2021
The Rita and Leonard Ogren Prize for Academic Performance, 2020-21
List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent (UIUC), Fall 2019, Fall 2023
Courses Taught
Independent Instructor
PS 230 Intro to Political Research [SP2024]
PS 100 Intro to Political Science [FA2020]
Teaching Assistant
PS 270 Intro to Political Theory [FA2019, FA2022]
PS 240 Intro to Comparative Politics [FA2023]
PS 101 Intro to American Politics [FA2021, SP2022]
Recent Publications
Ahn, Seongjoon. 2019. “Popularizing Grief: Tragedies and Tragic Events in Ancient Athens." The Korean Review of Political Thought. 25 (2): 9-38. (with Nam-Kook Kim)