Research Interests
Political Violence (Civil Wars, Coups, Protests)
Conflict Management & Resolution
Political Economy of Violence
Leader Survival
Machine Learning
Education
M.S. Applied Statistics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2025.
M.A. Political Science, Ewha W. University, 2018.
B.A. English Language and Literature, Political Science, Ewha W. University, 2016.
Grants
Lynne Rienner Award for Best Graduate Student Paper, ISA-Midwest (2025)
APSA Conflict Processes Section Travel Award (2025)
Schroeder Fellowship (Cline Center) (2025) https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/8353/1521624143
Center for East Asian & Pacific Studies (2024) https://ceaps.illinois.edu/research-overview/ceaps-graduate-student-travel-grant
Harrell Rodgers Travel Scholarship, the 81st Annual MPSA Conference (2024)
ACDIS (The Program in Arms Control & Domestic & International Security) Summer Fellowship (2022)
Recent Publications
Do Young Gong., Sanghoon Kim-Leffingwell, Shuyuan Shen, and Yujeong Yang., Shuyuan Shen, and Yujeong Yang. (2024). "Money backfires: How Chinese investment fuels anti-China protests abroad." World Development, 178, 106566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106566 (Equal contribution)
Yang, Yujeong, Sanghoon Kim-Leffingwell, Shuyuan Shen, and Do Young Gong. "Killing Protests with Kindness: Anti-China Protests and China’s Pub-
lic Diplomacy." International Studies Quarterly 67, no. 4 (2023): sqad087. https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqad087
KyungWoo Kim, Hyeon-Suk Lyu, and Do Young Gong. "Weeding out False Information in Disasters and Emergencies: Information Recipients’ Compe-
tency." International Review of Public Administration 25, no. 4 (2020): 261-278. https://doi.org/10.1080/12294659.2020.1857056