Dr. Kim is a Research Fellow and the Director of the Public Opinion Studies Program at the Asan Institute for Policies Studies. Dr. Kim received her B.A. in Political Science and Diplomacy from Yonsei University, M.P.P. in Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley, and Ph.D. in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to joining the Asan Institute, she was a lecturer at Concordia University, Sookmyung Women’s University, and Chungang University. She was also a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Universit? de Montr?al. Her research interests include elections and voting behavior, political economy, distributive politics in multiethnic societies, American political development, political methodology, and Korean politics. Recent publications include “Political judgment, perceptions of facts, and partisan effects” (Electoral Studies, 2010), and “Public spending, public deficits, and government coalition” (Political Studies, 2010).