Participant Biographies

Kim Jiyoon

Kim Jiyoon

Director, Public Opinion Studies Center, The Asan Institute for Policy Studies
Stability and Change in Post-Crisis Party Systems

Dr. Kim is a research fellow and the director of the Public Opinion Studies Center at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. Previously, 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. Her recent publications include “Political judgment, perceptions of facts, and partisan effects” and “Public spending, public deficits, and government coalition.” She received her B.A. from Yonsei University, M.P.P. from the University of California, Berkeley, and Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.