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Portrait of Hyoungrohk Chu

Honor Society® member

Hyoungrohk Chu

Instructor of Record at Binghamton University (SUNY)

  • SUNY at Binghamton
  • Political Science
  • Class of 2024
  • Binghamton, New York

Member since December 2022

About

I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at Binghamton University.

Education

  • Binghamton University (SUNY)

    Political Science

    2018 – 2024

  • University of Kansas

    Political Science

    2016 – 2018

Honors and awards

  • Scholarship

    Tuition Scholarship, TA/GA Stipend, Conference Funding, Summer Assistantship (from the Department of Political Science at Binghamton University) in 2018-2023

  • Scholarship

    Travel Scholarship for Workshop on "New Challenges to Democracy" (from the University of Montreal) in Fall 2022

  • Grant

    Graduate School Travel Grant (The Graduate School at Binghamton University) in Fall 2022

  • Tuition Waiver

    Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan in Summer 2022

  • Honors

    Graduated with Honors (Master's thesis) at the University of Kansas in Spring 2018

Goals and interests

Career goal

I would like to work at a research-oriented university or institute with a particular focus on European party politics and democracy, democratic responsiveness/representation, and public policy studies, broadly in the subfield of comparative politics.

Graduate school interests

1. Comparative politics: European party politics, Elections and voting behavior, Public opinion
2. Democracy: Democratic representation, Democratic backsliding, Democratic deficit
3. Political ideologies: Populism, Euroscepticism, Illiberalism, Extremism, Radicalism
4. Policy: Health policy, Welfare policy, Policy reform
5. Regional focus: Established democracies, East Asia

Outside the classroom

1. Playing keyboard and writing some songs
2. Enjoy listening to a variety of music
3. Watching movies

Experience

  • Instructor of Record

    Binghamton University (SUNY)

    Jan 2022 – May 2022

  • Instructor of Record

    Binghamton University (SUNY)

    Jul 2021 – Aug 2021

  • Researcher

    Binghamton COVID-19 Policy Response Lab (Scientific Director: Professor Olga Shvetsova)

    Mar 2020 – May 2023

  • TA/RA

    Binghamton University (SUNY)

    Aug 2018 – May 2023

  • TA/RA

    University of Kansas

    Jan 2017 – Aug 2018

Volunteering

  • Korean language tutor

    Binghamton University (SUNY)

    Aug 2019 – May 2023

  • Korean language teacher

    Lawrence Korean School (Kansas)

    Aug 2016 – Dec 2017

  • Korean language tutor

    University of Kansas

    Aug 2016 – May 2017

Languages

  • Korean Advanced
  • English (US) Advanced