Ph.D. Public Administration, New York University (2020)
M.A. Public Administration, Seoul National University (2013), summa cum laude
B. A. Public Administration, Korean National Police University (2011), summa cum laude
Experience
Assistant Professor, School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, Singapore (July 2020 – August 2024)
Editor, Local Government Studies (2023-)
Associate Editor, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (2024-)
Journal Articles
(2025)
Partisanship versus principles: A study of voter response to intra-party corruption allegations.
PARTY POLITICS.
00,
00
(2024)
Fifty years of local government studies: evolution, internationalisation, and the future of the field.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES.
50,
6
(2024)
Sorry Not Sorry: Presentational strategies and the electoral punishment of corruption.
ELECTORAL STUDIES.
92,
(2024)
Client credibility judgment: A source of inequity in street-level implementation.
POLICY STUDIES JOURNAL.
53,
1
(2024)
Public perceptions of cross-sector collaboration and sector bias: evidence from a survey experiment.
PUBLIC MANAGEMENT REVIEW.
26,
8
(2024)
Where Do Citizens Place Blame for Service Delivery Failure? A Closer Look at Public-Private Partnerships.
PUBLIC PERFORMANCE & MANAGEMENT REVIEW.
47,
6
(2024)
Public Service Motivation and Job Satisfaction Amid COVID-19: Exploring the Effects of Work Environment Changes.
PUBLIC PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT.
53,
2
(2024)
Why Citizens Engage in Co-Production: A Theoretical Framework and Experimental Evidence.
PUBLIC PERFORMANCE & MANAGEMENT REVIEW.
47,
2
(2023)
Police effectiveness and procedural justice as competing public values: Moving beyond the instrumental-versus-normative model of police legitimacy.
POLICING-A JOURNAL OF POLICY AND PRACTICE.
17,
1
(2023)
The dialectics of leadership identity construction: Case studies from Colombian indigenous women leaders..
LEADERSHIP.
19,
4
(2022)
What drives the perceived legitimacy of collaborative governance? An experimental study.
PUBLIC MANAGEMENT REVIEW.
25,
8
(2022)
A Framework for Assessing Accountability in Collaborative Governance: A Process-Based Approach.
Perspectives on Public Management and Governance.
5,
1
(2021)
When tensions become opportunities: Managing accountability demands in collaborative governance.
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH AND THEORY.
32,
4
(2020)
Learning before and during the covid-19 outbreak: A comparative analysis of crisis learning in South Korea and the US..
International Review of Public Administration.
25,
1
(2020)
Learning from the past: Distributed cognition and crisis management capabilities for tackling COVID-19.
AMERICAN REVIEW OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.
50,
6
(2020)
Enhancing methodological reporting in public administration: The functional equivalents framework..
AMERICAN REVIEW OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.
50,
8
Honors / Awards
Beryl Radin Award for Best Article in Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (2023)
Outstanding Reviewer Award for the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (2023)
Lee Kong Chian Fellowship, Singapore Management University (2022-2024)
NASPAA Dissertation Award, Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (2020)
