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Hong Min Park

  • Associate Professor, Political Science
  • Department Chair, Political Science

Education

  • PhD, Political Science, Washington University in St. Louis
  • MA, Political Science, Northwestern University
  • BA, Economics, Seoul National University

Office Hours

Wednesday 9:00–11:00 am & by appointment

Office Location:  614C 

Courses Taught

  • POL SCI 104 - Intro. to American Government and Politics
  • POL SCI 408 - American Presidency
  • POL SCI 421 - Party Politics in America
  • POL SCI 426 - Congressional Politics
  • POL SCI 335 - Comparative Political System
  • POL SCI 390 - Political Data Analysis
  • POL SCI 749 - Seminar in American Political Institutions
  • POL SCI 926 - Seminar in the Legislative Process

Research Interests

  • American political institutions
    • U.S. Congress
    • Partisan politics
    • Inter-branch politics
  • Political methodology
    • Statistical methods
    • Non-cooperative game theory
  • Comparative legislature, Korean politics

Selected Publications

Park, Hong Min and John S. Kuk. Understanding American Politics: Elections, Polarization and Democracy (2023). Seoul: Orum.
Park, Hong Min, Smith, Steven S., and Vander Wielen, Ryan J. Politics Over Process: Partisan Conflict and Post-Passage Processes in the U.S. Congress (2017). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Park, Hong Min. “Revisiting a Signaling Game of Legislative-Judiciary Interactions” Political Analysis 24.4 (2016): 501-504.
Park, Hong Min, and Smith, Steven S. “Partisanship, Sophistication, and Public Attitudes about Majority Rule and Minority Rights in Congress” Legislative Studies Quarterly 41.4 (2016): 841-871.
Smith, Steven S., and Park, Hong Min. “Americans' Attitudes about the Senate Filibuster” American Politics Research 41.5 (2013): 735-760.

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