Photo: Taegeukgi rally, a South Korean conservative protest, at Gwanghwamun, Seoul, during my fieldwork in 2018.

Publications

Peer-reviewed

“Protectors of Liberal Democracy or Defenders of Past Authoritarianism?: Authoritarian Legacies, Collective Identity, and the Far-right Protest in South Korea.” Democratization, Vol. 31, No. 3, 2024.

“Authoritarianism at School: Indoctrination Education, Political Socialization, and Citizenship in North Korea.” Asian Studies Review, Vol. 48, No. 2, 2024

“Authoritarian Successor Parties, Supporters, and Protest: Lessons from Asian Democracies.” Journal of East Asian Studies, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2023.

“Field Research: A Graduate Student’s Guide.” (with Ezgi Irgil, Anne-Kathrin Kreft, Charmaine N. Willis, and Kelebogile Zvobgo). International Studies Review, Vol. 23, No. 4, 2021.

“The Global Diffusion of the #MeToo Movement.” (with Amanda Murdie). Politics & Gender, Vol. 17, No. 4, 2021.

“Counterterrorism and Preventive Repression: China’s Changing Strategy in Xinjiang.” (with Sheena Chestnut Greitens and Emir Yazici). International Security, Vol. 44, No. 3, 2020.

Working Papers

“Migration in the Shadow of Enforcement: Broker Selection & Competitive Adaptation in Refugee Escapes from N. Korea.” (with Sheena Greitens), Revise and Resubmit

“Balancing Narratives: China’s Foreign Policy Goals and Its Diplomats in the Liberal International Order.” (with Emir Yazici, Christian Göbel, Baekkwan Park, and Bo Ærenlund Sørensen), Under review.

“The Global Diffusion of the #MeToo Movement: An In-depth Analysis.” (with Amanda Murdie and Baekkwan Park), Under review.

“Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: How Dictators Gauge Their Regimes by Watching Others.” (with Dongjin Kwak), Under review.

“Petition the Emotion: The Effect of Othering Languages in South Korea’s Online Petition.” (with Byunghwan Son). Under review. 

“Friend or Foe? An Analysis of China’s Deportation of South Korean Missionaries.” (with Sarah Lee).

“The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend: Threat Perception, Crime, and Public Support for the US Military.” (with Charmaine N. Willis and Alexander Jensen).

Book Chapters

“China’s Surveillance and Repression in Xinjiang.” (with Emir Yazici). in Cambridge Handbook of Race and Surveillance. Cambridge University Press. 2023.

Book Reviews

“Seeds of Mobilization: The Authoritarian Roots of South Korea’s Democracy by Joan E. Cho.” The Developing Economies, Vol. 63, No. 3, 2025.

“From Development to Democracy: The Transformations of Modern Asia by Dan Slater and Joseph Wong.” International Affairs, Vol. 99, No. 4, 2023.

“Top-down Democracy in South Korea by Erik Mobrand.” Korean Studies, Vol. 46, 2022.