Woo Chang Kang

Woo Chang Kang

Associate Professor of Political Science

Korea University · Seoul

I study how voters and political elites interact in representative democracies — with a focus on inequalities among social groups by partisanship, gender, age, and migration status.

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Research interests

Representation & Polarization Gender & Intergroup Politics Immigration Economic Inequality Politics of Face

Selected publications

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A Benchmark Dataset for Evaluating Gender Sensitivity in Korean Political Discourse with Large Language Models
Sunkyoung Park, Eunbi Cho, Chan Young Jung, Woo Chang Kang, Taegyoon Kim, Eunah Park, and Sanghoun Song · Scientific Data, 13(1): 32 (2025) · DOI
Between Misperception and Exaggeration: A Longitudinal Analysis of Affective Polarization Among Korean Voters (2000 - 2022)
강우창·이준호 · 한국정치학회보, 58(1): 7-32 (2024) · Link
Revisiting Candidate Gender Effects: Heuristics, Sexism, and Information Environments
Kweon, Yesola, Woo Chang Kang and Jong-sung You · Politics & Gender (Forthcoming) · DOI
Making Sense of Heuristics Choice in Nonpartisan Elections: Evidence from South Korea
Kang, Woo Chang and BK Song · Political Behavior, 46:1865-1886 (2024) · DOI
Stuck in an Unequal Society: Wealth Inequality and Pessimistic Prospects on Future Social Mobility in South Korea
Kang, Woo Chang and Sunkyung Park · Social Forces, 103(2):475-594 (2024) · DOI

About

I am an associate professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Korea University. I received my Ph.D. from New York University in 2015. Before joining Korea University in 2019, I worked as a postdoc at Yale University and a lecturer at the Australian National University. My research explores the interactions between voters and political elites during political processes within representative democracy, aiming to identify ways to mitigate inequalities and enhance representation.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Politics, New York University
  • M.A. in Politics, Korea University
  • B.A. in English Literature, Korea University