Woo Chang Kang

Associate Professor of Political Science
Korea University, South Korea

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, and before joining Korea University in 2019 I worked as a postdoc at Yale University and a lecturer at the Australian National University.

Research interests

AI and Politics Representation & Polarization Gender & Intergroup Politics Immigration Economic Inequality Election Voting Behavior Politics of Face

Recent publications

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Revisiting Candidate Gender Effects: Heuristics, Sexism, and Information Environments

Kweon, Yesola, Woo Chang Kang and Jong-sung You · Politics & Gender, 22(2), 373–394 (2026) · DOI

Does Direct Experience in Election Administration Change Perceptions of Election Fraud?

이인복·강우창·박선경 · 한국정당학회보, 25(1): 159-196 (2026) · DOI

Crisis of Korean Democracy and Backsliding from Below? Changes in Diffuse Support and Satisfaction with Democracy, 2003~2025

강우창 · 한국과국제정치, 42(1): 127-153 (2026) · DOI

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, 32 (2026) · DOI

Do Elections Reduce Political Polarization? Changes in Polarization Perceptions Before and After the 2025 South Korean Presidential Election

강우창·김한나 · 한국정치학회보, 59(4): 121-146 (2025) · DOI