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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Revisiting Candidate Gender Effects: Heuristics, Sexism, and Information Environments
Kweon, Yesola, Woo Chang Kang and Jong-sung You · Politics & Gender (Forthcoming) · DOI
2024년 미국 대선에서의 경제투표: 경제 성과와 인종 구성이 선거 결과에 미친 영향
김한나·강우창 · 현대정치연구, 59(1): 5-28 (2025) · Link
The Impact of the 2018 North Korea-United States Summit on South Koreans’ Altruism toward and Trust in North Korean Refugees
Chang, Han Il and Woo Chang Kang · The Social Science Journal, 62(4), 1326–1338 (2025) · DOI
인지된 이념적 양극화와 정서적 양극화
이준호·강우창 · 한국정치학회보, 59(1): 5-28 (2025) · Link
Inequality, Local Wealth, and Electoral Politics
Song BK and Woo Chang Kang · European Journal of Political Economy, Vol 89:102617 (2025) · 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