Credit: Se Hyun Kim
I am a Prize Fellow in Social Sciences and Princeton Politics Ph.D. candidate on the 2025-2026 job market specializing in race, religion, and international relations. My research examines how racial and religious identities fundamentally alter public support for countries in conflict, revealing critical mechanisms through which identity-based biases shape foreign policy preferences and international solidarity.
My prior research offering a strategic account of U.S. and Chinese vaccine diplomacy during the COVID-19 pandemic, is forthcoming at International Studies Quarterly and received the Best Paper in Foreign Policy Award from the American Political Science Association.
My work has also received revise and resubmits at the American Journal of Political Science, International Organization, and International Studies Quarterly.
Drafts and other working papers are available on my Research page.
My research has received generous support from the Honjo Foundation, the Institute for Humane Studies, the Data-Driven Social Science Initiative (DDSS), the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance and the Bobst Center for Peace and Justice among others.
I am deeply committed to active and engaged learning. I was honored with the prestigious George Kateb Teaching Award from Princeton Politics, and the Exemplar Mentor Award from Princeton University in 2024. I have organized pedagogy workshops for fellow graduate students and have been nominated twice for university-wide teaching awards.
I graduated summa cum laude with highest honors in political science from UC Berkeley, and am a proud alumnus of the Japan Exchange Teaching (JET) Program.