Work Experience

March 2019 – Present : Department of Political Science and International Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea Associate Professor

March 2017 – February 2019 : Division of Language & Diplomacy, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea Associate Professor

March 2016 – February 2017 : Division of Language & Diplomacy, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea Assistant Professor

March 2018 – February 2019 : Director, Center for Diplomatic and Trade Studies

August 2010 – January 2016 : Department of Political Science, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA Assistant Professor

Education

The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio USA
Ph.D., Political Science, June 2010
  • Dissertation: The Strategic Politics of IMF Conditionality
  • Fields of Study: International Relations, Formal Theory, Methodology
M.A., Political Science, December 2005

Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
B.A., Political Science and Diplomacy, February 2003
  • International Exchange Student, The Ohio State University (2001 to 2002)

Research Publication

  • Woo, Byungwon, and Eunbin Chung. 2018. “Aid for Vote? United Nations General Articles Assembly Voting and American Aid Allocation.” Political Studies. 66(4): 1002-1026.
  • Woo, Byungwon, and Dursun Peksen. 2018. “Economic Sanctions and the Politics of IMF Lending.” International Interactions. 44(4): 681-708.
  • Woo, Byungwon, and Amanda Murdie. 2017. “International Organizations and Naming and Shaming: Does the International Monetary Fund Care about Human Rights Reputation of its Client?” Political Studies. 65(4): 767-785.
  • Woo, Byungwon, and Laura Landolt. 2017. “NGOs Invite Attention: From the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to the Human Rights Council.” Journal of Human Rights. 16(4): 407-427.
  • Woo, Byungwon, and Quintin Beazer. 2016. “IMF Conditionality, Government Partisanship, and the Progress of Economic Reforms.” American Journal of Political Science. 60(2): 304-321.
  • Woo, Byungwon, and Dana Parke. 2016. “Official Development Assistance and Women’s Rights: How Aid Donor Characteristics Affect Women’s Rights Improvement in Recipient Countries.” Asian Women. 32(1): 1-29.
  • Woo, Byungwon, and Eunbin Chung. 2015. “We Like You Better When We Feel Good about Ourselves: Group-Affirmation in an International Context.” Korea Observer. 46(2): 387-421.
  • Woo, Byungwon, and Matthew Fails. 2015. “Unpacking Autocracy: Political Regimes and IMF Program Participation.” International Interactions. 41(1): 110-132.
  • Woo, Byungwon, and Irfan Nooruddin. 2015. “Heeding the Sirens: Why Some States Enter IMF Programs Sooner than Others?” Political Science Research and Methods. 3(1): 73-93.
  • Woo, Byungwon, and Peter Trumbore. 2014. “Smugglers’ Blues: Examining Why Countries Become Narcotics Transit States Using the INAPT (International Narcotics Production and Transit) Dataset.” International Interactions. 40(5): 763-787.
  • Woo, Byungwon, and Autumn Lockwood Payton. 2014. “Attracting Investment: Governments’ Strategic Role in Labor Rights Protection.” International Studies Quarterly. 58(3): 462-474.
  • Woo, Byungwon. 2013. “Conditional on Conditionality: IMF Program Design and Foreign Direct Investment.” International Interactions. 39(3): 292-315.
  • Woo, Byungwon, and Daniel Verdier. 2011. “Why Rewards Are Better Than Sanctions.” Economics & Politics. 23(2): 220-238.

Book Chapters:

  • Box-Steffensmeier, Janet M., and Byungwon Woo. 2011. “Event History Analysis.” In International Encyclopedia of Political Science, ed. Bertrand Badie, Dirk BergSchlosser, and Leonardo Morlino, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication.
  • Blake, Daniel J., Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, and Byungwon Woo. 2010. “Structural Interdependence and Unobserved Heterogeneity in Event History Analysis.” In Longitudinal Research with Latent Variables, ed. Kees van Montfort, Johan Oud, and AlbertSatorra. Berlin, Germany: Springer.
  • Woo, Byungwon. 2010. “International Organizations and Regimes.” In 21st Century Political Science: A Reference Handbook, ed. John Ishiyama, and Marijke Breuning. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication.
  • Woo, Byungwon. 2010. “Game Theory.” In 21st Century Political Science: A Reference Handbook, ed. John Ishiyama, and Marijke Breuning. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication

Teaching Experience

At Yonsei University
Experience
• Politics of Foreign Aid (Graduate Seminar)
• Empirical Political Analysis
• Seminar for Aspiring Social Scientists

At Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
• Understanding Official Development Assistance for Sustainable Development Goals
• Issues and Debates in 21st Century International Relations
• Social Science Research
• Theories of International Relations
• Global Diplomacy and Trade
• International Economic Institutions
• Seminar in International Relations
• Introduction to Economics
• International Political Economy

At Oakland University
• PS114: Introduction to World Politics
• PS303: Research Methods and Statistics
• PS308: Special Topics
• PS338: International Political Economy
• PS361: International Organizations
• PS367: Globalization and International Economic Institutions
• PS472: Capstone Seminar in International Relations

At Ohio State University
• PS145: Global Politics
• PS551: United Nations Systems in Global Problem Solving
• PS553: Political Analysis of International Economic Relations
• PS597: Politics of International Economic Institutions: IMF, World Bank, and WTO
• PS597: Contested Issues in Global Political Economy

Teaching Courses

At Yonsei University

-Undergraduate-
  • International Organizations
  • Politics of International Trade
  • Seminar for Aspiring Social Scientists
  • Empirical Political Analysis

-Graduate-
  • International Relations Theories and Research Methods
  • International Cooperation and International Institutions in East Asia
  • East Asian Political Economy
  • Advanced Method of Empirical Research
  • Politics of Foreign Aid
At Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

  • Understanding Official Development Assistance for Sustainable Development Goals
  • Issues and Debates in 21st Century International Relations
  • Social Science Research
  • Theories of International Relations
  • International Economic Institutions
  • Global Diplomacy and Trade
  • Seminar in International Relations
  • Introduction to Economics
  • International Political Economy