MI HWA HONG mhhong07@gmail.com http://sites.google.com/site/mihwaehong ACADEMIC POSITION Research Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Korea University. March, 2018 present Researcher, Center for International Studies, Yonsei University. September, 2017 February, 2018 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Forsythe Family Program on Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. August, 2016 August, 2017 EDUCATION Ph.D., Political Science,, Ann Arbor, August 2016 Dissertation: Crafting Reputation before Domestic and International Audiences: Autocratic Participation in the United Nations Human Rights Institutions Committee: James D. Morrow (chair), Barbara Koremenos, Susan Waltz (Public Policy), and Jana von Stein Fields: World Politics (major), Comparative Politics (minor), Methods (minor), and International Law (cognate) Master of International Studies, Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, 2006 Concentration: International Cooperation Honors: With Distinction and Valedictory Speaker B.A. English Language & Literature and Korean Language & Literature, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, 2002 Honors: Summa Cum Laude Exchange Student, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Fall 2000 PUPLICATIONS Legal Commitments to UN Human Rights Treaties and Higher Monitoring Standards in the Universal Periodic Review. Journal of Human Rights, forthcoming. UNDER REVIEW 1
Deeper Commitment to Human Rights Treaties: Signaling and Investment Risk Perception (with Gary Uzonyi, University of Tennessee, Knoxville). Conditionally Accepted at International Interactions. Politics of Pursuing Justice in the Aftermath of Civil Conflict. (with Nam Kyu Kim, Sungkyunkwan University). Invited to Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Conflict Resolution. How Do External Territorial Threats Affect Mass Killing. (with Nam Kyu Kim, Sungkyunkwan University). Invited to Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Peace Research. WORKS IN PROGRESS Vying for a Good Reputation: Autocratic Participation in the United Nations Universal Periodic Review. Winner of the 2015-2016 Steven C. Poe Best Graduate Student Paper Award, International Studies Association Autocrats with New Support Coalitions and Multiple Ratifications of Human Rights Treaties Autocrats with New Support Coalitions and Deeper Commitment to Human Rights Treaties Interstate Naming and Shaming in Human Rights: Objections and Withdrawal of Reservations from the Convention on the Rights of the Child FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS EXTERNAL Dissertation Writing Fellowship, Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies, 2016 Steven C. Poe Best Graduate Student Paper Award, International Studies Association, 2015-16 Conference Travel Grant, American Political Science Association, 2011 Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies Fellowship, 2007-12 INTERNAL University of Nebraska-Lincoln Fieldwork Travel Award, Forsythe Family Program on Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, September 2016 Research Fund, Forsythe Family Program on Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, September 2016, Ann Arbor William Zimmerman Summer Award, April 2016 Department of Political Science Conference Travel Grant, April 2016 Department of Political Science Research Grant, December 2015 Rackham Graduate Candidate Research Grant, December 2015 Rackham Conference Travel Grant, 2010-12, 14-15 Summer Research Collaboration Fellowship (with Barbara Koremenos), 2010-11 Bobbe and Jon Bridge Research Award, Rackham Graduate School, 2010 2
Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea PIC Award for Academic Excellence (valedictory speaker), Graduate School of International Studies, 2006 Best Master s Thesis Award, Graduate School of International Studies, 2006 Summa Cum Laude, College of Liberal Arts, 2002 Honors for academic excellence, Spring 2000, Spring/Fall 1998, Fall 1997 FIELD RESEARCH Geneva, Switzerland (March 20-27, 2017) Funded by the Forsythe Family Program on Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Program, University of Nebraska Lincoln Geneva, Switzerland (January 17-28, 2016) Funded by the Rackham Graduate Candidate Research Grant and the Department of Political Science Research Grant CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Vying for a Good Reputation: Autocratic Participation in the United Nation s Universal Periodic Review, SIMS International Conference, Seoul, December 1, 2017; International Studies Association, New Orleans, February 2015; International Relations and Comparative Politics Brownbag, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, March 2015 Crafting Reputation before Domestic Audiences: Autocrats with New Support Coalitions and Multiple Ratifications of Human Rights Treaties, The World Congress for Korean Politics and Society at the Korean Political Science Association, June 22-24, 2017; Journeys in World Politics Workshop at the University of Iowa, May 4-6, 2017. Autocrats with New Support Coalitions and Multiple Ratifications of Human Rights Treaties, American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, September 2016 Legal Entanglements with UN Human Rights Treaties and Higher Monitoring Standards in the United Nations Universal Periodic Review, Governing Global Human Rights Workshop, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Program, University of Nebraska- Lincoln, April, 2016; Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2016 Autocratic Ratification of International Human Rights Agreements: A Dictator s Political Attributes and Need for an Enhanced Image, International Relations and Comparative Politics Brownbag, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, October 2015; American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, September 2015; International Studies Association, Toronto, Canada, March 2014 Interstate Naming and Shaming in Human Rights: Objections and Withdrawal of Reservations from the Convention on the Rights of the Child, American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, September 2015 3
Autocratic Participation in UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR): A Foreign Policy Tool to Look Good in the Eyes of International Audience, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2014 Exploring Paths to Peace: the Supply and Demand of Post-Conflict Justice (with Nam Kyu Kim and Gary Uzonyi), Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2013 Strategic Timing of the Convention against Torture in Electoral Dictatorships, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2012; International Studies Association (poster presentation), April 2012; American Political Science Association (poster presentation), Seattle, September 2011 Why States Ratify Deeper Human Rights Agreements: Signaling and 3 rd -party Benefits (with Gary Uzonyi), Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2012; Research in Political Science,, Ann Arbor, 2011 The Rational Design of Human Rights Agreements (with Barbara Koremenos), Research in Political Science,, Ann Arbor, 2012; Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, 2011; Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2011; American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, 2010; Center for Political Science,, Ann Arbor, 2010 Democratic Disputants Locking Domestic Audience In: Delegation at the WTO Dispute Settlement, Nameless Internal Seminar,, Ann Arbor, 2009 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Research Assistant for Barb Koremenos,, 2009-13, 2015-2016 Graduate Student Supervisor of the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) for Barb Koremenos project, the Continent of International Law, 2011-12 Research Assistant for George Tsebelis,, 2011-12 Research Assistant for Jana von Stein,, 2011-12 Research Assistant for Arthur Lupia, American National Election Studies, University of Michigan, Summer 2008 Research Assistant for Jongryn Mo, Yonsei University, 2005-7 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea Primary Instructor, Graduate School of International Studies International Human Rights, Fall 2017 Seminar on Global Security, Spring 2018 Sogang University, Seoul, Korea Primary Instructor, Department of Political Science Human Rights and International Relations (at undergraduate level and in English), Spring 2018 University of Seoul, Korea Primary Instructor, Department of International Relations Political Economy of East Asia (at undergraduate level and in Korean), Fall 2017 4
, Ann Arbor Graduate Student Instructor POLSCI 160, Introduction to World Politics, with Professor James Morrow; Professor Allan Stam Teaching Assistant POLSCI 498, Undergraduate Seminar in International Politics: International Cooperation, with Professor Barb Koremenos POLSCI 364, Public International Law, with Professor Barb Koremenos POLSCI 340, A Game-Theoretic Approach to West European Politics, with Professor George Tsebelis ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Software Proficiency: STATA, SPSS, R Language: Korean, English, French (basic) PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Reviewer for American Political Science Review, International Studies Quarterly, International Interactions. Jury for the 2 nd Model UN Human Rights Council UPR Competition for High School, Seoul, Korea, August 2, 2017. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Korean Political Science Association American Political Science Association Midwest Political Science Association International Studies Association REFERENCES James Morrow Department of Political Science jdmorrow@umich.edu Susan E. Waltz Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy swaltz@umich.edu Jongryn Mo Graduate School of International Studies Yonsei University jrmo@yonsei.ac.kr Barbara Koremenos Department of Political Science koremeno@umich.edu Courtney Hillebrecht Forsythe Family Program on Human and Humanitarian Affairs University of Nebraska-Lincoln chillebrecht2@unl.edu 5