Contact Information
Yeonkyung Kim
Assistant Professor
Department of Criminal Justice and Public Affairs
Kean University
Hynes Hall 505J
yekim@kean.edu
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Education
2017-2024
Ph.D
School of Public Administration, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Dissertation: Promotive or Inhibitive? Examining the Impact of Government’s Communication Channels on Citizen’s Use of Digital Government Services
Dissertation Committee Members: Jooho Lee (Chair), Robert Blair, Jodi Benenson, Andrea Weare
Concentration: Technology & Data Analytics, Public Policy
2016
M.A.
Public Administration, Ewha Womans University
Thesis: A Determinant Model of the Efficiency in the Local Council Activities
2013
B.A.
Public Administration, Professional English, Ewha Womans University
Professional Experiences
2021-Present
DGAL Fellow, Digital Governance and Analytics Lab, School of Public Administration, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE
2020-Present
Global-Local governance correspondent. Korean Research Institute for Local Administration
2017-2021
Graduate Assistant, Digital Governance and Analytics Lab, School of Public Administration, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE
- G.A. for a technology team of Advance (a five-year project developed by the Nebraska Department of Transportation and University of Nebraska)
- G.A. for 21st (in Seoul) and 22nd (in Omaha) Annual International Conference on Digital Government Society
2016
Research Assistant, Korea Institute of Public Administration, Seoul, Korea
2015
Research Assistant, Audit and Inspection Research Institute, Seoul, Korea
2013-2016
Teaching Assistant, Dr. Chung-Lae Cho, Department of Public Administration, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
Professional Services
2023-Present
Reviewer. Communication and the Public
2019-2021
Member. Waldo Society. School of Public Administration. University of Nebraska at Omaha
2019-2020
Student Assistant. Digital Government Society
Awards and Honors
2023
APPAM-KAPS President Travel Award
2023
Doctoral Student Professional Development Consortium Scholarship, Academy of Management, The Public and Nonprofit Division, $250
2023
Margaret P. Gessamen Scholarship, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Office of Graduate Studies
2022
APPAM-KAPS Best Graduate Student Award, 3rd place
2022
UNO CPACS Advantage Scholarship
2021
Graduate Research and Creative Activity Grants, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Office of Research and Creative Activity, $5,000.
2019
Graduate Research and Creative Activity Grants, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Office of Research and Creative Activity, $5,000.
Technical Skills
Stata; Python(Forecasting); R(Data Envelop Analysis, Data Visualization); Qualtrics; M-Turk; Tableau; Office 365
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