Expertise

Professor Hyunjung Ji’s research interests include environmental policy, urban sustainability, and community resilience to natural disasters. Dr. Ji’s recent research examines variations in design features of local sustainability programs, the factors that influence the program design variations, and their impacts on local environmental quality. She is also currently working on several research projects related to disaster risk reduction efforts at the local level, in particular the factors associated with different types of hazard mitigation projects conducted by local governments and their impacts on community resilience outcomes.

Research Areas:

  • Public Policy and Administration

Research Interests:

  • Environmental Management and Governance
  • Urban Sustainability
  • Disaster Resilience
  • Quantitative Methods
  • Policy Design and Implementation
  • Public Policy Analysis

Teaching Interests

  • Environmental Policy
  • Quantitative Analysis
  • Urban Administration
  • Program Evaluation
Communities
Political Science
Degrees
PhD, Arizona State University, 2016
MPA, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea, 2009
BA, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea, 2007