Namhoon Ki

Namhoon Ki

Associate Professor
Department of Public Administration

Korea University

Biography

Namhoon Ki is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Administration at Korea University. His research interests include Local Government, Inter-governmental Collaboration, Public Management, Decentralization, and Network Analysis.

Interests

  • Local Government
  • Public Management
  • Collaborative Governance
  • Network Modeling

Education

  • PhD in Public Administration, 2019

    Florida State University

  • MA in Public Administration, 2013

    Korea University, Seoul, South Korea

  • BA in Public Administration, 2010

    Korea University, Seoul, South Korea

Journal Articles

Namhoon Ki, Byung Hee Min (2026). Conflicting Signals and Bias in Public Performance Evaluation: Leniency and Centrality in the Public Sector. Public Administration and Development.

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Namhoon Ki, and David Lee (2025). Benefit and Hidden Cost of Organizational Support for Telework amid the COVID-19 Pandemic on Public Employees’ Job Satisfaction and Retention Intention. (Online first Public Administration Review).

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Minsun Song, Joungyoon Hwang, and Namhoon Ki (2024). How Perceived Risks in Interorganizational Collaboration shape Disaster Response Strategies. (Online first Public Administration and Development).

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Gook Jin Kim, Namhoon Ki, and Na Yeon Kim (2024). Republican Governor, Unified Government and the U.S. States’ Death Penalty Executions. (Online first International Review of Public Administration).

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Namhoon Ki, Taewon Yoon, and Jeffrey Swanson (2024). Do Not Ask for Job Information from Your Close Friends or from Strangers: Strength of Moderate Ties in Finding a Satisfying Job. (Online first at Current Psychology).

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Courses Taught

 
 
 
 
 

Associate Professor

Department of Public Administration, Korea University

2026 – Present Seoul, Korea

Courses Taught:

  • Local Autonomy and Local Administration (graduate & undergraduate level)
  • Network Analysis & Evaluation (graduate level)
 
 
 
 
 

Assistant Professor

Department of Public Administration/Graduate School of Governance, Sungkyunkwan University

2024 – 2026 Seoul, Korea

Courses Taught:

  • POL 319: Principles of Statistical Analysis (undergraduate level-Taught in English), Spring 2024
  • KF e-School: International Administration and Global Governance, Spring 2024 (Co-teaching with Prof. Ida at Padjadjaran University in Indonesia)
 
 
 
 
 

Assistant Professor

Department of Political Science, University of Miami

2020 – 2023 Miami, Florida

Courses Taught:

  • POL 319: Politics of the Administrative Process (undergraduate level), Spring 2023
  • POL 696: (online) NGOs and Global Governance (graduate level), Spring 2022
  • POL 610: (online) Statistics for Politics and Public Administration (graduate level), Spring 2021
  • POL 510/610: Statistics for Politics and Public Administration (graduate & undergraduate), Fall 2020 – Present
  • POL 522/622: Introduction to Graduate Public Administration (graduate & undergraduate), Fall 2020 – Present
 
 
 
 
 

Postdoc/Ph.D. Candidate

Department of Public Administration and Policy, Florida State University

2017 – 2020 Tallahassee, Florida

Courses Taught:

  • PAD 6109: Institution and Society (graduate), Spring 2020
  • PAD 5935: Governing Sustainable Communities (graduate), Fall 2019 (Co-Teaching)
  • PAD 3003: Public Administration in American Society (undergraduate), Fall 2017 & Spring 2018