O'Neill School at IU Indianapolis
801 W. Michigan Street
BS 4156
Indianapolis, Indiana
46202
Biography
Sanghee Park is an associate professor at the O'Neill School. Her research areas include public administration, public policy, and political science, focusing on how public organizations work to achieve intended goals and/or make a difference in people’s lives.
Dr. Park's research is focused in three areas. First, she examines social disparities in political and administrative outcomes, paying particular attention to diversity and representation within policymaking entities. Her work also looks at forms of service delivery, public sector governance, and cross-sector collaboration. Lastly, Park is also interested in how governments allocate and manage personnel, financial, and organizational resources in diverse situations and contexts.
Education
- Ph.D., Public Administration, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University (2009)
- MPA, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University (2004)
- B.A., Public Administration, Yonsei University (2002)
Experience
- Ph.D. Program Director, School of Public Service, Boise State University (2023–24)
- Associate Professor, School of Public Service, Boise State University (2021–24)
- Assistant Professor, School of Public Service, Boise State University (2014–21)
- Research Scholar, University of Southern California (2012)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, National Research Foundation of Korea, Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California (2010)
Highlights
- SPS Faculty Fellowship, Boise State University (2023–24)
- Kooiman Award, Best Paper, Public Management Review (2023)
- Rosemary O'Leary Award, International Research Society for Public Management (2022)
Research
- “The Politics of Expertise in Policymaking: The Case of Erin’s Law Adoption and Diffusion Across the U.S. States.” (with J. Vallett) State and Local Government Review (2023)
- “The Construction of Social Inequity and the Role of Public Bureaucracies.” Journal of Policy Studies (2022)
- “A Representative-represented Matrix: Exploring the symbolic effect of minority
representation.” Public Management Review (2022) - “Quota Effects Moderated by Descriptive Gender Representation Within
Legislatures: A Cross-national Analysis.” Representation: Journal of Representative Democracy (2022) - “Intergovernmental Representation at Different Levels of Government: The effect of gender representation.” (with Y. C. Mwihambi) Public Administration Review (2021)
- “Political and Administrative Decentralization and Responses to COVID-19: Comparison of the U.S. and South Korea.” (with L. Fowler) International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior (2021)
- “Politics or Bureaucratic Failures? Understanding the dynamics of policy failures in democratic governance.” Journal of Policy Studies 36(3): 25-36. (2021)
- "Gendered Leadership During the COVID-19 Pandemic: How democracy and
representation moderate leadership effectiveness.” Public Management Review (2021) - “When Push Comes to Shove: The effect of economic crisis on the spending of government savings.” (with C. Kim) International Journal of Public Administration 46(6): 523-536 (2022)
- “Merit Principles Merit Further Investigation: The influence on employee perceptions of whistleblowing.” (with S. Hee Jeon) International Journal of Public Administration (2021)