Yoon-Ah Oh
(CV.pdf)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Political Science
The Ohio State University
2140 Derby Hall, 154 N. Oval Mall
Columbus, OH 43210-1373
oh.146[at]osu.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Candidate, The Ohio State University, Political Science.
M.A., The Ohio State University, Political Science, October 2007.
M. Soc. Sci., National University of Singapore, Singapore, Political Science, June 2004.
B.A., Seoul National University, Seoul, Political Science, February 2001.
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Comparative Politics, International Migration, Democracy and Development, Research Design and Methodology
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Office of International Affairs, The Ohio State University, Student Research Grant, 2010.
Mershon Center for International Security Studies, The Ohio State University, Research Grant, 2010.
International Studies Association, Travel Grant, 2009.
Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship, The Ohio State University, 2009.
Mershon Center for International Security Studies, The Ohio State University, Research Grant, 2009.
Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Foreign Language Enhancement Program (FLEP) Scholarship, 2006.
Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) Burmese Fellowship, 2006.
Graduate School Fellowship, The Ohio State University, 2005-2006.
Korea Government Scholarship, 2001-2004.
National University of Singapore, Research and Travel Grant, 2001-2004.
The Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies, Undergraduate Fellowship, 1998-2001.
SK Corporation, Undergraduate Tuition Fellowship, 1997-2001.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
"Are International Migrants Agents of Change?: An Empirical Analysis of Filipino Public Opinion Data" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2009.
"International Migration and the Diffusion of Democracy: Friends or Foes?" with Sarah Wilson Sokhey. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Studies Association, New York, NY, February 2009.
"Political Implications of Out-Migration: A Global Perspective" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2008.
"Ethnonationalist Challenge to Democratization in Burma: Past, Present and Future", Asian Political & International Studies Association Inaugural Congress, Singapore, November 2003.
"State, Christian Church and Generation Gap in Ethnic Identity Formation: A Case Study of Insein Karen Community", Conference on Burma-Myanma(r) Research and its Future: Implications for Scholars and Policymakers, Gothenburg, Sweden, September 2002.
AFFILIATIONS AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Initiative in Population Research, The Ohio State University, Student Associate, 2009.
Program in Statistics and Methodology (PRISM), Department of Political Science, The Ohio State University, Junior Fellow, 2008-2009.
Third World Studies Center (TWSC), University of the Philippines-Diliman, Visiting Research Fellow, 2008.
The Ohio State University, Section Leader, "Introduction to Comparative Politics," Professor R. William Riddle, Fall 2007.
Sookmyung Women’s University, Lecturer, "Special Topics in Human Security," Spring 2005.
LANGUAGES
Korean (native); English (fluent); Japanese (speaking and reading), Classical Chinese (reading); Burmese (elementary); Contemporary Chinese (elementary); and Tagalog (elementary)
REFERENCES
Irfan Nooruddin (Chair), Department of Political Science, The Ohio State University
614.292.7830
nooruddin.3[at]osu.edu
Marcus Kurtz, Department of Political Science, The Ohio State University
614.292.0952
kurtz.61[at]osu.edu
Sarah Brooks, Department of Political Science, The Ohio State University
614.292.7102
brooks.317[at]osu.edu