Eunji Kim, Ph.D.

Eunji Kim, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science. She specializes in political communication and public opinion in American politics. Prior to joining Columbia University, she was an assistant professor of political science at Vanderbilt University. She received a joint Ph.D. in political science and communication from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.A. in statistics from the Wharton School, and a B.A. in government from Harvard University.

Dr. Kim’s research has been funded by Facebook (now Meta) and the Russell Sage Foundation. Her research has received several prizes, including the American Political Science Association’s Best Dissertation in Political Psychology Award; Best Article in Political Behavior Award; Paul Lazarsfeld Best Paper Award; Wilson Carey McWilliams Best Paper Award; International Communication Association’s Kaid-Sanders Best Political Communication Article Award; and the International Society of Political Psychology’s Roberta Sigel Early Career Scholar Paper Award.  

Her work has been published in the American Journal of Political Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Political Behavior, Political Psychology, International Organization, Research & Politics, and Quarterly Journal of Political Science.