Gyung-Ho Jeong

Gyung-Ho Jeong is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of Political Science at the University of British Columbia. His research focuses on US Politics, Legislative Politics (including Korea), Social Choice, and Political Economy. He employs quantitative methods such as Bayesian statistics and multilevel modeling. Specialized interests include foreign policy decision-making, legislative obstruction in Korea, polarization in US foreign policy, and institutional design.

Jeong's work examines Congress' role in civil rights, immigration, trade, and foreign policy. He has published extensively on topics like legislative brawling in South Korea’s National Assembly, ideological conflicts in US foreign policy, and the polarization of energy policy. His methodological contributions include a unifying model for legislative voting analysis.

He has received the 2018 Duncan Black Prize for his work on the League of Nations decision. His teaching spans courses on US government, comparative politics, and quantitative methods at UBC and Claremont Graduate University.