Taeyong Park
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor, Statistics
Education
Ph.D. Political Science, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
M.A. Economics, Claremont Graduate University, USA
M.A. Political Science, Yonsei University, Korea
B.A. Political Science, Yonsei University, Korea
Area Of Expertise
Applied statistics for social science data: Bayesian statistics, machine learning methods, causal inference, time series analysis
American politics: political behavior, voting and elections
Korean politics: political economy, development, voting and elections
Publications
"Local Unemployment and Voting for President: Uncovering Causal Mechanisms." 2018. Political Behavior. (with Andrew Reeves)
"Civil Participation in the Making of a New Regulatory State in Korea: 1998-2008." 2009. Korea Observer. (with Yeonho Lee)
"Domestic Political Factors of the Rise of Governance." 2007. 21st Century Political Science Review. (with Yeonho Lee and Yoojin Lim)
University Service
Member, Dedication to Students Academic Excellence Award Committee, Mar 2018
Co-director, Statistical Consulting Center, Aug 2018 – present
Professional Activities
Conference Participation: Annual Meeting of the Society for Political Methodology, 2014; 2016; 2018, International Political Science Association, 2018, NBER-NSF Seminar on Bayesian Inference in Econometrics and Statistics (SBIES), 2017, American Political Science Association, 2015; 2016, Midwest Political Science Association, 2014, Southern Political Science Association, 2014
Reviewer: Political Analysis, Political Behavior
Membership: American Political Science Association, American Political Science Association Political Methodology Section, Society of Political Methodology, Midwest Political Science Association, International Political Science Association
Courses Taught
70-207 Probability and Statistics for Business Applications
70-208 Regression Analysis
73-407 Fundamentals of Statistical Modeling
36-201 Statistical Reasoning and Practice
36-202 Methods for Statistics and Data Science