Soohyun Cho

I am an Assistant Professor of Government and Legal Studies at Bowdoin College. I was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Princeton University’s Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance. I received my Ph.D. in Political Science in 2023 from Ohio State University.

My research examines how global economic integration reshapes domestic labor markets, political identities, and firm behavior. I focus on how these dynamics generate economic insecurity, structure political preferences, and shape policy responses. Substantively, my work centers on three areas: (1) how gender and structural inequalities shape attitudes toward economic policy (trade, immigration, automation, foreign aid); (2) how firms diffuse environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and labor standards; and (3) how firms’ positions and vulnerabilities within supply chains influence their political behavior and policy engagement. Methodologically, I draw on causal inference, survey experiments, and firm-level data.

I earned my B.A. and M.A. in Political Science from Seoul National University, South Korea. My work has been supported by the Fulbright Fellowship, the Presidential Fellow at OSU, and other grants including the APSA Centennial Center Research Grant and the APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant.

Email: s.cho[at].bowdoin.edu