Rate My Professor Sujeong Shim

Sujeong Shim is an Assistant Professor of Political Science in the Division of Social Science at New York University Abu Dhabi, appointed to the tenure track in Fall 2022. Previously, she held a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Chair of International Relations and International Political Economy at the University of Zurich from 2021 to 2022. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2021, where she was awarded the Best Dissertation in International Relations, and her B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Northwestern University in 2012, graduating Magna Cum Laude. Shim has also been recognized with the University’s Ph.D. Capstone Teaching Award in 2020, a Summer Writing Scholarship in 2021, Merit-based University Graduate Fellowships in 2014 and 2019, and the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Ph.D. Dissertation Grant in 2016, among other honors and fellowships.

Shim’s research focuses on international political economy, international organizations, and domestic politics, particularly examining public opinion during International Monetary Fund programs and its effects on program terms and outcomes, as well as the interplay between international economic cooperation and mass politics. She is authoring a book manuscript, *Creditors and Crowds: How Public Support Moves Markets and IMF Lending*, forthcoming with Cambridge University Press. Her peer-reviewed publications include “Who Is Credible? Government Popularity and the Catalytic Effect of IMF Lending” in *Comparative Political Studies* (2022), contributions forthcoming in *Review of International Political Economy*, *International Studies Quarterly*, and *Review of International Organizations*, as well as “Global Contagion Risk and IMF Credit Cycles: Emergency Exits and Revolving Doors” (2024) and “Perfect Scapegoats? Blaming and Defending the International Monetary Fund” (2025). Earlier work includes “Time Series Approaches to International Affairs” in *Oxford Bibliographies in International Relations* (2018, with Jon C.W. Pevehouse). At NYU Abu Dhabi, she teaches International Political Economy and International Organizations. She has served as a referee for journals such as *Review of International Organizations*, *Regulation and Governance*, *International Studies Quarterly*, and *Comparative Political Studies*, and co-coordinated the Political Science Graduate Workshop at UW-Madison.