{"id":260,"date":"2021-11-26T13:15:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T19:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/directory\/?post_type=uwsp_faculty&#038;p=13567"},"modified":"2023-09-28T10:00:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T15:00:27","slug":"saemyi-park","status":"publish","type":"uwsp_directory","link":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/directory\/profile\/saemyi-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Saemyi Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BIO<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Saemyi Park joined the Department of Political Science at UW-Stevens Point in 2016. She said the value of majoring in political science is that students are trained to receive the research, writing, communications, and analytical\/computer skills that are widely applied in both the private and public sectors. One of Park&#8217;s goals as an educator is to help students think critically and liberate themselves from their preconceived opinions on subjects.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">RESEARCH INTERESTS<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Asian American politics<\/li>\r\n<li>Campaigns and Elections<\/li>\r\n<li>Health politics<\/li>\r\n<li>Political behavior and political attitudes<\/li>\r\n<li>Political representation<\/li>\r\n<li>Race and ethnicity<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PUBLICATIONS<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Park, Saemyi. (2021). \u201cAsian Americans\u2019 Perception of Political Commonality with Blacks and Latinos: The Roles of Group Consciousness, Ethnic Identity, and Intergroup Contact,\u201d <em style=\"font-weight: inherit\">Social Sciences<\/em>, 10(11).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2076-0760\/10\/11\/441\">https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2076-0760\/10\/11\/441<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Park, Saemyi. (2021). \u201cIdentifying Asian American Attitudes Toward Immigration: Testing Theories of Acculturation, Group Consciousness, and Context Effects,\u201d Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies. 8(1): 163-189. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ejecs.org\/index.php\/JECS\/article\/view\/465\">http:\/\/www.ejecs.org\/index.php\/JECS\/article\/view\/465<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AWARDS<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Jewel Prestage Award for paper, &#8220;Asian Americans&#8217; Perception of Commonality with African Americans and Latinos&#8221;\u00a0 from Southwestern Political Science Association (2021)<\/li>\r\n<li>UW Wisconsin Teaching Fellows and Scholars (2022-2023)<\/li>\r\n<li>UW Graduate Award, Outstanding Women of Color in Education (2013)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Asian Pacific American Caucus, American Political Science Association<\/li>\r\n<li>Reviewers, Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies and PS: Political Science &amp; Politics<\/li>\r\n<li>Midwest Political Science Association<\/li>\r\n<li>Southwestern Social Science Association<\/li>\r\n<li>Southern Political Science Association<\/li>\r\n<li>Western Political Science Association<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">QUOTE<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&#8220;Why fit in when you were born to stand out?&#8221;- Dr. Seuss<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FUN FACT<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>When she was growing up, she wanted to be a singer.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saemyi Park is assistant professor of political science at the UW-Stevens Point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":261,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"phone":"715-346-4107","email":"saemyi.park@uwsp.edu","office":"SCI D335","title":"","building":"","room":"","website":"","bio":"","image":"","pronouns":"","first_name":"Saemyi  ","last_name":"Park","position-type":["Faculty"],"education":[{"degree":"Ph.D. - Political Science","school":"University of Wisconsin-Madison","year":""},{"degree":"M.A. - International Communication","school":"American University","year":""},{"degree":"M.A. - Political Science and International Relations","school":"Sookmyung Women's University, South Korea","year":""},{"degree":"B.A. - Political Science and International Relations","school":"Sookmyung Women's University, South Korea","year":""}],"courses":[{"number":"","name":"American Politics "},{"number":"","name":"Minority Group Politics"},{"number":"","name":"Parties and Elections "},{"number":"","name":"Politics, Art &amp; Film"}],"titles":[{"title":"Associate Professor  "}]},"department":[3,68,4],"class_list":["post-260","uwsp_directory","type-uwsp_directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","department-cols","department-polisci","department-sbss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uwsp_directory\/260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uwsp_directory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/uwsp_directory"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/department?post=260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}