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About Us

B. Joon Kim, Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor

  • Office: Neff 260C
  • Phone: 260-481-0133
  • E-mail: kimbj@ipfw.edu
  • Office Hours: TR 4:30-5:30 p.m. or by appointment

Education

  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Ph.D., 2009, Public Administration and Public Affairs
  • California State University, Hayward, M.P.A., 2004, Public Management
  • Korea University, M.A., 2002, Public Policy
  • Kookmin University, B.A., Summa cum laude, 1998, Public Administration

Research Interest

B. Joon Kim’s teaching and research interests include: e-government/information technology; public management; policy analysis; nonprofit management; research methods; and public budgeting and finance. His current research focuses on the role of community groups in e-government and e-democracy; the social impact of information technology on citizen interaction and collaborative governance; and the multilevel analysis on civic and political participation. 

Publications

  • Andrea Kavanaugh, B. Joon Kim, Manuel Pérez-Quiñones, Joseph Schmitz, and Philip Isenhour. (2008). “Net Gains in Political Participation: Secondary Effects of Internet on Community.” Information, Communication and Society, 11(7), pp. 933-963.

  • B. Joon Kim, Andrea Kavanaugh, and Karen Hult. (2007). “Local Community Groups and Internet Use: Examining Contents of Local Community Groups’ Websites.” International Journal of Technology, Knowledge, and Society, 2(7), pp. 207-222.

  • Andrea Kavanaugh, Than T. Zin, Mary B. Rosson, John M. Carroll, Joseph Schmitz, and B. Joon Kim. (2007). "Local Groups Online: Political Learning and Participation." Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 16 (4-5), pp. 375-395.

Peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings

  • B. Joon Kim, Lei Zheng, and Dax Jacobson. (2008). “A Report on the 2007 iGov Research Institute: Overcoming Four Dimensions of Language Barriers.” ACM International Conference Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o. 2008), Montreal, Canada, pp. 419-420.

  • B. Joon Kim, Andrea Kavanaugh, and Manuel Pérez-Quiñones. (2007). “Toward a Model of Political Participation among Young Adults: The Role of Local Groups and ICT Use.” ACM International Conference Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV 2007), Macao, China, pp. 205-212.

IPFW is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access University.