Danny Choi
Postdoctoral Fellow
Identity and Conflict Lab
University of Pennsylvania
I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Identity and Conflict Lab (PIC Lab) at the University of Pennsylvania, and a research associate at the Center on the Politics of Development (CPD) at UC Berkeley. Starting Fall 2019, I will join the University of Pittsburgh as an Assistant Professor of Political Science.
My research focuses on democratic representation, political behavior, and identity politics, mostly in the developing world. My book project, Severed Connections: Political Parties and Democratic Representation in Africa, investigates how political parties and the nature of candidate selection institutions influence the relationship between elected representatives and their constituents in new democracies.
My research has been supported by the Institute for International Studies (IIS), Center for African Studies (CAS), and the Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study at UC Berkeley, the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies (KFAS), and the Research Council of Norway (RCN).
Interests
- Democratic representation
- Political parties
- Identity politics
- Political methodology
Education
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Ph.D. in Political Science, 2018
University of California, Berkeley
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M.A. in Political Science, 2012
University of California, Berkeley
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B.A. in Economics, 2007
Korea University