JU WON PARK

Assistant Professor

School of Public Affairs

BIO

Ju Won Park is an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Utah. 

His research agenda lies at the intersection of public management, organizational behavior, and human resource management. He focuses on how technological advancements in human resource management and evolving workplace dynamics shape employee attitudes, performance, and intra-organizational equity. His research has been published in major public administration journals, featured at leading national and international conferences, and highlighted in international news outlets.

 

He is an award-winning scholar whose work has been recognized with multiple honors, including Best Dissertation Award, Best Reviewer Award, and Best Article Award. He serves on the editorial board of Public Personnel Management and is an Executive Committee member of American Society for Public Administration (ASPA)’s Section on Personnel Administration and Labor Relations (SPALR). 

 

Prior to entering academia, he worked as a junior HR consultant at Mercer, where he gained hands-on experience applying management principles to real organizational challenges. 

INSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENTS

  • Assistant Professor
    School of Public Affairs9 Aug 2024 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Human Resource Junior Consultant
    Mercer Consulting, Korea, Republic of2018 - 2019
  • Quantitative Data Analyst
    Research Lab, Korea, Republic of2019 - 2019

DEGREES

  • PhD in Public Administration and Policy
    University of Georgia, United States2024
  • Master of Public Administration
    Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea2018
  • Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration
    Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea2016

CERTIFICATIONS

  • AI For Business
    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States16 Feb 2026 - present

LANGUAGES

  • Korean
  • English

FIELDS OF RESEARCH