JU WON PARK
Assistant Professor
School of Public Affairs
- Assistant ProfessorSchool 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 ProfessorSchool of Public Affairs9 Aug 2024 - present
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Human Resource Junior ConsultantMercer Consulting, Korea, Republic of2018 - 2019
- Quantitative Data AnalystResearch Lab, Korea, Republic of2019 - 2019
DEGREES
- PhD in Public Administration and PolicyUniversity of Georgia, United States2024
- Master of Public AdministrationYonsei University, Seoul, South Korea2018
- Bachelor of Arts in Public AdministrationPusan National University, Busan, South Korea2016
CERTIFICATIONS
- AI For BusinessUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States16 Feb 2026 - present
LANGUAGES
- Korean
- English