Yusun Kim

Assistant Professor

Department of Public Policy

Education

B.A., Korea University, Economics, 2011
M.A., Seoul National University, Public Administration, 2013
Ph.D., The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, Public Administration, 2019

Teaching & Research Interests

Public Financial Management
State and Local Finance
Property Tax
Health Policy
Public Health Insurance
Medicaid

Dr. Yusun Kim

Yusun Kim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Policy at the University of Connecticut. Her primary research fields are public financial management and health policy. More specifically, her research focuses on cost efficiency and equity in property tax administration as well as the effects of various state interventions related to Medicaid on residential tax burden and health outcomes.

Yusun received her Ph.D. in public administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University in 2019. Prior to starting her doctoral degree, she worked as a research assistant at The National Assembly Budget Office in Seoul, South Korea.