Sohyeon Kim is a Ph.D. student in Comparative Politics. Her interests include political parties, voting behavior and democracy in sub-Saharan Africa. She received her M.A. in Political Studies from the University of Cape Town and holds B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Sookmyung Women’s University, South Korea. Prior to joining OSU, Sohyeon worked as Political & Economic Analyst at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea to Rwanda, Kigali.