ㆍFlorida State University, Askew School of Public Administration and Policy (Ph.D.) - ΠΑΑ (Pi Alpha Alpha), Member of Golden Key
ㆍColumbia University, Public Policy and Administration Program (Urban and Social Policy, Master of Public Administration) - RA – Teachers College, Columbia University
ㆍSeoul National University, (Master of Public Administration) - Scholarship
ㆍChung-Ang University, Major in English Language Education, Minor in Public Administration (Bachelor of Arts) - Received the Highest College Entrance Score Award from the College of Education
ㆍKorea University, Major in Public Administration (Bachelor of Public Administration ) - outstanding academic performance

- EMPLOYMENT
ㆍAssociate Professor, Department of Public Administration, Jeonbuk National University
ㆍDepartment Chair, Department of Public Administration, Jeonbuk National University
ㆍAssistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Jeonbuk National University
ㆍResearch Professor / Contract Professor / Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Governmental Studies & BK21 Plus Team, Department of Public Administration, Korea University
ㆍLecturer, Undergraduate Courses at Korea University, Kwangwoon University, Kyonggi University, and Jeonbuk National University
ㆍLecturer, Graduate Courses at Korea University
ㆍFlorida State University RA/TA/Instructor
ㆍFlorida State University, Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP), Research Supervisor
ㆍColumbia University, National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education, Research Associate, Research Assistant
ㆍIntern, National Assembly
ㆍFull-Time High School Teacher
ㆍHigh School Contract Teacher

- AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
ㆍNext Generation in Public Administration Academic Award, Korean Association For Public Administration
ㆍInternational Young Scholar, American Society for Public Administration’s (ASPA) 4th Annual International Young Scholars Workshop
ㆍSelected as a Featured Article in Crisisonomy
ㆍAsian Scholarship Award in the Korean Section of American Society for Public Administration (ASPA)
ㆍAcademic Award, Korean Association for Public Security Administration
ㆍGolden Key International Honor Society
ㆍΠΑΑ (Pi Alpha Alpha)
ㆍVanguard Warrior
ㆍUniversity President Award and Scholarship, the Highest College Entrance of Total Score Award (including GPA, SAT, Entrance Exam, interview, etc.) College of Education.

- EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER FOR INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
ㆍJournal of Contingencies and Crisis Management (SSCI)

- REVIEWER FOR INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
ㆍPublic Management Review (SSCI), Review of Public Personnel Administration (SSCI), Online Information Review (SSCI), Journal of Public Policy (SSCI), Public Policy and Administration (SSCI), Journal of Leadership Studies (SSCI), Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management (SSCI), Disaster (SSCI), Risk Analysis (SSCI), Health Policy (SSCI/SCIE), Global Health Action (SSCI/SCIE), Korea Observer (SSCI), International Journal of Educational Development (SSCI), International Journal of Public Opinion Research (SSCI), International Review of Public Administration (SCOPUS), Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia (SCOPUS), International Journal of Public Administration (SCOPUS), International Journal of Public Administration and Consulting, Academy of Management (AoM) Annual Meeting, etc.

- ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
ㆍCho, K. W. (2025). Patent PCT Application. (Single Author)

ㆍChoi, B. & Cho, K. W. (2025) Influence of Transformational Leadership on Innovative Behavior in the Korean Public Service Sector: The Moderated Mediating Effect of Change Management and PSM. Public Performance & Management Review. (SSCI) (Corresponding Author)

ㆍCho, K. W. (2024). Patent Application. (Single Author)

ㆍCho, K. W. (2024). Home Team Effect after the Sewol Ferry Disaster: A Mixed-Method Study of the Influence of Symbol and Feedback on Liberal versus Conservative Newspapers' Negative Opinions. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11: 1-21. (SSCI/A&HCI) (Single Author) - Google Scholar Social Science (general) Top 10 Journal

ㆍCho, K. W., & Park,. D. (2023). Emergency Management Policy Issues during and after COVID-19: Focusing on South Korea. Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia. 22(1): 49-81. (SCOPUS) (First Author)

ㆍJung, H., Cho, K. W., Yang, K., Kim, S. Y., Liu, Y. (2023). A Comparative Analysis of Government Responses to COVID-19 in the United States, China, and South Korea: Focusing on the Early Stage of the Pandemic. Korea Observer. 54(1): 29-58. (SSCI) (Corresponding Author)

ㆍCho, K. W., & Choi, Y. (2022). How Do Different Types of Parental Involvement Affect Academic Achievement? Journal of Public Policy Studies. 39(3): 443-480. (KCI) (First Author)

ㆍLee, K-H., & Cho, K. W. (2022). Which Leadership Matters?: Comparison of the Effect of Transformational and Transactional Leadership and Relationship between Organizational Performance and Job Satisfaction. Korean Comparative Government Review. 26 (3): 77-107. (KCI) (Corresponding Author)

ㆍCho, K. W., & Park, J. (2021). Do Political Institutions Matter to Education Policy?: Lessons from Charter School Growth in the United States. Journal of Digital Convergence, 19(12): 133-143. (KCI) (First Author)

ㆍKim T. W., & Cho, K. W. (2021). A Study on the Government Employees’ Work and Life Balance, Career Development Support, and Yeango’s Influence on Organizational Commitment: Focusing on the Low-Ranking Novice in Local Governments. National Association of Korean Local Government Studies, 22(4): 169-201. (KCI) (Corresponding Author)

ㆍCho, K. W. (2020). xpanding History and Filling the Gap in Public Administration Education. Korean Journal of Public Administration, 58(4): 63-106. (KCI) (Single Author)

ㆍKim, S. & Cho, K. W. (2020). Special Therapeutic Justice Program for the Crime Treatment of Risk Taking Government Employee with PTSD: Focusing on the Veterans Treatment Courts in the United States. Korean Association of Public Safety and Criminal Justice, 29 (2):63 - 102. (KCI) (Corresponding Author)

ㆍMasud, H., Ahmad, M. S., Cho, K. W., & Fakhr, Z. (2019). Parenting styles and aggression among young adolescents: a systematic review of literature. Community Mental Health Journal. 55(6): 1015–1030. (SSCI) (Co-Author)

ㆍCho, K. W., & Jung, K. (2019). Illuminating the Sewol Ferry Disaster using the institutional model of punctuated equilibrium theory. The Social Science Journal, 56(2): 288-303. (SSCI) (First Author)

ㆍChoi, B., & Cho, K. W. (2019). The Vulnerable’s Predicaments and Suggestions to Central and Local Government during the Disaster Based on the Safety Rights and Sara Ruddick's Maternal Thinking. Crisisonomy, 15(3): 24-54. (KCI) (Corresponding Author)

ㆍKorea University, Department of Public Administration, Brain Korea 21 Plus Team. (2019). Methods Handbook for New Publicness, Boram. (Editor)

ㆍChoi, S. O., & Cho, K. W. (2019). Collaborative Governance for the Prevention and Response to Respiratory Viral Infectious Diseases after the 2015 and 2018 MERS Outbreaks. Crisisonomy, 15(1): 149-177. (KCI) (Corresponding Author)

ㆍCho, K. W., Byun, K. O. & Harrison, A. (2018). Do Transactional and Transformational Leadership Work Separately for Organizational Performance?: Public Administration Education via the Movie Remember the Titans. International Journal of Public Administration and Consulting. 2(1): 25-34. (First Author)

ㆍCho, K. W., Yi, S. H., & Choi, S. O. (2018). Does Blake and Mouton’s managerial grid work?: The relationship between leadership type and organization performance in South Korea. International Review of Public Administration, 23(2): 103-118. (SCOPUS) (First Author)

ㆍCho, K. W., Brower, R., & Ahmad, M. S. (2018). Factors that influence county government expenditures and revenues: A study of Florida county governments. Lex Localis- Journal of Local Self-Government, 16(1): 47-76. (SSCI) (First Author)

ㆍChoi, S. O., & Cho, K. W. (2017). Directions for Reforming National Response Governance to Prevent and Respond to Respiratory Virus Infectious Disease after Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus. Crisisonomy, 13(10): 1-21. (KCI) (Corresponding Author)

ㆍWahab, A., Cho, K. W., Ahmad, M. S., Hyder, S., Abbas, S., & Jan, F. A. (2017). Student Well-Being in Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong: Theory, Intervention and Research. Applied Research in Quality of Life. 12: 761–763 (Book Review). (SSCI)

ㆍCho, K. W., & Park, D.(2017). The Characteristics of Zadroga Act and its Implications in Emergency Management Policy. Korean Police Studies Review. 14(3): 25-54 (KCI) (First Author)

ㆍKlay, W. E. & Cho, K. W. (2015). Performance Reporting. Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy. Taylor & Francis.

ㆍPark, D, & Cho, K. W. (2015). A Study on the Characteristics of U.S. Campus Police and its Application. Korean Police Studies Review: 14(3), 25-54. (KCI) (Corresponding Author)

ㆍPark, D, & Cho, K. W. (2013). The Role of U. S. Military Forces and its Implication for the Korean Military during Disaster Management. The Journal of Safety and Crisis Management (Crisisonomy), 9(7): 35-56. (KCI) (Corresponding Author)


- INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
ㆍAmerican Society for Public Administration (ASPA)
ㆍMidwest Political Science Association (MPSA)
ㆍSouth-Eastern Conference for Public Administration (SECOPA)
ㆍNortheast Conference on Public Administration (NECoPA) Conference
ㆍSouthern Political Science Association (SPSA)
ㆍNew York Conference on Asian Studies (NYCAS)
ㆍThe Natalia Trogen Poster Competition
ㆍKorean Association for Public Administration (KAPA) International Conference
ㆍASPA’s Annual International Young Scholars Workshop in Public Policy and Administration Research
ㆍThe Sino-Korea Symposium on Crisis and Emergency Management & Global Crisisonomy Symposium
ㆍThe Sino-US International Conference for Public Administration
ㆍInternational Conference on Crisis and Emergency Management Program (ICCEM), etc.