Job Market Candidates
2025 - 2026
Kyungmin Lee, Ph.D.
Ph.D. in Energy and Environmental Policy
University of Delaware
Kyungmin Lee earned her Ph.D. in Energy and Environmental Policy from the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Delaware and is currently on the academic job market. Her research focuses on climate and energy policy through the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques, exploring how data-driven methods can inform and enhance policymaking. Her dissertation, “The Impact of Human Behaviors and the Built Environment on Energy Use and Heat in Cities,” employed infrared and satellite imagery along with computer vision techniques to analyze energy-use patterns and cooling roof infrastructure at the household and street levels, providing insights for local governments’ energy and climate policies. She has published in leading journals such as Environmental Impact Assessment Review and Environment, Development and Sustainability, and has received multiple awards, including the 2025 Peter A. Larson Prize, the 2024 KAPS-APPAM Award, and the 2023 NECoPA Award, as well as the Doctoral Fellowship for Excellence. Prior to her Ph.D., she worked with the United Nations, Korean government agencies, and national research institutes.
Yeobin Yoon
Ph.D. Candidate in Public Administration
The Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg
Yeobin Yoon is a doctoral candidate in Public Administration at the School of Public Affairs, Pennsylvania State University–Harrisburg, and is currently on the academic job market. Her research focuses on collaborative governance, organizational behavior, and performance management, with particular attention to how inter-organizational collaboration can address complex policy challenges. Her job market paper, Mapping Complexity in Collaborative Governance Performance: A Multi-Level and Multi-Method Inquiry, examines how structural and relational processes shape governance outcomes. Yoon has presented her work at major conferences, including ASPA, PMRC, MPSA, and NECoPA, and published in the Asian Journal of Political Science. She has received multiple awards, including the 2025 Irving and Mildred Hand State, Urban and Regional Affairs Award, the 2025 ASPA SCNS Early Scholar Panel Scholarship, the 2024 ASPA Keystone Chapter Outstanding Student Award, and the 2023–24 Rimensnyder Graduate Scholarship for Excellence in Public Administration. Beyond her research, Yoon has served as President of the Public Administration Doctoral Student Organization and as a Board Member of the ASPA Keystone State Chapter and SPOD section. She also brings international and cross-sector experience, having worked with government agencies, NGOs, and academic institutions in South Korea before pursuing her doctoral studies in the United States.
Abdollah (Abdi) Zerratpisheh
Ph.D. in Public Administration
The University of Texas at Dallas
Abdollah (Abdi) Zeraatpisheh is a Ph.D. candidate in Public Administration at the University of Texas at Dallas whose research advances understanding of how leadership and human resource systems shape critical organizational outcomes such as performance, burnout, and turnover in public and nonprofit contexts. His dissertation, “The Human Side of Public Service: Behavioral Mechanisms in Performance, Burnout, and Turnover Intentions,” integrates behavioral science, organizational theory, and advanced quantitative modeling to uncover the psychological and managerial factors that drive effectiveness and sustainability in government agencies. With over two decades of executive experience in human resource management, Abdi bridges rigorous research with practical leadership insight. His work has been featured at academic conferences, including ASPA and SECoPA, and his manuscripts have been submitted to leading journals such as JPAE, ROPPA, and PAQ. He is the recipient of the Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award from the Department of Public and Nonprofit Management and the SPOD Annual Scholarship, recognizing excellence in research, service, and leadership. Abdi brings a combination of scholarly depth, methodological rigor, and practitioner experience that equips him to prepare the next generation of public service leaders and to make a lasting contribution to the study of human behavior in organizations.