TEACHING

Teaching Acknowledgements

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Independent Instructor

Introduction to American Politics
PS 101 | Spring 2025 (scheduled) | University of Illinois | Co-taught (2 Instructors)

Democratic Backsliding
GLBL 296 | Spring 2025 (scheduled) | University of Illinois | Syllabus

Introduction to Political Research
PS 230 | Spring 2024 | University of Illinois | Syllabus
Teachers Ranked as Excellent (2024)


Introduction to Political Theory
PS 270 | Fall 2024 | University of Illinois | Syllabus


Introduction to Political Science
PS 100 (Online) | Fall 2020 | University of Illinois | Pre-Designed Course

Teaching Assistant

Introduction to American Politics
PS 101 | Spring 2022, Fall 2021 | University of Illinois | for Professor Gisela Sin
Teachers Ranked as Excellent with Outstanding Distinction (2022, 2021)

Introduction to Political Theory
PS 270 | Fall 2022, Fall 2019 | University of Illinois | for Professor Benjamin Miller
Teachers Ranked as Excellent with Outstanding Distinction (2022) | Teachers Ranked as Excellent (2019)


Introduction to Comparative Politics
PS 240 | Fall 2023 | University of Illinois | for Professor Avital Livny
Teachers Ranked as Excellent


On Multiculturalism
POL 778 (Grad Course) | Fall 2015 | Korea University | for Professor Nam-kook Kim

Law and Political Thought
POL 238 | Fall 2015 | Korea University | for Professor Nam-kook Kim


Student Evaluations
*Unedited open-ended reviews from all courses in random order

"Seongjoon is very knowledgeable about course content and good at fostering conversation."

"Seongjoon makes the concepts more palatable. He has a way of bringing concepts down to a level that anyone can understand."

"You sir, are funny as hell. You make the class very enjoyable and putting out ideas very easy, which helps me learn. You challenge our thoughts without making us feel dumb."

"Seongjoon always encourages everyone to think deeply and allows everyone's ideas to be shared."

 "I like how willing to help Seongjoon is outside of class, whether at office hours or over email during the week."

"Seongjoon has been one of the most knowledgeable TAs that I had come across. He is talented and kind in his demeanor and it helps him create a great environment to learn in."

"Seongjoon is a fantastic TA. He adjusted extremely well to the varying online/in-person status of both our lectures and the discussion sections. He was also prepared every time and had students engage in interesting conversations."

"Seongjoon is a very accommodating, personable, and knowledgeable instructor. He is receptive to student feedback, is a very engaging lecturer, and is relatable and laid back for his students without being overly so. Overall a very good T.A."

"Seongjoon explained every single concept from the whole week all in one short discussion so well. Sometimes, his explanations were better than the professor and the discussion was more helpful than lecture. He also was very receptive to participation and showed an immense amount of respect to every single student and gave their answers to questions all the same amount of thought and care.

"Seongjoon is one of the BEST TAs in the political science department, if not the best, hands down. He's an excellent communicator, honest, relatable, and a great teacher."

"Willingness to adapt to student suggestion. Post-midterm feedback I thought the class was much more valuable and the fact you were willing to listen and adjust to accommodate your students was awesome."

"Seongjoon is very knowledgeable in the field of political science. I was surprised how much he knew about comparative politics because I know that PS 270 [intro to political theory] is his go-to class, and he did amazing as a TA for that class as well. [...] I am very lucky to have had him as a TA twice now.

"Great guy, good at leading potentially contentious discussions, knows the material."

"He was extremely funny and was always open to discussion in section. He was very helpful and understanding towards his students and answered any questions we had." 

"The instructor was very positive and comedic, so coming to this course was enjoyable because he was very engaging with his presentations and questions"

"This instructor was really patient because this was a very hard course. He also is very understanding of our struggles."

"I thought the labs we did to learn R were extremely helpful and made it easier to be self-sufficient when working on my own codes. Seongjoon was also very understanding and you can tell he knows sooo much because he was so easily able to help out when needed and give a lot of insight to help guide projects."

"This course was extremely helpful in furthering my understanding of political research and introduced R and coding to me. The instructor is fantastic - he is very well-versed and was always prepared and willing to help students when needed. I appreciate the hard work he put into this course."