Wonbin Cho is an assistant professor of Political Science at University of Kentucky. His general areas of interest are comparative politics and methodology. His work focuses on political institutions, public opinion, and elections in the developing world. His dissertation, Institutions, Partisan Status, and Citizens’ Political Support in Emerging Democracies, explores how political institutions shape citizens’ attitudes toward political system performance. It also considers how parties and electoral systems mediate the relationship between partisan status (minority or majority) and popular satisfaction with democracy. His work has been published in Electoral Studies. He received B.A. from Sungkyunkwan University, M.A. from Seoul National University, and Ph.D. from Michigan State University. He teaches undergraduate courses on comparative politics.