Minjung Kim

• 2025 Spring
  • PAI 767 Fund Development for Nonprofit Organizations
• 2024 Fall
  • PAI 748 Seminar on Nonprofit Management

Minjung Kim is an assistant professor of public administration and international affairs and a faculty affiliate in the Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration. She is also an inaugural research fellow of the Gradel Institute for Charity at Oxford University’s New College.

Prior to joining the Maxwell School, she was an assistant professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Social Impact and Strategy at the University of Pennsylvania.

Minjung’s research interests include public and nonprofit management, organizational theory, organization-stakeholder interaction, charitable giving, social entrepreneurship and social equity. She is particularly interested in how various organizational strategies influence marginalized populations such as racial minorities and low-income citizens in the context of public and nonprofit organizations.

Minjung received a Ph.D. in public administration from American University in 2021.

Sponsored by Gradel Institute of Charity, Oxford University.

• Journal Articles
  • Kim, M., Russell, A. and Frumkin, P., Do Nonprofit Responses to Social Movements Influence Public Perceptions and Support? An Experimental Study. Nonprofit Policy Forum.
  • Cheon, O., Kim, M. and Favero, N., "Tell Me How You Really Feel: Unpacking Sub-dimensions of Citizen Satisfaction with Hospital Services.." International Public Management Journal.
  • Lee , S., Kim, M., "Public Perceptions of Sector Bias and Cross-Sector Collaboration: An Experimental Study of Social Service Providers." Public Management Review, 2024.
  • Kim, M., "The Association Between Performance Information and the Satisfaction of Different Social Groups: Citizen Evaluation by Racial Groups." International Journal of Public Administration, 2024.
  • Jung, J., Kim, M. and Suh, J., "The scope of “marketing” research in the nonprofit sector: Lessons from the last 20 years literature." Journal of Philanthropy and Marketing, 2022.
  • Favero , N., Kim, M., "Everything is Relative: How Citizens Form and Use Expectations in Evaluating Services." Journal of Public Administration and Research Theory, 2021.
  • Song, M., Kim, M. and Favero, N., "Social Class, Ingroup-Outgroup Comparison, and Citizen Evaluations: Is User Satisfaction Linked to Outcome Disparities?." The American Review of Public Administration, 2020.
• Encyclopedia Entry
  • Kim, S., Kim, M., "Citizen Satisfaction in the Public Sector." In Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Management. Schedler, K. (ed.) , 2022.
• Technical Report
  • Faulk, L., Kim, M., Derrick-Mills, T., Boris, E., Tomasko, L., Hakizimana, N., Chen, T., Kim, M. and Nath, L., "Nonprofit Trends and Impacts 2021: National Findings on Diversity and Representation, Donation Trends from 2015-2020, and Effects of 2020." In Independent Sector. , 2021.

Lee, S., Kim, M., International Research Society for Public Management, "A Multinational Examination of Citizen Views on Cross-Sector Collaboration in Public Service Delivery" (April, 2025 - April, 2025)

Kim, M., Lee, S., International Research Society for Public Management, "The Effect of Administrative Burdens on the Public Perceptions of Government Programs: Experimental Approach in Three Countries" (April, 2025 - April, 2025)

Choi, I., Kim, M., American Society for Public Administration, "How Does an Agency’s Equity Goal Affect Citizens’ Assessment of Agency Performance? Evidence From a Survey Experiment" (March, 2025 - March, 2025)

Chen, T., Faulk, L., Kim, M., Willems, J., Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, "A Test of “Donor” Behavior in Simulated Experiments Using ChatGPT: Implications, promises, and threats for nonprofit scholarship" (November, 2024 - November, 2024)

de Bruin, I., Kim, M., Russell, A., Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, "How Do Organizational Approaches to Ethics Influence Individual Decision-Making? Designing an Online Experiment to Evaluate Ethics Management" (November, 2024 - November, 2024)

Kim, M., Frumkin, P., Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, "Nonprofit Marketing Communication Tools: Effects of Messaging Strategies and Marketing Mediums" (November, 2024 - November, 2024)

Kim, M., Yoon, N., Hager, M., Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, "Organizational and Individual Determinants of Workplace Inclusion" (November, 2024 - November, 2024)

Kim, M., Faulk, L., Inaugural Visiting Researcher Talk, The Gradel Institute of Charity, New College, University of Oxford, "Tradeoff between Entrepreneurial Behavior and Nonprofit Mission Framing: Experimental Evidence" (October, 2024 - October, 2024)

Chen, T., Faulk, L., Kim, M., Willems, J., International Conference of the International Society for Third Sector Research, "A Test of “Donor” Behavior in Simulated Experiments Using ChatGPT: Implications, promises, and threats for nonprofit scholarship" (July, 2024 - July, 2024)

Russell, A., Kim, M., International Conference of the International Society for Third Sector Research, "How Do Organizational Approaches to Ethics Influence Individual Decision-Making? Designing an Online Experiment to Evaluate Ethics Management" (July, 2024 - July, 2024)

Baekgaard, M., Christensen, J., Kim, M., Martin, L., Moynihan, D., Public Management Research Conference, "Do Burdens Make Citizens? Cross-National Evidence of Policy Feedback Effects of Administrative Burdens" (June, 2024 - June, 2024)

Kim, M., Song, M., Favero, N., Meier, K., Korean Public Administration Summer Conference and Annual KAPA International Conference, "Great Expectations: Parent Aspirations, Children’s Academic Achievement and Its Effect on Citizen Satisfaction" (June, 2024 - June, 2024)

Lee, S., Kim, M., Public Management Research Conference, "Public Perceptions of Sector Bias and Cross-Sector Collaboration: Evidence from Cross-National Study" (June, 2024 - June, 2024)

Kim, M., Russell, A., Frumkin, P., West Coast Nonprofit Data Conference, "Nonprofit Messaging Strategy in the Context of Social Movement Advocacy" (April, 2024 - April, 2024)

Kim, M., Russell, A., Frumkin, P., Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, "Nonprofit Messaging Strategy in the Context of Social Movement Advocacy" (November 16, 2023 - November 18, 2023)

Kim, M., Faulk, L., Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, "Perceptions of Entrepreneurial Orientation Across the Sectors: Individuals’ Responses to Nonprofit vs. For- Profit Entrepreneurial Behavior" (November 16, 2023 - November 18, 2023)

Lee , S., Kim, M., Southeastern Conference for Public Administration, "Cross-Sector Collaboration and Perceived Legitimacy: Cross-National Study" (September 27, 2023 - September 30, 2023)

Lee , S., Kim, M., Korean Public Administration Summer Conference and Annual KAPA International Conference, "Cross-Sector Collaboration and Coproduction: Does Sectoral Composition Matter?" (2023)

Favero, N., Jensen, C., Kim, M., Piatak, J., Midwest Political Science Association, "What Should Public Organizations Prioritize? Exploring Different Value Hierarchies among the Public" (2023)

Kim, M., Faulk, L., Frumkin, P., Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, "Signals of Entrepreneurial Orientation on Stakeholder Response: Developing a Scale of Perceived EO in the Nonprofit Sector" (November 17, 2022 - November 19, 2022)

Lee , S., Kim, M., Public Management Research Conference, "Cross-Sector Collaboration and Coproduction: Does Sectoral Composition Matter?" (2022)

Kim, M., Russell, A., Frumkin, P., Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, "Do Nonprofit Responses to Social Movements Influence Public Perceptions and Support? An Experimental Study" (2022)

Kim, M., Faulk, L., Frumkin, P., International Conference of the International Society for Third Sector Research, "Signals of Entrepreneurial Orientation on Stakeholder Response: Developing a Scale of Perceived EO in the Nonprofit Sector" (2022)

Kim, M., Jung, J., Suh, J., Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, "Multi-Faceted Concept of Accountability: Experimental Tests on Stakeholder Perceptions and Giving Behaviors" (2021)

Kim, M., Faulk, L., Willems, J., Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, "Restoring Public Trust in Charitable Organizations: An experimental test of the effect of different levels of organizational crises on public trust in nonprofits" (2021)

Kim, M., Faulk, L., Willems, J., Public Management Research Conference, "The Role of Performance Signals on Early Organization Reputation Building and the Moderating Influence of Mission Valence" (2021)

Jung, J., Kim, M., Suh, J., The West Coast Nonprofit Data Conference, "The Scope of Nonprofit Marketing Research in the Last Twenty Years: Lessons from the Literature" (2021)

Cheon, O., Kim, M., Favero, N., AcademyHealth Conference, "Testing Their Patients: An Examination of How Patients Weigh Various User Experience Dimensions" (July 28, 2020 - August 6, 2020)

Kim, M., Favero, N., Midwest Political Science Association, "Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Equity: How Do Different Dimensions of Public Values Moderate Citizens’ Perception of Performance Information?" (2020)

Favero, N., Kim, M., Public Management Research Conference, "Representative Bureaucracy and Identity Salience: Do Differences Among Ethnic Groups Drive Identity Salience?" (2020)

Kim, M., Faulk, L., Willems, J., Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, "Restoring Public Trust in Charitable Organizations: An Omnibus Experiment Strategy to Test Inter- Organizational Spillover Effects" (2020)

Kim, M., Faulk, L., Science of Philanthropy Initiative, "Testing Differences between Intentions and Actual Behaviors in Giving and Volunteering Experiments" (2020)

Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, "The Effect of Perceived "Price" of Civic Engagement on Intention and Behavior of Charitable Giving and Volunteering" (2020)

Honorable Mention, Gabriel G. Rudney Memorial Award for Outstanding Dissertation in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (2024)

Emerging Scholar Award, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (2022)

Conference Scholarship, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (2021)

Conference Scholarship, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (2020)

Harrell Rodgers Graduate Student Scholarship, Midwest Political Science Association (2020)

The Doctoral Student Research Scholarship ($5,000), American University (2019 - 2020)

Graduate Assistantship and Tuition Scholarship, American University (2016 - 2020)