Curriculum Vitae
Professional
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I'm an Associate Professor at Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY). I teach political economy and Asian affairs and conduct research on governments' policy responses in coping with economic crises, global monetary spillovers, and the rising regionalism in Asia.
Work
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Baruch College, City University of New York
Associate Professor, 2019-Present
Teach political economy, The rise of Asia in world affairs
Baruch College, City University of New York
Assistant Professor, 2012-2019
Claremont McKenna College
Assistant Professor, 2008-2012
Taught international relations theory and East Asian political economy.
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
Visitor , Jan.-Aug. 2011
Conducted research on comparative financial system.
William Perry Fellow in Korean Studies, Stanford University, 2007-2008
Taught courses on East Asian capitalism and Korean politics
Asia Pacific Research Center, Stanford University
Post-doctoral fellow , 2006-2007
Conducted research on Korean party politics, while revising the disseration work that explored the financial reforms in Japan and South Korea from 1980s to 2006
The Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Japan, Visiting scholar, 2003-2004
Conducted reserarch on the Japanese banking problem, focusing on the resolution of the nonperforming loans. Presented the research result in Japanese.
Seoul National University, Dept. of Int'l Relations
Administrative Staff, 1997-1998
Full time employee for dept. administration such as academic advising and reserach assistance
Korean Army, Teaching & Information Officer
First Lieutenant, 1994-1997
Education
University of California, Berkeley, MA & Ph.D., 1998-2006
Studied Comparative Politics, International Relations, East Asia, Public Administration.
Dissertation: Out of the Vortex: The Politics of Financial Reforms in Japan and South Korea, 1980-2006
Seoul National University, BA & MA, 1988-1994
Studied international relations, graduated with honors