EDUCATION

1997                 MA & Ph.D., Political Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

1984                 BA, Political Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

TEACHING/RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2011/3-Present           Professor

                              Department of Political Science and International Relations

                              Seoul National University (SNU)

2001/3-2011/2            Assistant and Associate Professor

                              Department of Political Science and International Relations

                              Kyung Hee University (KHU)

1999/11-2001/3          Visiting Research Fellow, The Sejong Institute

1997/12-1999/11         Visiting Research Fellow

                              Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2018                        President, Korean Political Science Association

2016-Present              Director, Center for Social Sciences, SNU

2014-Present              Director, Program on Democracy and Economic Development,

                              Asia Center, SNU

2015-2017                 Director, Institute of Korean Political Studies, SNU

2013 & 2015              Vice President, Korean Political Science Association

2008/5-2009/9            Secretary General, World Civic Forum (Joint Initiative of UN DESA and KHU)

2007/1-2009/9            Dean, Office of International Affairs, KHU

2005/1-2007-1            Chair, Department of Pol. Science and Int’l Relations, KHU

2005-Present              Director, Korean Political Science Association

2005-Present              Director, Korean Association of International Studies

2002-Present              Director, Korean Association of NGO Studies

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Korean Politics, Citizen Politics, Governance, Political Economy