E D U C A T I O N

Ph.D., Political Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, January 2002.

Dissertation: “Federalism, Fiscal Centralization, and Partisan Competition”

Dissertation Chair: Robert Franzese, Jr.

Dissertation Committee: Ronald Inglehart, Jenna Bednar, Albert Park (economics)

M.A. (joint), Applied Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1998;

Advisor: George Johnson

M.A., Political Science, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1992;

Thesis: "Three Tigers and Defense"

Advisor: Glenn Palmer

B.A., Magna cum Laude, International Relations, University of California, Davis, 1986;

      Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, International Relations, 1982-1984.

Foreign Languages: Fluency in English and Korean

H O N O R S   &   A W A R D S (including grants)

Faculty Research Grant, Korean Research Foundation, 2019-2020

Asia Universities Alliance(AUA) Grant, Scholar-in-residence, 2019

Faculty Research Grant, College of Social Sciences, Seoul National University, 2018

Faculty Research Grant, Korean Research Foundation, 2016~2018 (participating scholar)

Outstanding Scholarly Publication Award, National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Korea, 2015

Faculty Research Grant, Korean Research Foundation, 2015~2016

Visiting Fellowship, IFUSS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2015 & 2014

Outstanding Scholarly Publication Award, Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea, 2014 (co-authored)

Research Publication Grant, College of Social Sciences, Seoul National University, 2013

Policy Research Grant, Korean Institute of Legislative Studies, Inc., 2012 & 2013

Faculty Research Grant, Korean Research Foundation, 2011~2012

Research Publication Grant, American Studies Institute, Seoul National University, 2011

Faculty Visiting Fellowship, Seoul National University, 2011

Faculty Research Grant, Korean Research Foundation, 2010-2011

Faculty Travel Grant, College of Social Science, Seoul National University, 2008

Research Publication Grant, Korea Research Foundation, 2006-2007

Faculty Research Grant, Korea Research Foundation, 2005-2006

Junior Faculty Travel Grant, Korean Political Science Association, 2002

International Advanced Graduate Student Travel Grant, American Political Science Association, 2001

Rackham Dissertation Scholarship, Rackham Graduate School, Univ. of Michigan, 2001

Margaret Dow Towsley/Center for the Education of Women Scholarship, Univ. of Michigan, 2000-2001

Rackham Grant, Rackham Graduate School, Univ. of Michigan, 2000, 2001

Merit Fellowship, Political Science Dept., Univ. of Michigan, 2000

Laurel Harper Seeley/Alumnae Council Scholarship, Univ. of Michigan, 1999-2000, 2000-2001

Barbour Scholarship, Rackham Graduate School, Univ. of Michigan, 1997-1998

Korean Honor Scholarship, Korean Embassy, 1996

Korean-American Scholarship, Korean-American Scholarship Foundation, 1996, 2000

Pi Sigma Alpha (Honor Society), 1995

Phi Beta Kappa (Honor Society), 1987

High Honors from University of California, Davis, 1986

Korean Foundation for Advanced Studies Collegiate Scholarship, 1984

P U B L I C A T I O N S (Articles & Books)

[in Korean] “Exploring the Brexit as an Option over European Regional Integration, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island, or Both,” Journal of International Area Studies, vol. 23(1), 217-246, 2019.

[in Korean] “Comparing Federalism and Its Proposition to Operationalize the Concept of Federalization across United States of America and European Union,” American Studies, vol. 41(1), 99-131, 2018.

[in Korean] “Ambivalence in the Change and Continuity of the Transatlantic Relation,” American Studies, vol. 39(1), 73-103, 2016.

[in Korean] “Conceptualizing the Hybridity of Social Economy in Europe in the Context of its Generality and Specificity,” Journal of Korean Politics, vol. 25(2), 279-306, 2016.

[in Korean] “Merits and Demerits of European Regional Integration and Its Implication in Asia,” Korean Journal of Area Studies, vol. 33(1), 7-34, 2015 (coauthored).

“The Internal Supply-side causes for the Belated Rise of the Sweden Democrats,” Korean Journal of International Studies, vol. 13(1), 263-290, 2015 (coauthored).

[in Korean] “Exploring post-Unified Korea from Varieties of Federal Systems,” Journal of Korean Politics, vol. 24(1), 55-81, 2015.

[in Korean] American Democracy in a Kaleidoscope, Seoul: Oreum Publishing House, 2014.

[in Korean] “Education Welfare and American Federalism,” Korean Journal of Area Studies, vol. 31(3), 165-194, 2013.

[in Korean] “Immigrant Integration and the Refracted Consensual Party Politics in the Netherlands,” Korean International Studies Review, vol. 53(3), 503-545, 2013.

[in Korean] “A Trilemma in Local Governance and the Japanese Intergovernmental Relations,” 21st Century Political Science Review, vol. 22(3), 421-445, 2012.

[in Korean] “Building an Immigrant Nation under Federalism in the United States of America,” Korean International Studies Review, vol. 51(4), 189-212, 2011.

“American Wartime Democracy Redux: Internment of Japanese Descendents in 1942,” Korean Journal of Political Science, vol. 45(6), 89-111, 2011.

[in Korean] “Immigration, Federalism and the European Union,” Korean Journal of Area Studies, vol. 29(3), 241-267, 2011.

“Befuddling Executive Power with Executive Unilateralism in the Unitary Executive.” Journal of International Politics, vol. 16(1), 223-251, 2011.

[in Korean] “Religious Identity, Political Identity, and European Identity,” Journal of Korean Politics, vol. 20(1), 121-154, 2011.

[in Korean] “A Blind Spot in American Democracy: Separation of Power in Foreign Policy under Presidentialism,” Journal of American Studies, vol. 42(2), 43-74, 2010.

[in Korean] “Sketching Multicultralism with the Legal-institutional Federalism and Party System in Switzerland,” Korean International Studies Review, vol. 49(5), 283-314, 2009.

Social Theory of International Politics: Constructivism. Translated into Korean with Park, Kunyoung, Koo, Kapwoo, and Choi, Jong-gun from Social Theory of International Politics. Wendt, Alexander. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001), Seoul: Sahoe Pyungron, 2009.

[in Korean] “Engaging Social Conservatism Politically in America: Principles and Practices of Separation of Church and State,” Journal of International Area Studies, vol. 13(2), 283-314, 2009.

[in Korean] “Illuminating American Democracy in the State of California,” Review of International and Area Studies, vol. 17(4), 119-148, 2008.

“Comments on Regionalism in the Asia-Pacific and U.S. Interests,” Nanzan Review of American Studies, vol. 30, 175-183, 2008.

[in Korean] Comparative Federalism in Pursuit of Integration and Decentralization, Seoul: Oreum Publishing House, 2008.

[in Korean] “Motivational Forces of Regional Order and Political Integration in East Asia,” Korean Journal of Area Studies, vol. 26(1), 169-198, 2008.

[in Korean] “Separated Institutions Sharing Power,” American Studies, vol. 30, 87-121, 2007.

“A Journey to Recognize Labor as a Social Question in the Modern Japan,” Development & Society, vol. 36(2), 297-330, 2007.

[in Korean] “Comparing the Establishment of Federalism as Multi-Level Governance in 7 Advanced Federal States,” Journal of Korean and International Studies, vol. 23(4), 99-137, 2007.

“Institutional and Political Dimensions of Fiscal Federalism in the Multilevel Government, the U.S. Case,” Korean Journal of Area Studies, vol. 25(2), 211-248, 2007.

“Government Growth in Industrialized Democracies,” New Asia, vol. 14(1), 140-174, 2007.

[in Korean] “Exploring Clues to Living Federalism in U.S.,” American Studies, vol. 29, 163-199, 2006.

“How Does Federalism Condition The Employment-Welfare Relationship?: Integrating Social Welfare Policy and Active Labor Market Policy into Youth Employment Policy in Canada,” Journal of International and Area Studies, vol. 13(2), 75-96, 2006.

“Comparing National-Subnational Relations in 8 Unitary States,” International Area Review, vol. 9(2), 83-112, 2006.

[in Korean] “Canadian Federalism in Pursuit of Unity and Decentralization,” Korean Journal of Area Studies, vol. 24(1), 245-273, 2006.

[in Korean] “Is 'Atlanticism' Viable?: the Transatlantic Relationship in Transition,” International Relations Review, vol. 11(1), 63-99, 2006.

“An Empirical Discourse on Pork Barrel Politics, the Japanese Style: Exploring Cases of a Systematic Difference between the 'Desperado' and 'Relaxed' Incumbents," Korean Journal of International Studies, vol. 3(1), 179-202, 2006.

[in Korean] “Dynamics of Northeast Asia and North Korea in Post-Cold War Era,” Journal of Strategic Studies, vol. 12(2), 243-253, 2005.

[in Korean]  “A 30-Second Bid to Win: Comparing Polispots in the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election,” Journal of International Area Studies, vol. 9(1), 227-257, 2005.

[in Korean]  “Reassessing Gender-Based Differences in the Security Perception,” Journal of National Defense Studies, vol. 47(2), 199-220, 2004.

[in Korean]  “Comparing the American and Canadian Federalism in the Context of a Nation-Building Process and Constitutional Ratification,” Korean International Studies Review, vol. 45(4), 319-340, 2004 (coauthored).

[in Korean]  “A Theoretical Discourse on Associative Democracy: Focusing on the Selective State-Level Interest Group Activities in Wisconsin,” Journal of American Studies, vol.

American Strategy of Coercion: Theory, Practice, and Prospective. Translated into Korean from The Dynamics of Coercion: American Foreign Policy and the Limits of Military Might. Byman, Daniel and Matthew Waxman. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002), Seoul: Sahoe Pyungron, 2004.

“The Causality and Elasticity of Defense,” Korean Journal of International Studies, vol. 1(1), 7-29, 2003.

[in Korean] “Federalism as Multi-Level Governance,” Korean Journal of Political Science, vol. 37(5), 393-416, 2003.

“Theorizing About Defense and Performance: A Selective Research Assessment,” Journal of National Security, vol. 8(1), 63-88, 2003.

[in Korean] “Comparing Federalism in Australia, Austria, Canada, and Germany,” Journal of Korean and International Studies, vol. 18(4), 69-98, 2002.

[in Korean] “Federalism, Fiscal Centralization, and Partisan Competition,” Korean International Studies Review, vol. 43(3), 361-386, 2002.

B O O K   C H A P T E R S

[in Korean] “Contextualizing Brexit,” Others in Europe: History and Politics of 'Distinction', coauthored with Taeyoung Hong, Bee Yun, Joonseok Kim, Myeonhoe Kim, Hongshik Cho, Jongbub Kim, Seokjoon Yoon, 2019, Seoul: Sahoepyongron.

[in Korean] “European Regional Integration and its Ramification in the Korean Context,” Issues and Tasks in the Twenty-First Century Korea, ed. by Faculty of Poltical Science and International Relations, Seoul National University, 2018, Seoul: Nulpumplus.

[in Korean] “A New Political Sysem and the Experiment of European Union,” Mapping Korea in World for the Next Millenium, ed. by Center for International Studies, 2018, Seoul: Sahoepyongron.

[in Korean] “Central-Local Relation in Post-Unification Korea,” Political System in Post-Unification Korea, ed. by Young-Kwan Yoon and Wontaek Kang, 2015, Seoul: Neulpoom Plus.

[in Korean] “Compound Republic: Origin and Development in U.S.,” From Division-Unification to Separation-Integration, ed. by Separation-Integration Research Group, 2014, Seoul: Sapyoung Academy.

[in Korean] “Preface,” Gender and World Politics, World Politics Publication Series Vol. 19, ed. by Center for International Studies SNU, 2013, Seoul: Sahoepyongron.

[in Korean] “Preface,” “Federalism (coauthored with Sungdae Cho),” “Public Policy” (coauthored with Soyoung Lee),” American Government and Politics 2, ed. by Korean Association of American Politics, 2013, Seoul: Oruem.

[in Korean] “Preface,” Mapping Meanings of Europe, coauthored with Johannes Helmrath, Madeleine Hosli, Taeyoung Hong, Bee Yun, Hongshik Cho, Joonseok Kim, Seoul: Seoul National University Press, 2011.

[in Korean] “Healthcare Reform, Immigration Overhaul and 2010 Off-year Election” (coauthored with Soyoung Lee), The American Election and Another Change: The 2010 Mid-term Election, ed. by Korean Association of American Politics, 2011, Seoul: Oruem.

[in Korean] “Preface,” America Decides for Hope and Change in 2008, ed. by Korean Association of American Politics, 2009, Seoul: Oruem.

[in Korean] “Preface,” “ESDP and European Military Capacity,” World Politics Vol. 6, No. 1, ed. by Center for International Studies SNU, 2006, Seoul: Ingan Sarang.

[in Korean] “Spot Ads and the Media in a Presidential Campaign,” Bush Again America Divided, ed. by Korean Association of American Politics, 2005, Seoul: Oruem.

P R E S E N T A T I O N S  ( I N T E R N A T I O N A L )

“Is Brexit an option over EU, UK, or both?” presented at the Southern Political Science Association Annual Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, U.S.A., January 2020.

“Theorizing Separation and Integration within the Purview of Comparative Federalism,” presented at the Southern Political Science Association Annual Conference, Austin, Texas, U.S.A., January 2019.

“Comparative Separation and Integration across the Federative States,” presented at the International Political Science Association World Congress, Brisbane, NSW, Australia, July 2018.

“Comparative Federalism and its Proposition to Operationalize the Concept of Federalization,” presented at the Southern Political Science Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, January 2018.

“Varieties of Federalism in 7 Advanced Federal States” presented at the American Political Science Association Conference, San Francisco, CA, September 2015.

“Bringing Credible Presidency Back in South Korea” presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, April 2015.

“Exploring Intergovernmental Relations and Its Impact on Federalism” presented at the International Political Science Association World Congress, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 2014.

“Immigrant Integration and the Refracted Consensual Party Politics in the Netherlands,” presented at the Southern Political Science Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, January 2014.

“Immigration, Border Control and National Identity in the Netherlands and Belgium” presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, April 2012.

“Representation vs. Legislative Accountability: American Presidentialism and Wartime Democracy in the 1940s” International Political Science Association RCLS and RECON-WP3, Prague, Czech Republic, October 2011.

“U.S. Presidents, Foreign Policy and the Courts” ‘2008 U.S. Election in a Global Perspective,’ Doshisha University, Kyoto, November 2008.

“Civic Associations for Local Governance in Japan" International Political Science Association World Congress, Fukuoka, Japan, July 2006

“Youth Employment Policy and Intergovernmental Relations in Canada" presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, April 2006.

“Federal Systems, Fiscal Centralization and Partisan Competition” presented in “Financing Government in a Federal System” at the American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Boston, Massachusetts, August 2002.

“Intergovernmental Partisan Competition and Fiscal Centralization” presented in “New Directions in Comparative Politics” at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, April 2002.

“Independent Elections of Subnational Governments and their Impact on the Locality of Government Spending in Advanced Industrial Democracies” presented in “Comparative Politics: Industrialized Nations” at the Southern Political Science Association Annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2001.

“How Do Decentralization and Partisanship Affect Government Expenditure?” presented in “Elections, Parties, Participation and Representation” at the American Political Science Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, California, August 2001

“Partisanship, Decentralization and Government Expenditure in the Advanced Industrial Democracies” presented in “Public Opinion, Party and Policy” at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, April 2001.

“Decentralization, Partisanship, and Government Expenditure: Evidence for an Institutional Partisan Model” presented in “Internationalization and Socio-Economic Policy” at the International Studies Association Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, February 2001.

“Partisanship and Decentralization: Evidence for an Institutional Partisan Model of Government Expenditure, Preliminary Findings” presented in “Paradigms of Understanding: Measures of a Prismatic World” at the International Studies Association, Comparative Interdisciplinary Studies Section, Washington, D.C., August 2000; presented in “Comparative Domestic Policies” at the International Studies Association—Midwest Convention, St. Louis, Missouri, October 2000.

“Political Noise and National Disbursement in Japan” presented at the Long Term Credit Bank Research Institute, Inc., Tokyo, Japan, August 1998.

W O R K   E X P E R I E N C E S

AUA Scholar-in-residence, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology     2019

General Education Head Professor of Social Sciences, Seoul National University  2018~

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Seoul National University           2016-2017

    College of Social Sciences

Visiting Fellow, Cambridge University Clare Hall& Visiting Fellow, IFUSS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign          2015

Editor-in-Chief, Korean Journal of Political Science          2014

Director, American Studies Institute          2013-2014

Professor, Seoul National University                    2013-present

    College of Social Sciences, Department of Political Science & International Relations

    World Leaders and Politics in Film

    Pro-Seminar on Comparative Federalism

    Pro-Seminar on Decision-Making Process in US Politics

Director, Program in European Studies 2010, 2012, 2018

    Combined Minor, Seoul National University-

Visiting Fellow, Department of Political Science2011

    Leiden University, the Netherlands

Chair, Department of International Relations          2009-2010

    College of Social Sciences, Seoul National University-

Associate Professor, Seoul National University2007-2012

    College of Social Sciences, Department of International Relations

Associate Dean, Office of International Affairs, Seoul National University          2007-2008

Assistant Professor, Seoul National University         2005-2007

    College of Social Sciences, Department of International Relations

Assistant Professor, Korea National Defense University         2003-2005

    College of National Security, Department of International Relations

    Introduction to Comparative Politics

    European Politics

    History of Diplomacy in the Western Hemisphere

    Seminar on Media and Politics

Visiting Lecturer, Yonsei Graduate School of International Studies   2003-2005

    American Government and Politics (Fall 2003/2004, in English)

    History of Korean-American Relations (Winter 2004, in English)

Visiting Lecturer, Yonsei Department of International Education and Exchange    2004-2005

    American Government and Politics (Spring 2004/2005, in English)

Visiting Lecturer, KDI School of Public Policy and Management2003

    International Relations in the Twenty-First Century (Fall 2003, in English)

Visiting Lecturer, Catholic University of Korea, Sungshim2003-2005

    Electoral Politics in America (Spring 2003, in English)

    Foreign Policy Making in America (Spring 2003, Graduate School)

    Understanding U.S. Economy (Spring 2005)

Lecturer, Catholic University of Korea, Sungshim2002

    Introduction to American Studies (Spring 2002)

    Electoral Politics in America (Spring 2002)

    Mass Media and Politics in America (Fall 2002)

    Readings on International Relations (Fall 2002)

Lecturer, Seoul National University2002

    Introduction to World Politics (Fall 2002)

Lecturer/Visiting Lecturer, Kyungnam University, Graduate School of North Korean Studies    2002/2003-

    Comparative Politics (Fall 2002/2003)2004

    Comparative Advanced Democracies (Fall 2004)

Graduate Student Instructor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI            1997-2001

    Political Economy: English Composition Board instructor under Robert Franzese, Jr.; aided students' writing (Winter 1999)

    Intro to Comparative Politics: Section leader under Ronald Inglehart (Fall 1998 & 1999)

    Korean Language Program: Section leader, focusing on drills in grammar (Winter 1997)

    Comparative Politics of the Advanced Industrial Democracies: Grader under Madeleine Hosli (Winter 2001)

    Public Opinion: Grader under Vince Hutchings (Winter 1999), Chris Achen (Fall 1997)

    Modernization of Developing Countries: Grader under A.F.K. Organski (Winter 1998)

Research Assistant, School of Nursing, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Summer 1999

    Conducted fieldwork for the Child and Parent Relations Study (CAPR), including organizing surveys, evaluating interview outcomes, coding and re-coding.

Summer Intern, LTCB Research Institute, Inc., Tokyo, Japan                       Summer 1998

    Conducted research on the political factors affecting Japanese national disbursement.  Wrote paper and presented results.