Research

Publication

Grants and Fellowships

  • Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC), Dissertation Fellowship (2021-22)
  • UCI, Associate Dean’s Fellowship (2021, 2019)
  • UCI, Summer Research Fellowship (2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017)
  • UCI, Center for Asian Studies graduate student grant (2019)
  • IGCC, IGCC Great Powers Summer Training tuition grant (2019)
  • UCI, Non-resident tuition fellowship (2016-22)
  • Korea Foundation, KF Global Think Tank Internship grant (2013-14)
  • Korea University, Research assistant scholarship (2013, 2012)
  • Korea University, General scholarship (2012)
  • Korea University, Creative Challenger scholarship (2009)
  • Korea University, Welfare Section scholarship (2009)

Award

  • Carl Beck Award (International Studies Association), 2022 Best graduate research paper
  • David Easton Award (UCI), 2019 Best graduate research paper in Political Science

Research Experiences

  • Research assistant (2018 – 2019): The Role of Design and Production Networks in East Asia Peace and Security (Dr. Etel Solingen, UCI)
  • Research assistant (2017-2018): NATO and gender research project (Dr. Heidi Hardt, UCI)
  • Korea Foundation Junior Scholar (2013-2014): Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington, DC) 
  • Research assistant (2013): Dr. Dong Sun Lee (Korea University) 
  • Research assistant (2012): Dr. Nam-Kook Kim (Korea University) 
  • Internship (2011): Asan Institute for Policy Studies (Seoul, South Korea)
  • Internship (2009): The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations (New York, NY)

Academic Conference Presentations

International Studies Association (ISA)

  • 2021: ”Why Escalate? Cognitive Theory and Global Supply Chains in Northeast Asia”
  • 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID19)

American Political Science Association (APSA)

  • 2022: “A Gender-Based Pandemic? A Psychological Approach to Gendered Attitudes during COVID-19 in South Korea” (coauthored with Hannah June Kim)
  • 2021: ”Gender Equality and COVID-19 in South Korea and Taiwan” (coauthored with Hannah June Kim)
  • 2019: ”The Impact of Leaders’ Military Experience on Third Party Military Interventions”

CATO Institute Junior Scholar Symposium

  • 2021: ”Why Escalate? Cognitive Theory and Global Supply Chains in Northeast Asia”

Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)

  • 2022: “A Gender-Based Pandemic? A Psychological Approach to Gendered Attitudes during COVID-19 in South Korea” (coauthored with Hannah June Kim)
  • 2019: ”Believe Me, I Know How This Works: Leaders’ Military Experience and Third-Party Intervention”
  • 2014: ”Between Rollback and Containment- How Presidents Choose to Stop ”-isms””

UCI Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies Graduate Student Conference

  • 2019: ”The Impact of Leaders’ Military Experience on Third Party Military Interventions” 

International Studies Association (ISA) West

  • 2018: ”Believe Me, I Know How This Works: Leaders’ Military Experience and Third-Party Intervention” 

The Korean Association of International Studies Annual Conference

  • 2014: ”Between Rollback and Containment- How Presidents Choose to Stop ”-isms””

Media

The Voice of America, “US announces steps to bolster critical mineral supply chain” (Feb 2, 2022)

Professional Workshops and Training

  • The University of North Carolina of Chapel Hill, 2021 Data Matters – Data Science Short Course Series (2021)
  • UCI, Preparing for a Faculty Career Certificate Program (2021)
  • IGCC, Great Power Competition in the 21st Century Graduate Student and Postdoc Workshop (2021)
  • Role of Design and Production Networks in East Asia’s International Relations workshop (2019)
  • IGCC, The 2019 Geo-Economic and Geostrategic Dimensions of Great Power Competition in the 21st Century Summer Training (2019)
  • UCI, Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies workshop (2019)

Working Manuscripts

  • “Military Intervention in Civil Wars: Individual-level Explanation of Leaders’ Decisions”
  • “Slinging Insults and Shooting Rockets: The Affective Dimension of US-DPRK-ROK Relations”
  • “COVID-19 and Feminism in South Korea” (Coauthored with Hannah Kim)
  • “The Global and Regional Impact of The US-China Trade War” (Coauthored with Nazim Uras Demir)
  • “Crossing the Boarder: The Cases of East German and North Korean Refugees” (coauthored with Benjamin Hoyt)
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