Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University
I am currently a lecturer of Korea Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS. My areas of specialization are South Korean and Japanese political economy, comparative politics, and energy security/ climate change policies of East Asian countries.
I have been a researcher and visiting fellow at several institutes including the Center for Contemporary Korean Studies at Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies at the University of Tokyo, the Institute of Japanese Studies at Seoul National University, the Institute of Japan Studies at Kookmin University, and Institute of Energy Economics, Japan. Before joining the SAIS faculty, I taught at several universities in Korea, including Yonsei University and Korea University.
I earned a B.A. from the University of Tokyo, an M.I.A. from Columbia University and a Ph.D from SAIS, Johns Hopkins University.
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