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WELCOME I am the Kim Koo Chair in Korean Studies and Associate Professor of Political Science at The Fletcher School, Tufts University. I am a scholar of nationalism and democracy in Asia. For AY 25-26, I am on sabbatical and will be based in NYC, where I am a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Korean Research at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. My first book, Narratives of Civic Duty: How National Stories Shape Democracy in Asia, is winner of the 2023 Robert A. Dahl Award for "scholarship of the highest quality on the subject of democracy" from the American Political Science Association. My research appears in leading disciplinary journals including the British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, and Comparative Politics. I frequently serve as an expert panelist on Korea & democracy issues and contribute evidence-based commentary to current affairs, including in Foreign Policy, The Washington Post, The Economist, and The Korea Herald. I hold a Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University, M.P.P. from the Harvard Kennedy School, and B.A. with honors from Stanford University. |