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Education

• Ph.D in Political Science, Texas A&M University, 2025 (expected)
• M.A. in Political Science and International Relations, Korea University, 2019
• B.A. in International Studies and Economics, Korea University, 2012

Research

• Nuclear Latency: Janus-faced Consequences of U.S. Political Influence for Proteges’ Nuclear Capability (accepted at Foreign Policy Analysis)
• Major Power Rivalry and Wedge Strategy of Concessions (R&R at the Journal of Conflict Resolution)
• Revisiting Our Understanding of Major Power Diplomacy (with Chen Shen; R&R at International Studies Quarterly)
• Extended Trade Dependence, Alliance Network, and Conflict Initiation (with Quan Li; R&R at the Journal of Peace Research)
• Introducing the Diplomatic Visits with France Dataset, 1950-2020 (with Ringailė Kuokštytė; R&R at Conflict Management and Peace Science)
• U.S. Allies’ Foreign Policy Alignment in an Era of Great Power Competition: An Analysis of Domestic Politics (with Daekwon Son and Kyung Suk Lee; R&R at Contemporary Security Policy)

Teaching

• Fall 2020: Quantitative Political Analysis I (Graduate. Instructor: Casey Crisman-Cox)
• Spring 2021: Maximum Likelihood Estimation (Graduate. Instructor: Scott Cook)
• Fall 2022: Modeling in Time and Space I (Graduate. Instructors: Guy Whitten and Scott Cook)
• Spring 2023: Modeling in Time and Space II (Graduate. Instructors: Scott Cook and Ali Kagalwala)
• Essex Summer School 2021: Spatial Econometrics (Instructor: Scott Cook)
• Fall 2023: Theory of International Relations (Instructor)
• Spring 2023: Theory of International Relations (Instructor)
• Fall 2024: Theory of International Relations (Instructor)

Service

• Student Senator. Department of Political Science (2021)
• Replication Assistant. Political Science Research and Methods (2021-2023)