Education

- Ph.D. Political Science, Seoul National University, Korea. August 2002. 

        Dissertation: “Labor Politics in Democratizing Indonesia: The Collapse of State-Corporatism and the Rise of Working-Class Leadership”

- M.A. Political Science, Sogang University. August 1994. 

       Thesis: “Everyday Resistance of the R&D Workers in the Chaebol Electronic Companies in South Korea”

- B. A.  Electronics (Minor: Political Science), Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea. August 1991.

Professional Appointments 

- Professor, Department of Political Science, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea. October 2015 - present. 

- Visiting Research Fellow, Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University. Feb-July 2017. 

- Associate Professor, Jeonbuk National University October 2010 – October 2015.

- Assistant Professor, Jeonbuk National University September 2006 – September 2010.

- Senior Research Fellow, KISEAS (Korean Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, kiseas.org). September 2005 - August 2006.

- Research Fellow, KISEAS. September 2004 – August 2005.

- Research Fellow, IEAS (Institute for East Asian Studies), Sogang University, Seoul, Korea (eastasia.org) September 2002- August 2004. 

Publications (peer-reviewed journal only, within 10 years)

-2019. “Southeast Asia against COVID-19: Evaluation and Implications of the Early Responses,” The Journal of Asian Studies 23(2). Co-work with Heesuk KIM.

-2018. “Southeast Asian Studies in Korea Revisited: Pluralistic Growth and Lack of Inclusiveness.” The Southeast Asian Review 28(4)

-2017. “Transnational Linkages and Consciousness of First-Generation Korean Overseas Investors: Reading Memoirs of Korean Businessmen in Indonesia.” East Asian Studies 36(1). Co-work with Jiwon SUH.

-2017. “Indonesia in 2016: Jokowi’s Struggles for a Secure Footing and Challenges from Identity Politics.” The Southeast Asian Review 27(2). Co-work with Jiwon SUH. 

-2014. “The Possible Contribution of Geography to Southeast Asian Studies in Korea.” Journal of the Korean Association of Regional Geographers 20(4).

-2014. “Localization of Labor Relations in Overseas Korean Company: A Case Study of PT. Miwon Indonesia," The Southeast Asian Review 24(2). 

-2014. "Islamizing Economic Activities: A Case of Indonesia." The Korean Journal of Area Studies 32(1), Co-work with Kim Hyung-Jun.

-2013. "Indonesian Studies in Korea: The Continuing External Expansion, the Deepening Internal Separation," Asia Review 3(1), Co-work with Kim Hyung-Jun.

-2013. "Social Movements and Democratization in Indonesia: Reflections from Life and Death of Munir," Social Science Studies 37(1)

Current Research interests

- The role of labor movement on the institutionalization of medical system in Indonesia 

- The importance of language education on South East Asian Studies