Welcome!

I am an Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University. Prior to joining Yonsei, I was affiliated with the Department of Political Science and International Studies at Incheon National University. I received my Ph.D. in Political Science from the Department of Political Science at Texas A&M University.

I study the politics of nuclear weapons and alliances, with a focus on the domestic foundations of security policy. Combining survey and experimental methods with quantitative analysis, my work asks why publics and elites come to support nuclear armament, how credible extended deterrence is to the populations it is meant to reassure, and how democratic allies align their foreign policies under great power competition. Much of this research centers on South Korea and the U.S.–ROK alliance, using them as a window onto broader questions about how deterrence, proliferation, and alliance politics are shaped from the bottom up as well as the top down. 

For more details, you can view my CV below. 

CV (English) & CV (국문)

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