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Jungkun Seo (¼­Á¤°Ç)


          Assistant Professor
          Department of Public and International Affairs
          The University of North Carolina at Wilmington
          601 S College Rd, Wilmington, NC 28403-5607
          Office Phone: (910) 962-2287


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Academic Position________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

    
      Assistant Professor of Political Science, August 2007 – present
           Department of Public and International Affairs
           University of North Carolina, Wilmington (UNCW)

           Visiting Professor, 2009
     American Foreign Policy, Summer Semester, 2009
     School of International Studies, Kyung Hee University, Korea
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Education__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

           Ph.D. in Government, University of Texas at Austin, August 2007
          Dissertation: ¡°Breaking with the Party: Preferences, Procedures, and Party Position Shifts in the U. S. Congress¡±

           M.A. in Government, University of Texas at Austin, May 2002

           Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS), University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Sep 1997− May 1999
     Coursework: comparative politics and international political economy

           B.A. in Political Science, Seoul National University, February 1994
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Grants, Fellowships, and Awards_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

     Best Paper Award (Foreign Policy Section), the 2010 American Political Science Association (APSA) Convention, Washington D.C., Sep 2-5, 2010

           Distinguished Scholarship Award, Department of Public and International Affairs, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, May 2010 

     Discere Aude Award, Center for Teaching Excellence, University of North Carolina, Wilmington,  Dec 2009

     Ward Endowed Fellowship, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin, Nov 2005

     Joe R. Long Research Award, Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin, May 2005

     Asian Development Bank (ADB) Research Grant, 1999-2000
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Publications______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

    
Jungkun Seo, 2010, ¡°Vote Switching on Foreign Policy in the U.S. House of Representatives,¡±  
          American Politics Research
, 38(6):1072-1101

     Jungkun Seo, 2010, ¡°Wedge Issue Dynamics and Party Position Shifts: Chinese Exclusion Debates in the post-Reconstruction U.S. Congress, 1879-1882,¡± 
          Party Politics (Forthcoming, 2010; published online-first, Aug 9, 2010)

     Jungkun Seo, 2010, ¡°Party Politics of Guns-versus-Butter in the post-Vietnam America,¡±  
          Journal of American Studies
(Forthcoming, Dec 2010)

     Jungkun Seo, 2010, ¡°Cosponsoring North Korea Bills in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1993-2009,¡±  
    
     KEI Academic Paper Series, Vol. 5, No. 4: 1-14 (Washington D.C.)

     Stephan Haggard, Daniel Pinkston and Jungkun Seo, 1999, ¡°Reforming Korea Inc.: The Politics of Structural Adjustment,"  
          Asian Perspective
, Vol. 23, No 3: 201-235
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Articles Under Review and Working Papers__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

     Peter Trubowitz and Jungkun Seo. ¡°Partisan Ambition and Scapegoat Theory: U.S.-China Relations in Political Perspective¡±
          (revise and resubmit, Political Science Quarterly)

    
Jungkun Seo and Sean Theriault. ¡°Moderate Caucuses in a Polarized Congress¡± (revise and resubmit, Journal of Legislative Studies)

     "Solvency vs. Security: the Eisenhower Administration, Conservative Republicans, and Defense Spending, 1953-1960" (in progress)

    
¡°Cosponsorship of Foreign Policy Bills and Resolutions in the post-Cold War U.S. Congress¡± (in progress)

    
¡°Congressional Reform through Foreign Crisis: the Senate Filibuster Reform in 1917 and the World War I¡± (in progress)

     "Legislative Policy Entrepreneurs and Congressional Politics of North Korea Policymaking" (in progress)


Selected Conference Presentations_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

     ¡°Partisan Ambition and Scapegoat Theory: US-China Relations in Political Perspective¡± (With Peter Trubowitz)
          Presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the American
Political Science Association (APSA) Toronto, ON, Canada, Sep 3-6, 2009

    
¡°Vote switching in the post-Cold War Congress¡±
          Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Chicago, IL, Apr 2-5, 2009

    
¡°Flip Flopping over Foreign Policy in a Polarized Congress: Preferences, Parties, and Vote Switching Over the China Trade Policy, 1989-2000¡±
          Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association (ISA), New York City, New York, Feb 15-18, 2009

    
¡°Top down or Bottom up? Party Shifts over Chinese exclusion, 1879-1902¡±
          Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, IL, Apr 2008

    
¡°Joining Moderate Coalitions in a Polarized Congress: Electoral Connection?" (With Sean Theriault)
          Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Chicago, IL, Apr 2008

    
¡°The China Card and American Politics: The Domestic Sources of US Policy toward China, 1868- 2008¡±
(With Peter Trubowitz)
          Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Chicago, IL, Sep 2007

    
"Strategic Position Changes in Congress: The Case of the Chinese Exclusion in the Gilded Age"
          Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, Illinois, April 2007
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     "To Join or Not To Join? That Is The Question: the Senate New Democrat Coalition in the 107th U.S. Congress and a Theory of Dual Representation"
          Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 2006

     "From the Party of Deficit-hawks To the Party of Defense-hawks: Where Does Party Reputation Come From?"
          Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, Illinois, April 2006

     "Partisan Politics of Free Trade with China, 1990-2000: Party Influence in US-Sino Relations"
          Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, Illinois, April 2006
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     "Ideology or Party?: Revisiting Congressional Politics of Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Controversy, 1968-1972"
          Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association (WPSA), Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 2006

     "Party Reputation, Party Unity, and Policy Change: The Case of Defense Spending Decisions in the U.S. Congress during the Nixon Administration"
          Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association (SPSA), Atlanta, Georgia, January 2006


     "Party Unity, Party Split, and Party Shift: The Case of Defense Spending Decisions in the U.S. Congress, 1890-1988"
           Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Chicago, Illinois, September 2005

     "Can Parties Change Their Positions When They Want To?: A Case of Defense Spending Decisions in Congress, from the 1890s to the 1990s"
          Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, Illinois, April 2005

     "President, Parties, and the American Defense Spending: Revisiting Partisan Realignment in Foreign Policy"
    Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association (SPSA), New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2005


"How Do Parties Switch Their Positions?: Party Policy Logic on the Evolution of American Defense Spending"
    Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Chicago, Illinois, September 2004

"Polarized Parties vs. Centrist Factions: the Case of the Senate New Democrat Coalition In the 107th U.S. Congress (2001-2002)"
     Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, Illinois, April 2004
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Courses Taught (UNCW)__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

     PLS 101    American National Government

     PLS 201    Political Science Research Methods

     PLS 307    The United States Congress

     PLS 422    American Foreign Policy

     PLS 492    Congress and the Presidency

     PLS 495    Departmental Seminar (Congress and Foreign Policy toward China)
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Media Appearances______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

     My paper and talk on ¡°Cosponsorship of North Korea Bills and Resolutions in the U.S. Congress¡±
     --- reported by JoongAng Daily, Segye Times, Yonhap News, Seoul, Korea (April 29, 2010)

     Moderator and interviewer for the special program ¡°Exploring the U.S. Congress,¡±  Korean National Assembly Television (Apr 28, 2010)

     Newspaper interview with Lumina News, Wilmington, NC (Jan 8, 2010)

     TV news interview with WWAY TV3 News, Wilmington, NC (Aug 6, 2009)

     Newspaper interview with Star News, Wilmington, NC (Jan 20, 2008)
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Invited Talks_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

     The Korea Economic Institute of America, Washington D.C. (Apr 28, 2010)

     The Clubs at St. James Plantation (Nov 17, 2009)

     The Adult Scholars Leadership Program (Sep 24, 2009)

     The Landfall of Wilmington (Sep 23, 2009) (flyer )

     Seoul National University, Department of Political Science, Korea (June 24, 2009)
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Professional Activities_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

     Journal reviewer (Political Research Quarterly, American Politics Research, Foreign Policy Analysis, Politics and Policy)

     Book reviewer (Oxford University Press, WW Norton & Company)

     Governing Board (member), the Association of Korean Political Studies (AKPS), 2010-1013

     Chair and discussant, the Midwest Political Science Association meeting (MPSA), Chicago, IL, April 2009

     The Office of Rep. Louis Stokes (D-Ohio), The United States House of Representatives, Congressional internship, Washington D.C. summer 1993 (photo )

     Asian Development Bank (ADB), Full-time Research Assistant, Korea Development Institute (KDI), Seoul, Korea, 1999-2000

     Qualcomm Inc.,
Marketing Researcher, San Diego, California, summer 1999
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Department and University Services________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

     UNCW Faculty Senate, member (Fall 2009-present)

     The SASASAAS meeting (Asheville, NC, Sep 2008), UNCW Asian Studies

     UNCW Honor Thesis Committee, chair and member (Spring 2008-present)

     2010 Poli-Sci Day Events Planning Committee, chair (2009-present)

     Departmental Assessment Committee, member (2010-present)

     UNCW Poli-Sci Day presentation: ¡°The 2008 Elections and American Foreign Policy¡± (2008), ¡°Faculty Research Showcase¡± (2007)
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References______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Dr. Peter Trubowitz (Dissertation Supervisor)
     The University of Texas at Austin
    
Department of Government
    
1 University Station A1800
    
Austin, TX 78712-0119

Dr. Sean Theriault
    
The University of Texas at Austin
    
Department of Government
    
1 University Station A1800
    
Austin, TX 78712-0119

Dr. Bruce Buchanan

     The University of Texas at Austin
    
Department of Government
    
1 University Station A1800
    
Austin, TX 78712-0119

Dr. James Enelow

     The University of Texas at Austin
    
Department of Government
    
1 University Station A1800
     Austin, TX 78712-0119

Dr. Kenneth S. Flamm

     The University of Texas at Austin
    
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
    
P.O. Box Y
     Austin, TX 78713-8925
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