Education

• Ph. D. in Political Science, University of Chicago, 2005
  (Dissertation: “Women’s Luck? Women’s Choice? Toward a Feminist Theory of Equality,” 
  Iris Marion Young, Chair)
  M.A. in Political Science, University of Chicago, 1999
  B.A. with Honors in Political Science & International Relations, Ewha Womans University, 1996

Professional Experience and Awards

POSITION

Professor, Department of Public Administration, Korea University, March 2018-present
Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, Korea University, March 2013–February 2018
Head Professor, Urban and Regional Public Administration Major, Graduate School of Policy Studies, Korea University, February 2013–January 2015
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Korea University, March 2009–February 2012 
Research Professor, Center for the Reconstruction of Human Society, Kyung Hee University, December 2005– February 2009 
Lecturer, University of Chicago, 2004, 2005 

AWARDS, HONORS & GRANTS

Best Academic Book Awarded by National Academic of Science, 2017. 
Best Academic Book Awarded by Seojong Book, 2017.
Jin Ri Scholarship Program Manager, A Research Program on the Governmental Theories for Future Scholars, Korea University, November 2016-January 2017. 
Korea Journal Award, Best Article in Social Sciences, Korea Journal, Korean National Commission for UNESCO, Oct. 16 2015. 
Research Grants for Senior Scholars in Humanities and Social Science, “Women’s Migration to Sex Industries and the Global Division of Reproductive Labor: A Perspective of Global Gender Justice,” National Research Foundation of Korea, Project Leader, $40,000, May 2014-April 2016.
Excellent Teaching Award, Korea University, Spring/Fall 2012, Spring/Fall 2013, Spring 2010.
Research Grants, “Establishing Sustainable Development Goals,” Presidential Committee on Green Growth, Project Leader, $20,000, September 2012-December 2012. 
Seoktop Teaching Award, Korea University, Fall 2011.
Research Grants for Junior Scholars in Humanities and Social Science, “Gendered Migration and Global Justice,” National Research Foundation of Korea, Project Leader, $30,000, May 2011-April 2013. 
Best Researcher, Department of Public Administration, Korea University, 2009.
Uam Academic Award (Social Science Division), American Studies Association of Korea, 2008.
Dissertation Teaching and Research Fellowship, University of Chicago, 2004-05.
Dissertation Grant in Women’s Studies, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, 2004.
Center for Gender Studies Office Fellowship (CGS Fellow), Center for Gender Studies, University of Chicago, 2004-05, 2002-03. 
Doolittle-Harrison Fellowship, University of Chicago, Summer 2004.
Grodzins Lectureship Prize, University of Chicago, 2003-04.
Korean Honor Scholarship, Korean Embassy at Washington D.C., 2002-03.
Graduate Fellowship, University of Chicago, 1999-2001.
Residential Fellowship, International House of the University of Chicago, 1999-2000.
Excellent Junior Student, Ewha Womans University, 1995.
Undergraduate Honor Scholarship, Ewha Womans University, 1995-96.

Undergraduate/Graduate Courses

Graduate level: 
Public Philosophy, Normative Policy Analysis, Global Justice, Multiculturalism: Theory and Policy,

Undergraduate level: 
Public Philosophy and Ethics, Normative Analysis of Public Policy, Feminism

Books

• Books:
  Care & Fairness (Seoul: Parkyoungsa, 2018, co-edited) [in Korean]
  Normative Policy Analysis (Seoul: Parkyoungsa, 2016) [in Korean]. *Best Academic Book Awarded by National Academic of Science in 2017.
  Critiques of Korean Multiculturalism (Seoul: LP Press, 2016, co-authored) [in Korean]. *Best Academic Book Awarded by Seojong Books in 2017. 
  
  Book Translations:
  Dolbum: Jeonguiui simjang (Seoul: Parkyoungsa, 2017, co-translated) [Daniel Engster, The Heart of Justice: Care Ethics and Political Theory (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007)]. 
  Dolbum: Dolbumyunli (Seoul: Parkyoungsa, 2017, co-translated) [Virginia Held, The Ethics of Care: Personal, Political, and Global (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007)]. 
  Dolbum: Sarangui nodong (Seoul: Parkyoungsa, 2016, co-translated) [Eva Feder Kittay, Love’s Labor: Essays on Women, Equality and Dependency (New York: Routledge, 1999)]. 
  Dolbom minjujuui (Seoul: Aporia Books, 2014, co-translated) [Joan C. Tronto, Caring Democracy (New York: NYU Press, 2013)]. 
  Gongdongche (Seoul: A-Books, 2010, co-translated) [Gerald Delanty, Community (London: Routledge, 2003)].

Book Chapters

• Book Chapters:
  “Carism: Care as a Political Theory,” in Hee-Kang Kim & Hyun Im (eds.), Care & Fairness (Seoul: Parkyoungsa, 2018). [in Korean]
  “Locating Feminism beyond Gender and Culture: A Case of the Korean-head System in South Korea,” in Andrew Eungi Kim (ed.), Contemporary Korean Society: An Introduction (Seoul: Korea University Press, 2017). 
  “Locating Feminism beyond Gender and Culture: A Case of the Korean-head System in South Korea,” in Sungmoon Kim (ed.), Confucianism, Law, and Politics in South Korea (Rowman & Littlefield International, 2015).
  “Western Feminism and Korean Feminism,” in Jung In Kang (ed.), Contemporary Korean Political Thought (Lanham, Maryland: Lextington Books, 2014).
  “Public Policy, Social Justice, and Normative Theory,” in Chong-Min Park and Moo-Kwon Chung (eds.), Current Issues in Korean Administration (Seoul: Parkyoungsa, 2009). [in Korean] 
  “Minority Politics in U.S.,” in Association for Studies of American Politics (ed.), U.S. Politics and Government (Seoul: Myunginmoonhwasa, 2008). [in Korean] 
  “Trends and Issues in Western Feminist Theory and Their Implications to Korean Feminist Scholarship in the Global Context” in Korean Political Science Association (ed)., Development of Contemporary Political Theories (Goyang: Ingansarang, 2006). [in Korean]
  
  Book Review:
  “Which State Do We Ought to Live In?” Translator’s Review on The Heart of Justice, 2016. [in Korean]
  “Care Ethics: An Alternative Moral Theory,” Translator’s Review on The Ethics of Care, 2016. [in Korean] 
  “Paradigm of Care,” Translator’s Review on Love’s Labor, 2016. [in Korean]
  “From Market to Care,” Translator’s Review on Caring Democracy, 2014. [in Korean]
  “Democracy not disregarding others’ pain,” Aporia Review of Books Vol. 2, No.1, December, 2013.
  http://aporia.co.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=rpb_community&wr_id=56 [In Korean]
  “Structural Injustice Sustained by ‘Rational Choice,’” Hankyoreh June 30, 2013. http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/culture/religion/593805.html [in Korean]
  “Is Marriage a Just Institution?” Global Peace Vol. 3, No. 1 (June 2006): 232-40. [in Korean]

Journal Articles

• “A Caring Welfare State in South Korea: Challenges and Prospects,” International Journal of Care and Caring Vol. 3, No. 3 (April 2019), forthcoming. 
  “Care as a Constitutional Value,” Korean Social Policy Vol. 25, No. 2 (June 2018). [in Korean]
  “Care and Political Theory without Care,” Korean Political Science Review Vol. 52, No. 2 (June 2018). [in Korean]
  “Public Policy for Migrant Women in Sex/Entertaining Industries,” Multiculture & Peace Vol. 11, No. 2 (June 2017): 83-112. Co-authored with Hyung Joo Song. [in Korean]
  “Women’s International Migration to Sex/Entertaining Industries,” Gender & Culture Vol. 10, No. 1 (June 2017): 45-61. Co-authored with Hyung Joo Song. [in Korean]
  “Is the Long-Term Care Insurance in South Korea a Socialising Care Policy?” Critical Social Policy Vol. 36, No.4 (November 2016): 1-19.
  “Analysis of the UN sustainable Development Goals Using Martha Nussbaum’s Capabilities Approach,” Korean Public Administration Review Vol. 50, No. 3 (September 2016): 35-63. Co-authored with E Sol Cho. [in Korean] 
  “Caring State: A New Vision of Welfare State,” Governmental Studies Vol. 22, No. 1 (April 2016): 1-26. [in Korean]
  “Why Should Refugees Be Protected?” Discourse 201 Vol. 18, No. 3 (August 2015): 5-33. [in Korean]
  “Feminism, Nationalism, and Beyond: A Note on the Comfort Women Movement,” New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies Vol. 17, No. 1 (June 2015): 1-20.
  “Immigration Policy in the Era of Multiculturalism: Policy Directions for Permanent Residency System,” Korea Public Administration Review Vol. 49, No. 1 (March 2015): 223-244. Co-authored with Ji Hye Ryu. [in Korean]
  “John Rawls’s ‘Human Rights’ and Humanitarian Intervention Policy,” Discourse 201 Vol. 18, No. 1 (February 2015): 69-100. Co-authored with Yoo Jin Choi. [in Korean] 
  “Feminization of Migration and Global Gender Injustice,” OUGHTOPIA: The Journal of Social Paradigm Studies Vol. 29, No. 2 (November 2014): 5-32.
  “Green Aid Policy and Democracy,” Journal of Peace Studies Vol. 15, No. 3 (Semptember 2014): 63-89. Co-authored with Bobae Jeong. [in Korean]
  “Revisiting the Constitutionality of Voting Rights of Overseas Koreans,” Korea Journal Vol. 54, No. 1 (March 2014): 5-29. Co-authored with Hyun Im.
  “Paradox of Multiculturalism,” Discourse 201 Vol. 16, No. 4 (November 2013): 67-95. [in Korean]
  “Marriage Migration between South Korea and Vietnam: A Gender Perspective,” Asian Perspective Vol. 36, No. 6 (September 2012): 531-563. 
  “The Comfort Women System and Women’s International Human Rights,” Korea Observer Vol. 43, No. 2 (Summer 2012): 175-208. 
  “Just Wage, Just Society: Notes on a Normative Justification of Comparable Worth,” 21st Century Political Science Review Vol. 22, No. 1 (May 2012): 23-45. [in Korean]
  “Foreign Aid Policies, What are they Problematic? On Thomas Pogge’s Theory of Global Justice,” OUGHTOPIA: The Journal of Social Paradigm Studies Vol. 27, No. 1 (May 2012): 67-98. Co-authored with Bobae Jeong. [in Korean]
  “Quality of Government and Impartiality,” Journal of Governmental Studies Vol. 17, No. 3 (December 2011): 3-18. [in Korean] 
  “A Public Ethic of Care: Eva Kittay and the ‘Care Aid Program to Families with Disabled Children’ in South Korea,’” Korean Political Science Review Vol. 44, No. 4 (December 2010): 45-72. Co-authored with Moon Sun Kang. [in Korean] 
  “Japanese ‘Comfort Women’ and Responsibility,” Asian Studies Vol. 53, No. 3 (September 2010): 79-108. [in Korean]  
  “Publicity, Social Groups, and Deliberative Democracy,” Korean Political Science Review Vol. 44, No. 2 (June 2010): 5-27. [in Korean]
  “Luck and the Gendered Social Structure,” Journal of Women, Politics & Policy Vol. 31, No. 1 (January-March 2010): 67-92. 
  “Dilemmas of Women’s Human Rights,” Korean Political Science Review Vol. 43, No. 4 (December 2009): 99-124. [in Korean] 
  “Analyzing the Gender Division of Labor: The Cases of the U. S. and South Korea,” Asian Perspective Vol. 33, No. 2 (June 2009): 181-229. 
  “Should Feminism Transcend Nationalism? A Defense of Feminist Nationalism in South Korea,” Women's Studies International Forum Vol. 32, No. 2 (May 2009): 108-119. 
  “Is Polygamy Patriarchal? On the Mormon’s Polygamy Debate in the United States, 1862-1890,” Korean Political Science Association Vol. 42, No. 3 (September 2008): 99-120. [in Korean]
  “What Should a Good Feminist Theory of Equality Be? A Critique of Ronald Dworkin,” Korean Journal of International Studies Vol. 47, No. 5 (December 2007): 59-77.
  “ 2007 US Immigration Reform: Process, Implication, and Pluralism in U.S. ” American Studies Vol. 39, No. 3(December 2007): 139-172. Co-authored with Sung-jin Yoo and Byong-Kwon Sohn. [in Korean]
  “Locating Feminism beyond Culture and Gender: A Case of the Family-head System in South Korea,” Discourse 201 Vol. 10, No. 1 (May 2007): 245-290.
  “American Republicanism in John Adams’s Defence,” Korean Political Science Review Vo. 41, No. 1 (March 2007): 211-234. [in Korean]
  “Equality as an Evaluation of Social Relations,” Public Affairs Quarterly Vol. 20, No. 4 (October 2006): 313-328.
  “A Feminist Critique of the Luck Egalitarian Concept of Autonomy,” Korean Political Science Review Vol. 41, No. 3 (September 2006): 79-101. [in Korean] 
  “Trends and Issues in Western Feminist Theory and Their Implications to Korean Feminist Scholarship in the Global Context” 21st Century Political Science Review Vol. 16, No. 2 (September 2006): 27-50; Reprinted in Korean Political Science Association (ed.), Development of Contemporary Political Theories (Goyang: Ingansarang, 2006). [in Korean] 
  “The Philosophical Origins of the Declaration of Independence and Jeffersonian Republicanism,” Korean Journal of International Studies Vol. 46, No. 2 (June 2006): 121-144. [in Korean]  
  “On Liberal Nationalism,” Korean Journal of Public Policy Vol. 19 (December 2005): 43-59.

Conference Presentations and Proceedings

• Conference Presentations:
  “Care Ethics and Caring State,” Korean Society for Public Administration Theory, Kwangju, Korea, August 18, 2016.
  “Care Ethics and Caring State,” Korean Association for Public Administration, Wonju, Korea, December 11, 2015. 
  “International Norm and Rights of Migrant Workers in South Korea,” Korean Association for Public Administration, Cheonan, Korea, July 17, 2015. 
  “Should Refugees be Protected?” Korean Association for Socio-History, Seoul, Korea, May 22, 2015.
  “Global Justice, Gender Justice,” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, U.S. April 18, 2015.  
  “Immigration Policy in the Era of Multiculturalism: Policy Directions for Permanent Residency System” (with Ji Hye Ryu), Korean Association for Public Administration, Daegu, Korea, June 26, 2014.
  “John Rawls’s Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention Policy” (with Yu Jin Choi), Korean Association for Public Administration, Daegu, Korea, June 26, 2014.  
  “Normative Analysis of Refugee Policy,” Korean Association for Public Administration, Deagu, Korea, December 13, 2013.
  “Sustainable Development, Greed Aid Policy, and Democracy” (with Bo Bae Jeong), Korea World Politics Congress, Korea Political Science Association, Korea University, Seoul, August 22, 2013.
  “Revisiting the Constitutionality of the Voting Rights of Overseas Koreans,” Multicultural Challenges and Sustainable Democracy in Europe and Asia, Korea University, Seoul, April 26, 2013.
  “Feminization of Migration and Global Gender Injustice,” International Workshop on Multicultural Coexistence and East Asian Community, Hokkaido University, Japan, October 15, 2012.
  “Gender Equality and Feminism I Korea: A Perspective of Political Theory,” Women in Academia: Meritocracy and Gender Equality International Conference, Harvard-Yenching Institute and Women’s Studies Center of Seoul National University, Seoul, June 18, 2012. 
  “Justice and Feminization of Migration,” International Workshop on Multicultural Coexistence and East Asian Community, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, October 17, 2011. 
  “International Women’s Human Rights Revisited,” American Political Science Association, Seattle, U.S., September 3, 2011.  
  “Quality of Government and Impartiality” Korean Association for Public Administration, Deajon, Korea, June 24, 2011. 
  “That Is Not a Multicultural Issue: Seeking Justice for (Im)Migrants,” Association for Asian Studies, Hawaii, U.S., April 2, 2011.
  “Gender and Justice,” Korean Political Science Association, Seoul, Korea, December 2010. 
  “Women’s Human Rights of Fear,” Northeastern Political Science Association, Boston, U.S., November 2010.
  (with Moon Sun Kang) “A Public Ethic of Care,” Korean Association for Public Administration, Chungju, Korea, June 2010; Critical Social Welfare Academy, Seoul, Korea, June 2010.
  “Positioning ‘Comfort Women’ at the Intersection of Nation and Gender,” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, U.S., April 2010.
  “Social Groups and Publicness,” Korean Association for Public Administration, Wonju, Korea, December 2009; Brain Korea Colloquium, Department of Public Administration, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, January 2010.  
  “Gender and Equality,” Brain Korea Colloquium, Department of Political Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, August, 2009. 
  “Women’s Human Rights, Women’s Rights, ” Korean Political Science Association, Seoul, Korea, August 2009.  
  “A Normative Approach to Policy Studies,” Korean Association for Public Administration, Daejon, Korea, April 2008. 
  “Is Polygamy Anti-feminist? On the Mormon’s Polygamy Debate in the United States, 1862-1890,” Korean Association for Socio-History,” Seoul, Korea; Center for the Reconstruction of Human Society, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea; Korean Studies for American Politics, Seoul Korea, April 2008. 
  “Global Activism of Korea NGO,” Korean Political Science Association, Seoul, Korea, October 2007.
  “Immigration Reform in the U.S.: Discourses on ‘Security’ and ‘Merit,’ American Studies Association of Korea, Seoul, Korea, September 2007.
  “Feminist Nationalism in South Korea,” World Congress for Korean Studies, Seoul, Korea, August 2007.
  “Locating Feminism beyond Culture and Gender: A Case of the Family-head System in South Korea,” Korean Association for Governance Studies, Seoul, Korea, April 2007.
  “Gender Inequality and Equality Theory,” Korean Association for International Studies, Seoul, Korea, December 2006.
  “Culture and Gender,” Korean Political Science Association, Seoul, Korea, December 2006.
  “Trends and Issues in Western Feminist Theory and Their Implications to Korean Feminist Scholarship in the Global Context,” Korean Association for Area Studies, Seoul, Korea, November 2006.
  “Between Culture and Gender in Global Civil Society: Multiculturalism and Feminism Debate Revisited,” Center for the Reconstruction of Human Society, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, August 2006. 
  “Trends and Issues in Western Feminist Theory and Implications for Korea,” Center for the Reconstruction of Human Society, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, May 2006.
  “Equality, Women’s Autonomy, and Policy Implication,” Korea Association of Public Administration, Seoul, Korea, April 2006.
  “Women’s Choice, Women’s Responsibility,” Korea Association of Political Thought, Seoul, Korea, March 2006.
  “Feminist Theory: Trends, Critics, and Korean Implications,” Korean Political Science Association, Seoul, Korea, February 2006. 
  “Normative Arguments on the Gender Division of Labor,” Korean Association for International Studies, Seoul, Korea, December 2005.
  “The Philosophical Origins of the American Declaration of Independence,” Korean Political Science Association, Seoul, Korea, December 2005.
  “The Gender Division of Labor in the U.S. and South Korea,” Korean Studies for American Politics, Seoul, Korea, October 2005. 
  “The Feminist (Re)Construction of Equality,” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, U.S., April 2005.
  “Egalitarian Theory of Justice: From a Feminist Perspective,” Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop, University of Chicago, U.S., March 2005.
  “The Autonomy of Women, Choice, and Responsibility,” American Political Science Association, Chicago, U.S., September 2004. 
  “Luck Egalitarianism and Feminist Equality,” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, U.S., April 2004.
  “What Should a Good Feminist Theory of Equality Be?,” Political Theory Workshop, University of Chicago, U.S., April 2004. 
  “Beyond Choice and Responsibility: Equality and Women’s Choices,” American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, U.S., September 2003.
  “Women’s Choice and Women’s Responsibility: Understanding Equality and Autonomy,” Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop, University of Chicago, U.S., May 2003.
  “Women’s Choice and Women’s Responsibility: Understanding Equality and Autonomy,” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, U.S., April 2003.
  “Women, Equality, and Fortune: A Feminist Critique of Ronald Dworkin’s Theory of Equality,” Political Theory Workshop, University of Chicago, U.S., November 2002.
  “Women, Equality, and Fortune: A Feminist Critique of Ronald Dworkin’s Theory of Equality,” American Political Science Association, Boston, U.S., September 2002.
  
  Invited Talks and Colloquiums:
  “Carism: Care Ethics as a Political Theory,” Varieties of Governance Colloquium, Korea University, Seoul Korea, February 1, 2018. 
  “Search for New Justice: Care Justice,” Pojeong-Health Politics Colloquium, Hanyang University Medical College, January 25, 2018. 
  “A Pubic Ethic of Care with Prof. Hee-Kang Kim,” Health-Care Resource Research Center, Seoul Supporting Center for Elderly Careworkers, Seoul Korea, November 8, 2017.
  “Caring Democracy: Concept & Principle,” Korea Women’s Association United Forum, Seoul Korea, November 6, 2017.
  “Care Ethics,” Seoul National University Medical College Forum, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul Korea, August 26, 2017.
  “Carism: Revisiting Care in Political Philosophy,” Varieties of Governance Colloquium, Korea University, Seoul Korea, April 14, 2017.
  “Public Ethic of Care,” 60th Anniversary Forum for the Public Administration Department of Korea University, November 6, 2015.
  “Feminism,” Open Class for Discover KU, Korea University, Seoul Korea, October 27, 2014.
  “Women and Gender Equality in Korea,” 13th Korea-Japan Millennium Forum, Waseda University, October 22, 2014.