Course Schedule for “International Relations in 21st Century”

1. Class Hours: Tue. & Wed. 08:30 ~ 10:10
2. Professor: Okyeon Yi Hong
3. Resume

- E D U C A T I O N

Ph.D., Political Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, January 2002.
Dissertation: “Federalism, Fiscal Centralization, and Partisan Competition”
Dissertation Chair: Robert Franzese, Jr.
Dissertation Committee: Ronald Inglehart, Jenna Bednar, Albert Park (economics)

M.A. (joint), Applied Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1998; GPA: 3.9
Advisor: George Johnson

M.A., Political Science, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1992; GPA: 3.7
Thesis: ''Three Tigers and Defense''
Advisor: Glenn Palmer

B.A., Magna cum Laude, International Relations, University of California, Davis, 1986; GPA: 3.8
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, International Relations, 1982-1984.


- H O N O R S

- Junior Faculty Travel Grant, Korean Political Science Association, 2002
- International Advanced Graduate Student Travel Grant, American Political Science Association, 2001
- Rackham Dissertation Scholarship, Rackham Graduate School, Univ. of Michigan, 2001
- Margaret Dow Towsley/Center for the Education of Women Scholarship, Univ. of Michigan, 2000-2001
- Rackham Grant, Rackham Graduate School, Univ. of Michigan, 2000, 2001
- Merit Fellowship, Political Science Dept., Univ. of Michigan, 2000

- P U B L I C A T I O N S

“Federalism, Fiscal Centralization and Partisan Competition,” Korean International Studies Review, vol. 43(3), 2002. (Korean)

“Comparing Federalism in Australia, Austria, Canada, and Germany,” Journal of Korean and International Studies, vol. 18(4), 2002. (Korean)


- P R E S E N T A T I O N S

“Federal Systems, Fiscal Centralization and Partisan Competition” presented in “Financing Government in a Federal System” at the American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Boston, Massachusetts, August 2002.

“Intergovernmental Partisan Competition and Fiscal Centralization” presented in “New Directions in Comparative Politics” at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, April 2002.

“Independent Elections of Subnational Governments and their Impact on the Locality of Government Spending in Advanced Industrial Democracies” presented in “Comparative Politics: Industrialized Nations” at the Southern Political Science Association Annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2001.


- W O R K E X P E R I E N C E S

Assistant Professor, Korea National Defense University 2003-
Department of International Relations

Visiting Lecturer, Catholic University of Korea, Sungshim 2003
Electoral Politics in America (Spring 2003, in English)
Foreign Policy Making in America (Spring 2003, Graduate School)

Lecturer, Catholic University of Korea, Sungshim 2002-
Introduction to American Studies (Spring 2002)
Electoral Politics in America (Spring 2002)
Mass Media and Politics in America (Fall 2002)
Readings on International Relations (Fall 2002)

Lecturer, Seoul National University 2002-
Introduction to World Politics (Fall 2002)