Biography
Professor Chong-Ae Yu teaches in the Department of History at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul. Her main research interests include the political economy of agro-food systems and international development.
Prof. Chong-Ae Yu is also a practitioner/specialist in international development and conflict resolution programs with over twenty years of experience in working with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the U.S. in over 20 countries. Her areas of expertise include humanitarian relief, economic and social development, and peacebuilding in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Before her academic career, Prof. Yu worked as a coordinator for The Carter Center’s North Korea Food Security Project, and agricultural coordinator for a U.S. Private Voluntary Organizations (PVO) Consortium to manage the first US-DPRK bilateral Food Assistance Program from 1998-2001. In the 1990s, Prof. Yu worked to establish an international affairs program focused on North Korea for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and worked on projects involving the issues of DPRK nuclear non-proliferation as a consultant to the Rockefeller Foundation and the W. Alton Jones Foundation. Prof. Yu received A Ph.D. in Development Sociology from Cornell University in the U.S.
Prof. Chong-Ae Yu is also a practitioner/specialist in international development and conflict resolution programs with over twenty years of experience in working with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the U.S. in over 20 countries. Her areas of expertise include humanitarian relief, economic and social development, and peacebuilding in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Before her academic career, Prof. Yu worked as a coordinator for The Carter Center’s North Korea Food Security Project, and agricultural coordinator for a U.S. Private Voluntary Organizations (PVO) Consortium to manage the first US-DPRK bilateral Food Assistance Program from 1998-2001. In the 1990s, Prof. Yu worked to establish an international affairs program focused on North Korea for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and worked on projects involving the issues of DPRK nuclear non-proliferation as a consultant to the Rockefeller Foundation and the W. Alton Jones Foundation. Prof. Yu received A Ph.D. in Development Sociology from Cornell University in the U.S.
