Jung Kim is Dean of Academic Affairs and associate professor of political science at University of North Korean Studies (UNKS). Currently, he is a visiting professor at Graduate School of International Studies and Underwood International College of Yonsei University, a regional coordinator of Asia Democracy Research Network, an editorial committee member of Asian Perspective and Tamkang Journal of International Affairs, and a policy advisory committee member of Republic of Korea’s Defense Intelligence Agency. Prior to joining UNKS, he worked as a senior research fellow at East Asia Institute and the Institute for Far Eastern Studies of Kyungnam University in Seoul, held a visiting research position in Advanced Social and International Studies at University of Tokyo as a Fox International Fellow, and assumed a research director of Korean Political Science Association and a public relations director of Korean Association of International Studies. He earned his undergraduate degree in political science from Korea University and graduated from Yale University with his doctoral degree in political science.