Kyungkook Kang

School of Politics and Economics Claremont Graduate University 170 East Tenth Street, Claremont, CA 91711 [email protected] (909) 450-7842

Education Ph.D., Political Science & Economics Interfield Program, Claremont Graduate University, August 2011 Fields: World Politics (Political Science), Public & Microeconomics (Economics) Qualifying Exams: World Politics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics Dissertation Title: Conditional Deterrence: Microeconomic Analysis of Initiation Mechanism Dissertation Committee: Jacek Kugler (Chair, Political Science), Mark Abdollahian (Political Science), Darren Filson (Economics)

M.A., Economics, Claremont Graduate University, May 2008

Summer Program in Quantitative Methods, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, , July 2006 (Bayesian Regression Analysis & Regression III)

Merriam Mathematical Modeling Workshop, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Jan 2006

B.A., Political Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, 2001

Academic Appointments Adjunct Professor, School of Politics & Economics, Claremont Graduate University, CA, Present Lecturer, School of International Relations, University of Southern California, CA, 2011 Lecturer, School of Business, La Sierra University, CA, 2010 Research Associate, Transresearch Consortium, 2006-Present

Research & Teaching Interests Political Science: Theories of Conflict Processes, International of Development Economics: Public Choice, New Institutional Economics, Economic Growth, International Economics Methods: Game Theory, Econometrics, System Dynamics Modeling, Stakeholder Analysis, Agent-Based Modeling

Publications “Demographic and Economic Consequences of Conflict.” with Tadeusz Kugler, Jacek Kugler, Marina Arbetman and John Thomas. Forthcoming in International Studies Quarterly. “Nuclear Weapons: Stability of Terror.” with Jacek Kugler. Forthcoming in Debating a Post-American World: What Lies Ahead? edited by Sean Clark and Sabrina Hoque, Routledge. “The Politics of Economic Growth.” with Mark Abdollahian and John Thomas. Forthcoming in Performance of Nations edited by Ronald Tammen and Jacek Kugler, Rowman and Littlefield. “Political Performance.” with Marina Arbetman et al. Forthcoming in Performance of Nations edited by Ronald Tammen and Jacek Kugler, Rowman and Littlefield. “In Search of Structure: The Nonlinear Dynamics of Power Transitions.” with Mark Abdollahian. 2008. International Interactions, 34 (4): 333-357.

Conference Presentations “Economic Consequences of Conflict.” with Jacek Kugler and Tadeusz Kugler. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Political Science Association, Seattle, WA, 2011. “Phoenix Factor Revisited.” with Jacek Kugler and Tadeusz Kugler. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Studies Association, Montreal, Canada, 2011. “Parity of Power and Risk: Assessing the Stability of Deterrence.” Paper presented at the meeting of the Science Society, Fort Worth, TX, 2010. “Confronting the Risk of Nuclear Challenges: Assessing the Stability of Deterrence in Symmetric, Asymmetric, and Terrorist Environments.” With Jacek Kugler. Poster presented at the meeting of American Political Science Association, Washington D.C., 2010. “Political Demography, Development, and Stability.” With Tadeusz Kugler, Jacek Kugler, and Marina Arbetman- Rabinowitz. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, LA, 2010. “Deterring Nuclear Challenges: A Formal Analysis of Extreme War Mechanisms.” With Jacek Kugler. Paper Presented at the meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, LA, 2010. “Exploring the Mechanism of War Initiation: Stable Deterrence in an Unstable Nuclear World.” With Jacek Kugler. Paper presented at the meeting of the Peace Science Society, Chapel Hill, NC, 2009. “The Demographic Consequences of Conflict.” With Tadeusz Kugler, Jacek Kugler, and Marina Arbetman- Rabinowitz. Paper presented at the meeting of the Peace Science Society, Chapel Hill, NC, 2009. “Political Effectiveness, Provincial Perspective on Terrorism, Stability and Growth.” With Mark Abdollahian, Marina Arbetman-Rabinowitz, and Jacek Kugler. Paper presented at the meeting of the INFORMS, San Diego, CA, 2009. “Confronting Nuclear Challenges: Deterrence, Proliferation and Terrorism.” With Jacek Kugler. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Studies Association, New York City, NY, 2009. “Exploring Optimal Public Expenditure Frontier: Stochastic Social Production Frontier Approach.” With Mark Abdollahian and Marina Arbetman-Rabinowitz. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Studies Association, New York City, NY, 2009. “War between Hope and Fear: Exploring Generalized Explanations of Deterrence Failure.” presented at the meeting of the Peace Science Society, Claremont, CA, 2008. “Financial Institution and Political Capacity: New Institutional Prescription for Effective Government.” Paper presented at the meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, 2008. “Spend, Splurge & Regret: Finding the Stochastic Social Production Frontier for Optimal Public Sector Expenditures.” With Mark Abdollahian et al. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, 2008. “Testing Deterrence: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach.” With Jon Compton. Paper presented at the Department of Defense Modeling & Simulation Conference (DMSC), Orlando, FL, 2008. “Conditional Deterrence: Why Do Actors Engage in Extreme ?” With Jacek Kugler. Paper presented at the meeting of the Peace Science Society, Columbia, SC, 2007.

Work in Progress “Political Allocation and Economic Growth.” with Mark Abdollahian. “Postwar Recovery and Reconstruction of Nations.” with Jacek Kugler. “Financial Institution and Political Capacity: New Institutional Prescription for Effective Government.” “The Political Economy of Intra-state Conflict and State Failure.” with Jacek Kugler and Mark Abdollahian. “Tenuous Conditional Deterrence: Structural Effect of Proliferation on Deterrence.” with Jacek Kugler.

Grants & Awards University General Dissertation Grant, Claremont Graduate University, 2008-2009 University Travel Awards, Claremont Graduate University, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 Department Fellowship, Claremont Graduate University, 2005-2007 Research Assistantship, Claremont Graduate University, 2005-2010

Teaching Experience Adjunct Professor, Advanced Formal Modeling (Graduate), Claremont Graduate University, Fall 2011 Adjunct Professor, Seminar in International Political Economy (Graduate), Claremont Graduate University, Fall 2011 Adjunct Professor, Applied Data Analysis (Graduate), Claremont Graduate University, Fall 2011 Lecturer, Multivariate Analysis for International Studies (PhD), University of Southern California, Spring 2011 Lecturer, Principles of Macroeconomics (Undergraduate), La Sierra University, Winter 2010 & Spring 2010 Lecturer, International Environment & Management (Graduate/Undergraduate), La Sierra University, Spring 2010 Lecturer, Managerial Economics (Graduate), La Sierra University, Winter 2010 Lecturer, Principles of Microeconomics (Executive), La Sierra University, Spring 2010 Teaching Assistant, Computational Agent Based Modeling (Graduate), Claremont Graduate University, Fall 2010 Teaching Assistant, Applied Data Analysis (Graduate), Claremont Graduate University, Fall 2009 & Fall 2010 Teaching Assistant, Dynamic Modeling Seminar in Foreign & Defense Policy (Graduate), Claremont Graduate University, Fall 2008 & Fall 2009 Teaching Assistant, The Nature of Inquiry (Graduate), Claremont Graduate University, Fall 2009 Graduate Student Mentor, School of Politics and Economics, Claremont Graduate University 2007- 2011

Research Experience Research Associate, Transresearch Consortium, 2006-Present Research Assistant to Professor Jacek Kugler, 2005-2010 Research Assistant to Professor Mark Abdollahian, 2006-2009

Relevant Skills Fluent in English, Korean (Native), and Japanese Computing Knowledge of STATA, Eviews, R, Mathematica, Sigmaplot, GAUSS, Scientist, ODE Architect, NetLogo

Memberships International Studies Association, American Political Science Association, American Economic Association, Peace Science Society International, International Political Economy Society.

Relevant Graduate Coursework Political Science: World Politics, Seminar in World Politics, Advanced International Political Economy, Special Topics in International Political Economy, Foreign and Defense Policy, Formal Foreign and Defense Models, Comparative Institutional Analysis, Nature of Political Science Inquiry. Economics: Macroeconomic Analysis I, Macroeconomic Analysis II, Microeconomic Analysis I, Math Methods for Microeconomics, Advanced Microeconomics II, American Political Economy. Methods: Econometrics I, Econometrics II, Econometrics III, Game Theory, Computational Agent-Based Modeling, Quantitative Research Methods, Advanced Quantitative Research.

References Dr. Jacek Kugler Dr. Mark Abdollahian Elisabeth Helm Rosecrans Professor Clinical Professor School of Politics and Economics School of Politics and Economics Claremont Graduate University Claremont Graduate University 170 East Tenth Street 170 East Tenth Street Claremont, CA 91711 Claremont, CA 91711 (909) 621-8690 (909) 621-8803 [email protected] [email protected]

Dr. Darren Filson Associate Professor Robert Day School of Economics and Finance Claremont McKenna College 500 East Ninth Street Claremont, CA 91711 (909) 607-6796 [email protected]