Professor Chae-Jin Lee is Visiting Research Fellow at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. He received his B.A. in Political Science from Seoul National University and his Ph.D. in Political Science from University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). He has taught at University of Kansas, University of Washington, University of California at San Diego, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, California State University at Long Beach, Pomona College, and Korea National Diplomatic Academy. He is Bank of America Professor of Pacific Basin Studies and Professor Emeritus of Government at Claremont McKenna College and Guest Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs of Jilin University (China). Professor Chae-Jin Lee is a specialist of U.S. relations with East Asia (Korea, China, and Japan) and has published a number of books on East Asia’s domestic politics and foreign affairs

Academic Background

BA in Political Science, Seoul National University
Ph.D. in Political Science, University of California at Los Angeles

Professional Background

Claremont McKenna College: Professor of Government, Director of the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies
University of Kansas: Professor of Political Science, Co-Director of the Center for East Asian Studies, Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
California State University (Long Beach): Dean of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Professor of Political Science
University of California at San Diego: Visiting Professor
Pomona College: Visiting Professor
University of Washington: Visiting Professor
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College: Visiting Professor
Korea National Diplomatic Academy: Visiting Professor
Chairman of the Joint Committee on Korean Studies of the Social Science Research Council and the American Council of Learned Societies
Foreign Research Scholar, Tokyo University
Guest Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Jilin University