Myung Jung Kim

*First name pronounced like 'young' with 'M' (Myung) and 'young' with 'J' (Jung)

Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Iowa, specializing in the intersection of international law and armed conflict. I was also a 2023-24 USIP-Minerva Peace and Security Scholar Fellow.

I study how the domestic and international legal landscapes evolve and influence combatant behaviors, conflict processes and outcomes, and the accountability of culpable actors for crimes committed during conflicts. 

I hold a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, M.A. in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and a B.S. in Economics, with a minor in Statistics, from Purdue University. Prior to academia, I was a research associate at the Korea Institute of National Unification.