April 27, 2017 ALL

Today: 2017 Woelfl Seminar – ‘Between Scandals and Nukes: Navigating U.S. Policy on the Korean Peninsula’

The JCU Department of Political Science presents:
The 2017 Woelfl Seminar in Public Policy

“Between Scandals & Nukes: Navigating U.S. Policy on the Korean Peninsula”
Speaker: Andrew Yeo, Ph.D.
Thursday, April 27, 5:30 p.m.
D.J. Lombardo Student Center, LSC Conference Room

Andrew Yeo is an associate professor of politics and director of Asian Studies at The Catholic University of America. He is the author of “Activists, Alliances, and Anti-U.S. Base Protests.” He is the principal investigator of a two-year Korea Foundation-sponsored project on North Korean human rights discourse and transnational advocacy, and is engaged in a five-year collaborative research project, “Exploring the Black Box of North Korea,” through the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

At Catholic University, Dr. Yeo teaches courses on international relations, Asian security, human rights in Asia, the politics of overseas bases, and ideas and identity in international relations. He is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a fellow at the Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies. Dr. Yeo received his Ph.D. in government from Cornell University in 2008 and a B.A., magna cum laude, in psychology and international studies from Northwestern University. He and his wife and two young children reside in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

For information, contact John Ambrose, Department of Political Science, at
jambrose@jcu.edu, 216.397.4311

This event is free and open to the public. We hope to see you there!