SIPA Faculty-James Kim

James Kim

Lecturer of International and Public Affairs (Part-time)


Personal Details

J. James Kim is the Principal Advisor to Anthologia and a Lecturer in the Executive Master of Public Policy and Administration Program at Columbia University. Previously, he served as the Senior Research Fellow and Director of Center for Regional Studies and Center for Public Opinion Research at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in Seoul, South Korea, where he also assumed the directorship of the institute’s Washington, DC office. During 2008-12, he was an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the California State Polytechnic University (Pomona). His career also encompasses roles as a Summer Research Associate at the RAND Corporation and a Statistical Consultant for the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Planning at the School of International and Public Affairs in Columbia University. His primary research interests include domestic drivers of foreign policy, political economy, methodology, election, and public opinion. Dr. Kim earned a BS and MS in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University and a PhD in Political Science from Columbia University.

Education

  • PhD in Political Science, Columbia University.
  • BS and MS in Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University 

Affiliations

  • The Asan Institute for Policy Studies, Washington DC