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July 2007

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Education:

Research Interests

  • Microeconomic theory (Post Keynesian, Institutionalist)
    Dissertation title: "Microfoundations of Effective Demand"

  • Philosophy of Economics & Social Science, History of economic thoughts

  • Political Economy of Education

  • Globalization and Neo-liberalism

  • Development Economics

  • Korean Economy and Developing Countries

Teaching Experiences

Professional Experiences

  • Lecturer, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Fall 2006 - Spring 2007

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Fall 2004~present

  • Economics Tutor, Athletic Department, Texas A&M University, Fall 2002~Spring, 2003

  • Instructor, Economics Department, Korea National Open University, Seoul, Korea, 05/2001~06/2001

  • Researcher, the Presidential Commission on Policy Planning, Seoul, Korea, 08/1999 ~08/2000

  • Research Assistant, the Korea Institute of Public Finance, Seoul, Korea, 01/1999 ~08/1999

  • RA, professor Kyung-Soo Kim, School of Economics, Sungkyunkwan University, 06/1996 ~12/1998

  • TA, School of Economics, Sungkyunkwan University, 03/1997~12/1998

Publications

  • Article: "Toward the Evolutionary Post Keynesian Theory of Business Enterprise", The Review of Social & Economic Studies, Vol. 27, October 2006. (in Korean)

  • Book Review: "Transforming Economics: Perspectives on the critical realist project:, Paul Lewis ed., 2004, London: Routledge, 311pp., ISBN 0-415-36967-3 (paperback, $41.95): forthcoming in the Review of Political Economy.

  • Article: "Neoliberalism as an Asocial Ideology and a Strategy in Education," Forum for Social Economics 35(1), 2005

  • Book Review: "The Open Economy and Its Financial Constraints" by Penelope Hawkins, Edward Elgar 2003, Oeconomicus Vol. VII, 2004-2005.

  • Book Chapter: “New Millennium Visions of Sweden” in Tae-Dong Kim ed. New Millennium Visions in Foreign Countries, New Millennium Visions and Strategies Series 7 of the Presidential Commission on Policy Planning, Seoul: Nanam Publishing, 02/2000. (in Korean)

  • Thesis: “A Critical Survey on the Process and Crisis Management of Korean Economic Crisis”, MA dissertation, Graduate School of Sungkyunkwan University, 02/1999 (advisor: Kyung-Soo Kim, Committee members: Kwangsuk Lee, Jae-Woong Lee) (in Korean)

  • Article: “Causes and Solutions for Over-investment Problem in Korean Firms”, with Jong-Kwan Lee, Hoam Cultural Foundation, 09/1998 (in Korean).

Working papers

  • "Heterodox Microfoundations: A Methodological Appraisal", December 2006.

  • "A Realist Approach to the business enterprise", April 2006

  • "The Keynesian Revolution: an unfinished symphony?", October 2005

  • "Abstraction vs. Idealization: Comparison between Endogenous Growth Theory and Post Keynesian Growth Theory", with Yan Liang,  April 2005

  • "A Paradigmatic Approach to Economics: Positivism, Hermeneutics, and Critical Realism", December 2004.

  • “A Theory of Business Enterprise Investment: the Grounded Theory Approach”, December 2003

  • “What is money? It is a social relation!”, December 2003

  • “Structural changes of Korean economy: the 1997 crisis and alternative economic policy”, December 2003

  • “A Survey of Literature on Speculative Bubble and Speculative Attack”, May 2002

Conference/Workshop Participations

  • Presenter: The Union for Radical Political Economics session ('Microfoundations of Heterodox Macroeconomics') in conjunction with ASSA annual meeting, Chicago, U.S.A, January 5-7, 2007.

  • Discussant: The Union for Radical Political Economics session ('Topics in Heterodox macroeconomics') in conjunction with ASSA annual meeting, Chicago, U.S.A, January 5-7, 2007.

  • Attendee: The 9th International Post Keynesian Conference: A Celebration of the Impact of Keynesian Economics on Policy, September 14-18, 2006, Kansas City, MO, U.S.A

  • Presenter: Community of Reason meeting, Aug. 20, 2006, Kansas City.

  • Presenter: The KSESA summer conference, June 30 - July 1, 2006, Daechon, Korea.

  • Presenter: AFIT session in  Western Social Science Association 48th Annual Conference, , April 19 - 22, 2006, Phoenix, Arizona

  • Presenter: The 42nd Annual Missouri Valley Economic Economic Association Conference, Kansas City, MO. October 27-29, 2005.

  • Attendee: The Conference on the "Radical Economics in the 20th Century: Radical Economics and the Labor movement", Kansas City, MO, September 15-17, 2005.

  • Attendee: International Summer School on Institutional Economics, Theme: “Institutional Economics in the 21st Century” Date: August 10-14, 2005, Fort Collins, Colorado

  • Presenter: The ASE (Associations for Social Economics) session in the annual ASSA meeting, January 7-10, 2005, Philadelphia, PA

  • Attendee: The 8th Post Keynesian Summer School and Conference, June 19-29, 2004, hosted by CFEPS (UMKC) and Journal of Post Keynesian Economics.

  • Attendee: Conference on "The Economic Development of Black Kansas City", March 26-27, 2004, UMKC, hosted by the Black Studies at the UMKC and CFEPS

  • Attendee: The 40th Annual Meeting of Missouri Valley Economic Association, Feb. 26-28, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Attendee: International Conference on The Nature, Origins, and Role of Money, March 31 - April 1, 2004, UMKC, hosted by the Center for Full Employment and Price Stability and the Journal of Post Keynesian Economics

  • Attendee: A workshop on government deficit: "Is Uncle Sam Going Broke?", CFEPS, UMKC, November 17, 2003

  • Attendee:Conference on New Economy: "The New Economy: How New? How Resilient?" , hosted by the George Bush School of Government and Public Service and the Department of Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, April 19, 2003

  • Attendee: Annual Texas Monetary Conference, hosted by University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 03/28-29, 2003

Awards, Fellowship, Scholarship

  • School of Graduate Studies Dissertation Research Fellowships, UMKC,  2007.

  • Graduate Teaching Assistantship, UMKC. Fall 2004-Spring 2007

  • School of Graduate Studies Travel Grant, UMKC, 2005, 2006, 2007.

  • Fellowship: AFEE International Summer School on Institutional Economics, August 2005, Fort Collins, Colorado

  • IDSC (Interdisciplinary Doctoral Student Council) Travel Grant, UMKC, 2005, 2006, 2007.

  • Chancellor’s Non-Resident Award, University of Missouri-Kansas City,  2003

  • The 2nd Sungkyun Family Award (Students Division), Sungkyunkwan University, December 1998.

  • The 1st Hoam Youth Thesis Prize (2nd place), Hoam Cultural Foundation and Joongang Ilbo, September 1998.

  • The 1st Annual Liesl Wanzernried Memorial Scholarship, Intensive Language Program at University of Nebraska at Omaha, October 1994.

Memberships in Scholarly Association

Other memberships and activities

Computer skills

  • LaTex, EViews, STATA, MS-Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Web design, Photoshop, etc.

Languages

  • Korean (mother tongue), English (fluently)

Referees

  • Dr. Frederic S. Lee, Ph.D dissertation committee chair, Economics Dept., University of Missouri--Kansas City, leefs@umkc.edu

  • Dr. John F. Henry, Ph.D dissertation committee member, Economics Dept., University of Missouri--Kansas City, henryjf@umkc.edu

  • Dr. Stephanie A. Kelton, Professor. Economics Dept., University of Missouri--Kansas City, keltons@umkc.edu

  • Dr. Kyung-Soo Kim, MA thesis supervisor, School of Economics, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea, kimks@skku.edu