Political Science News & Events
2022
About David C. Kang
David C. Kang is Maria Crutcher Professor of International Relations at the University
of Southern California, with appointments in the Department of Political Science and International Relations,
East Asian Languages and cultures and in the Marshall School of Business. Kang is
also director of the USC Korean Studies Institute and Vice-Chair of the Political
Science and International Relations department. Kang’s latest book is State Formation through Emulation: the East Asian Model, coauthored with Chin-Hao Huang (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming). He has
authored five other scholarly books, and has published articles in journals such as
International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, and International Security. Kang is a Non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
A regular consultant for U.S. government agencies and the military, Kang has also
written opinion pieces in the New York Times, the Financial Times, the Washington
Post, and the Los Angeles Times, and appears regularly in media such as CNN, PBC,
the BBC, and NPR. A former Fulbright Scholar, Kang received an A.B. with honors from
Stanford University and his Ph.D. from Berkeley.