Sung-Ho Kim is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Honors Tutorial Study in Political Science. Having briefly attended the Seoul National University's Law School before coming to the United States, Professor Kim earned his Ph.D. degree in Political Science, specializing in International Law, from Columbia University in 1975. 

His current research interests include the human rights issues in global politics and an evolving domain of International Organization as a field of study. He is particularly interested in using "chaos and complexity" theories to explain capital market crises and other such phenomena of globalization that involve dynamic interactions of a large number of actors/agents producing unintended consequences and newly emerging collective properties of changing political/economic systems. In addition to articles, essays, and book chapters, Prof. Kim is a senior co-editor of Perspectives on War and Peace in Central America.

Students who wish to know his academic position before enrolling in his class will find it most characteristically stated in "The Issues of International Law, Morality, and Prudence" (Thomas W. Walker, ed., Reagan Versus the Sandinistas). He teaches courses in International Relations, International Law, International Organization, and Human Rights in Global Politics. Prof. Kim is a recipient of the University Professor Award. 
 

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