Dr. Minseon Ku 구민선 具旼宣

Hello! I'm Postdoctoral Fellow with the Diplomacy Project at the Global Research Institute and a faculty affiliate at William & Mary, and a member of the 2024 cohort in the NCAFP’s Korea Peninsula Emerging Leaders Program. I will join the Grace School of Applied Diplomacy at DePaul University as Assistant Professor in September 2025. 

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My research interests lie in theorizing the social practice of diplomacy as an extension of international security. My book project, The Power of Performance: Summit Diplomacy and World Politics, which was selected for the Scholar's Circle at 2024 ISA Northeast Baltimore, is based on my dissertation and develops a theoretical approach to understanding summit diplomacy as a performance of foreign policy fundamental to the state system. 

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My other research interests include International Relations theory, public diplomacy, and US and South Korea's foreign policy and diplomacy. 

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Previously, I was the 2023-24 Spencer fellow in US Foreign Policy and International Security at the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth. I earned my PhD in Political Science from The Ohio State University and my Master's and BA degrees from Yonsei University in Seoul.