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. 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 and the international system of states. 

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My research has been published in International Organization, Review of International Studies, and the Hague Journal of Diplomacy. My research interests include International Relations Theory, summitry, everyday security, 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.