Changwook Ju

Changwook earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University in 2024. He also holds an M.A. and an M.Phil. in Political Science from Yale, obtained en route to his Ph.D. Before Yale, he received an M.P.P. from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy in 2018. In 2015, he graduated from Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea, with dual undergraduate degrees in public policy and political science. From 2011 to 2013, Changwook served in the Republic of Korea Marine Corps, attaining the rank of sergeant.

Changwook’s research spans international relations and security studies. He is primarily interested in military recruitment, battlefield effectiveness, civil–military relations, democracy and war, public nuclear attitudes, China and international politics, East Asian security, political violence, and conflict-related sexual violence.