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Yerin Chung

Doctoral Candidate

She/Her | MA, Political Science, Specialization in Political Theory (Western University); BAH, Specialization in Political Science, Minor in French Studies (Western University)

Political Studies

Queen's University

22yc19@queensu.ca

Supervisor: Dr. Colin Farrelly

Research Interests

Political Theory Interests: Human Rights; Health Policy; Global Distributive Justice; Intergenerational Justice

International Relations Interests: Security and Defence Issues (particularly in Women, Peace and Security)

Biography

Yerin Chung is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Studies at ¾ÅĞãÖ±²¥ specializing in Political Theory and International Relations. Yerin is a Coordinator for the Gender Lab/Graduate Research Fellow at the Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP) at ¾ÅĞãÖ±²¥. Yerin also serves on the board for the Canadian Peace Research Association (CPRA) as the Director of Communications and Public Relations. Previously, Yerin earned a M.A. degree in Political Science with a Specialization in Political Theory and a B.A. (Hons.) degree in Political Science, both from Western University.

Awards

  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2024)
  • R. S. McLaughlin Fellowship (2022, 2023)
  • Queen’s Graduate Award (2022, 2023)

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant

  • POLS 402 - Science and Justice (Fall 2024)
  • POLS 350 - Political Theory: History (Winter 2024)
  • POLS 250 - Introduction to Political Theory (Fall 2022, Fall 2023)
  • POLS 110 - Introduction to Politics and Government (Winter 2023)

Head Teaching Assistant

  • POLS 250 - Introduction to Political Theory (Fall 2024)

Affiliated Organizations

Director of Communications and Public Relations at The Canadian Peace Research Association (CPRA)

Gender Lab Coordinator/Doctoral Researcher at the Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP) /cidp/people-search/yerin-chung

Selected Publications

Goodale, Mark. Reinventing Human Rights (Cambridge University Press, 2022). Reviewed by Yerin Chung in International Journal 79(3), 477-480. doi:10.1177/00207020241276094

Dyczok, Marta, and Yerin Chung. 2022. “Zelens′kyi Uses His Communication Skills as a Weapon of War.†Canadian Slavonic Papers 64 (2–3): 146–61. doi:10.1080/00085006.2022.2106699.

Chung, Yerin. 2021. The Human Right to Collective Self-Determination. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Canadian Peace Research Association, Congress for the Federation of Humanities and the Social Sciences, University of Alberta, (Virtual).