| Changwon YANG Profile Dr. Changwon Yang earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 2024 with a dissertation on electoral violence in Mindanao, Philippines. He is currently a full-time researcher at the Institute for East Asian Studies at Sogang University, where he conducts research on local politics in the Philippines, political violence, and changes in the Philippines' foreign policy. His work particularly focuses on identifying and analyzing the social and political context of political violence in the Philippines. Position Research Professor Office Location #326, Dasan Hall E-mail |
Education
· PhD University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
· M.A. Sogang University, Area Studies(Southeast Asia)
· B.A. Jeonbuk National University, Political Science & Diplomacy
· B.A. Jeonbuk National University, Political Science & Diplomacy
Academic and Professional Positions
· Fulltime Researcher , Institute for East Asian Studies at Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (June 2024 - present)
Selected Publications
· Ph.D. Dissertation, 2024. Power Fortified By Fear: Patron-Client Relations, Impunity, and Electoral Killing In Maguindanao, Philippines.
· Yang, Changwon. 2023. “Dealing with COVID-19 in the Philippines and Vietnam: Comparing the swarming of disciplinary mechanisms.” East Asian Studies 42(1): 61-122.
· Yang, Changwon & Beak, Yong-hun. 2021. “The Establishment and the Challenges of Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao(BARMM).” East Asian Studies 40(1): 319-374.
· Yang, Changwon. 2023. “Dealing with COVID-19 in the Philippines and Vietnam: Comparing the swarming of disciplinary mechanisms.” East Asian Studies 42(1): 61-122.
· Yang, Changwon & Beak, Yong-hun. 2021. “The Establishment and the Challenges of Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao(BARMM).” East Asian Studies 40(1): 319-374.
Current Research
· Philippine Politics
· Philippine Foreign Poicy
· Philippine Foreign Poicy
· State Violence
· Philippine Muslim Politics
· Philippine Local Politics