CV / Resume Summary

🎓 Education

• Ph.D. in Geography & Environmental Studies, Texas State University, USA (2024– )
  Specialization: Energy Geography & Geopolitics

• M.S. in Geography, Kyung Hee University, South Korea (2020–2023)
  Thesis: A Study on the ‘Security-Economy Nexus’ in the Korean Border Region

• B.S. in Geography, Kyung Hee University, South Korea (2014–2018)
  Completed Specialized Track of Space-Time Big Data
  
  

🧪 Research Interests

• Energy transition, energy justice, energy democracy

• Political ecology, critical geopolitics, discourse analysis

• Human-environmental studies and multi-scalar governance
  
  

📚 Selected Publications

• Park, J.-K. & Chi, S.-H. (2023). The Korean Military Food Supply System as a “Security-Economy Nexus”.

• Cho, Y.-H., Park, J.-K., et al. (2021). Practical Geopolitics of President’s Visits to Frontline Units.

📎 Full list in downloadable CV

🎤 Conference Presentations

• Association of American Geographers (2025)

• PANGEA Symposium (2025, 3rd Prize)

• SWAAG Annual Meeting (2024, Finalist)

• DOE-EM Symposium (2024, 3rd Prize)
  
  

🧑‍🏫 Teaching & Academic Roles

• Lab Instructor, Maps and Mapmaking (GEO 3411), Texas State University

• Head TA, Fieldworks in Human Geography, Kyung Hee University

• Outstanding TA Award (2020)
  
  

🧑‍🔬 Research & Projects

• RA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs / NRF / Nat’l Atlas of Korea

• Wrote chapters on renewable energy & SDGs for National Atlas of Korea at Nat’l Geographic Information Institute

• Project management & international liaison
  
  

🪖 Military & Leadership

• Fire Direction Officer (1st Lt.), ROK Army (2015–2020)

• Field artillery, DMZ operations, and ROK-US joint drills

• Vice President, Graduate Student Council, Kyung Hee Univ.
  
  

🏅 Awards & Fellowships

• Korean American Scholarship Foundation (KASF)

• Graduate Merit Fellowship, Texas State University

• PANGEA Paper Award (3rd), DOE-EM Poster Award (3rd), Young Geographers Award (1st)

• President’s Commendation for Outstanding Students, Kyung Hee University
  
  

💻 Skills & Tools

• GIS: ArcGIS / QGIS (Advanced)

• Programming: Python (Intermediate), R (Basic)

• Design: Adobe Illustrator / Photoshop (Intermediate)

• Languages: Korean (Native), English (Advanced), Japanese (Basic Listening)
  
  

🌍 Professional Affiliations

• AAG, EESG, KAGES, KSEA, Korean Geographical Society