Dr. B. Joon Kim is a Vice President for International Affairs, Dean of the Graduate School of Public Administration and Associate Professor in the Department of Public Administration at Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea. Before joining Kookmin University, he was a faculty member in the Department of Public Policy at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, USA. He earned a Ph.D. in public administration and public affairs from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He received a M.P.A. from California State University, Hayward (now East Bay), a M.A. in public administration from Korea University in Seoul, South Korea, and a B.A. in public administration from Kookmin University in Seoul, South Korea.