Seungkwon You completed his master’s degree and Ph.D. in political science at the University of Missouri. He is an associate teaching professor for the Korean Studies Program at MU, and has been teaching courses on Korean society through cinema and Korean Diaspora for the past 20 years.  Additionally, He is the co-director of the Institute for Korean Studies at MU and the director of Global Leadership Program and Asian Scholars Program at the Asian Affairs Center, which hosts more than 70 Asian professionals, including Koreans, Chinese and Thais.