Meredith Jung-En Woo, Incoming Dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, U.Va.

Meredith Woo named Dean of Arts & Sciences

Meredith Jung-En Woo has been named dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, effective June 1. Woo arrives here from the University of Michigan, where she was associate dean for social sciences in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts and professor of political science.

Author of numerous articles, books and an award-winning documentary film, Woo raised more than $8 million for Korean Studies at the University of Michigan, and brought the largest Korean ceramic art collection outside of Korea to its art museum.

In 1996, President Bill Clinton appointed her to the Presidential Commission on U.S.-Pacific Trade and Investment Policy. She has consulted for the World Bank, the United States Trade Representative, Asian Development Bank Institute, the Asia Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation.

Educated in Korea and Japan through high school, Woo received her B.A. at Bowdoin College (English Literature and History), and two master’s degrees (International Affairs and Latin American Studies) and a Ph.D. (Political Science) from Columbia University. Fluent in English, Korean and Japanese, Woo also has taught at Northwestern University, Colgate University and Columbia University.

Research Interests

Woo's teaching and research interests include international political economy, economic development, East Asian politics, and U.S.-East Asian relations.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Ph.D. in Political Science (with distinction), Columbia University, May 1988
• M.A. in Latin American Studies, Institute of Latin American Studies, Columbia University, January 1985
• M.A. in International Affairs, School of International Affairs, Columnia University, January 1982
• B.A. (magna cum laude), Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, May 1980. Majors: History and English.

Employment

• Associate Dean for Social Sciences, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, University of Michigan, 2007-2008.
• Korea Foundation Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan, 2003-2008.
• Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan, 2001-2008.
• Associate Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University, 1995-2001.
• Assistant Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University, 1989-1995.
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Columbia University

Selected Publications

• Race to the Swift: State and Finance in Korean Industrialization (Columbia University Press, 1991), published under the name Jung-en Woo.
• Past as Prelude: History in the Making of the New World Order (Westview Press, 1993).
• Capital Ungoverned: Liberalizing Finance in Interventionist States (Cornell University Press, 1996).
• The Developmental State (Cornell University Press, 1999).
• Co-author, Presidential Report, Building American Prosperity in the 21st Century: Report of the Presidential Commission on United States-Pacific Trade and Investment Policy (Government Printing Office, 1997).
  
• Neoliberalism and Institutional Reform in East Asia (UNRISD, 2007).