Bio

Sangmin Bae is a professor of political science at Northeastern Illinois University (Chicago, IL). She received her BA and MA in political science from Ewha Womans University (Seoul, Korea) and her PhD. from Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN). She teaches and does research in the areas of human rights, human security, international norms, and East Asian politics. She has published in various journals including Comparative Politics, International Journal of Human Rights, Asian Affairs, Pacific Affairs, International Politics, and Human Rights Review, among others. She is the author of When the State No Longer Kills: International Human Rights Norms and Abolition of Capital Punishment (SUNY Press, 2007) and Human Security, Changing States and Global Responses: Institutions and Practices (Rutledge 2015).