Jenny Jun

Jenny Jun

Research Interest

Jenny Jun is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University. Her current research interests include the bargaining model of war, strategic dynamics of cyber conflict, and security issues in East Asia. She is a co-author of the 2015 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) report North Korea’s Cyber Operations: Strategy and Responses, published by Rowman & Littlefield. Prior to her graduate studies, she was a cybersecurity consultant at Delta Risk LLC.

Ms. Jun received her M.A. and B.S. each from the Security Studies Program (SSP) and the School of Foreign Service (SFS) at Georgetown University. She has presented her work on North Korea’s cyber operations at the Brookings Institution, CSIS, and the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University, and has provided multiple private briefings and media interviews on the topic. From 2015-2016, she served as the President of Sejong Society, a young professional organization focused on Korea studies affiliated with the U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS.