Kristin Burke is currently assisting Dr. Gi-Wook Shin, program director, in work on the American and Korean media project, an ongoing research endeavor that examines Korean and American media coverage of the U.S.-ROK alliance and North Korea. The media project will culminate in the publication of a volume and the convening of a conference in spring, 2007.

Prior to joining the Korean Studies Program at Shorenstein APARC, Ms. Burke was an associate at AALC, Limited Company (formerly Armitage Associates) in the Washington, DC area, where she focused on US foreign policy and security policy in East Asia. Ms. Burke holds a BA in International Relations and MA in Sociology from Stanford University.