Jonson N. Porteux

Jonson N. Porteux is an associate professor in the Asia Studies Program at Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka, Japan. His research focuses broadly on investigating the causes and consequences of  political violence, corruption, and democracy, using cases predominantly from East Asia (especially South Korea and Japan). He received his BA in economics from UC Berkeley (2004) and PhD in political science from the University of Michigan (2013). Most recently his work has been featured in Democratization and the Journal of East Asian Studies. Currently he is working on a co-authored book project which investigates the persistence and evolution of political (state and non-state-based) violence in otherwise strong, democratic polities.