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Bernard Rowan is the Associate Provost for Contract Administration and a professor of political science at Chicago State University. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science and economics at Vanderbilt University with High Honors, a master’s degree in political philosophy at the University of York (UK) where he was a Rotary International Scholar, and a doctorate in political science at the University of Chicago where he was a Centennial Fellow. Rowan is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, a past fellow of the Korea Foundation, and has served as visiting professor at Hanyang University in South Korea and visiting research professor at the Asiatic Research Center at Korea University. He is an opinion columnist for The Korea Times. Rowan has authored books and articles on Korean politics, society, and culture and on various topics regarding higher education administration. He is an accreditation peer reviewer with the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and a mentor with the HLC Assessment Academy.