David C. Kang

David Chan-oong Kang (Korean: 강찬웅; Hanja: 康燦雄, born January 17, 1965) is a Korean American political scientist.

Born to a family of the Sincheon Kang clan, he holds a bachelor's degree in Anthropology and International Politics from Stanford University from 1988 and a doctorate in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, 1995. Since 2009, Kang has been a professor of the University of Southern California, where he is a professor in both international politics and organization and management. He leads the Institute for Korean Studies at the same university. Kang has previously been a professor at Dartmouth College and guest professor at Stanford University, Yale University, Seoul National University, Korea University and Université de Genève. In 2024, Kang was sued by a former Ph.D. student who alleges Kang repeatedly made unwanted sexual advances, including inappropriate touching, late-night messages, and suggestive comments, retaliated after she rejected him by failing her qualifying exam and ending her research job, and attempted to coerce a sexual relationship while leveraging his academic authority. The lawsuit also claims Kang engaged in grooming behavior, targeted harassment during their time in South Korea, and created a hostile academic environment.