Dylan Irons has extensive experience in teaching, research, writing, and editing. He currently teaches at Belmont University where he prepares and delivers lectures, manages online grading, and holds office hours. He also contributes research articles to The Policy Wire on various topics. Previously, he managed refugee orientation programs at the International Rescue Committee and researched human rights issues in North Korea for Open Radio North Korea and Yonsei Journal of International Studies. He has published articles on poverty as a coercive mechanism in North Korea and given speaking engagements on related topics.

1. Dylan Irons
dirons86@gmail.com • 1-980-202-8155
Professional Experience
Belmont University, Nashville, Tennessee 2015 – present
- Write, prepare, and deliver lectures based on assigned textbook
-Provide outside research and material to connect relevancy of items covered in class
- Manage online grading system
- Write exams appropriate to material covered in class
- Stay informed on current trends and research in the field
- Maintain office hours to provide regular student interaction
The Policy Wire, Online 2015 – present
-Contribute original research and articles
-Keep up-to-date with issues in business, economics, human rights, and humanitarian crises
-Liaise with editors, designers, and photographers
-Provide outside sources and links relative to writings
-Write copy for publication
International Rescue Committee, Phoenix, Arizona 2014 – 2015
- Manage logistics for cultural orientation classes and interpreters for all incoming refugees
- Facilitate group cultural orientations and educational presentations for adults
- Orient new arrivals to their new community and local public transportation
- Develop systems to incorporate all IRC’s services into the orientation process to ensure new arrivals understand
the depth of programming available to them
- Record case notes documenting regular client-service interaction
Open Radio North Korea, Seoul, South Korea 2013 – 2015
- Research human rights abuses in North Korea
- Write and contribute to articles regarding North Korean human rights
- Proofread and edit government and UN documents for English promulgation
- Compile and develop questions and talking points for on-air discussion
- Fact-check research data and statistics
Yonsei Journal of International Studies, Seoul, South Korea 2011 – 2013
- Made manuscript acceptance or revision recommendations to the publisher
- Read, evaluated, and edited materials submitted for publication
- Verified facts, dates, and statistics using standard reference sources
- Proofread materials to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax
- Edited and structured footnotes to ensure compliance with Chicago Manual of Style
Academic Publications
SINO-NK January 2013
An Argument for Economic Migrants: Poverty as a Coercive Mechanism
Yonsei Journal of International Studies Fall/Winter 2012
An Argument for Economic Migrants: Poverty as a Coercive Mechanism, Volume 4, No. II
NOVAsia
Volume 13, A New Approach to Redistribution Spring 2011
Volume 12, From MLK to Liu Xiaobo Fall 2011
Speaking Engagements
Belmont University, Nashville, Tennessee August 2014
Discussed varying foreign policy approaches regarding human rights and the Korean peninsula
Emerson University, Boston, Massachusetts April 2014
Lectured on media ethics in humanitarian crises
Yonsei University Graduate School of Law, Seoul, South Korea November 2012

2. Spoke on North Korean refugees being labeled as economic migrants by China and why China has both a legal
and moral obligation to accommodate North Koreans crossing the China-North Korean border