Dr. Dong-Jeon Kim was born in Jeju Province, Korea in 1962, and he obtained a BA in Literature from Jeju National University, and an MA and Ph.D. in Literature from Dankook University. In 1995, he was appointed as a professor of the Department of History at Jeju National University, and he held the post of the Dean of the College of Humanities and the Chief of the Jeju National University Museum. Since 2018, he has served as the Chief of the Jeju Research Institute. Also, he is contributing to the development of Jeju as a member of the Committee of Policy and Campaign Pledge for Regional Plan at the Korean Presidential Committee on Balanced National Development. For the Jeju Society, Dr. Kim is an active member of the Jeju Regional Innovation Council, the Promotion and Support Council of Local Universities and Colleges, and Regional Human Resources in Jeju Special-Governing Province.