Dr. Dae Chang is one of the first criminal justice graduates from Michigan State University, graduating with a BA 1957, MA 1958 and a Ph.D. 1962. He began as a police officer in South Korea then pursued academics as an assistant professor of Sociology at Olivet College and retired as Professor Emeritus from Wichita State University, Kansas.

Dr. Chang has published more than thirty-eight journal articles and thirteen books. He has been one of the pioneers in researching cross-cultural criminal justice issues. His publications not only covered various emerging trends in this area but also were published in some of the leading criminology/criminal justice journals around the world. Dr. Chang is the founder of the first comparative journal in the field of criminal justice entitled the International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice. It is one of the most highly respected comparative journals in the field and is being considered as the “Official” journal of the American Society of Criminology’s International Division.

Aside from his commitment to research and teaching, he also served as Chairman of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater and the Department of Administration of Justice at Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas.