Curriculum Vitae Hongshan Li, Ph. D. - Kent State University

Curriculum Vitae
Hongshan Li, Ph. D.
335 Cheshire Road Department of History
Hudson, OH 44236
Kent State University
(330)655-5913 (H) Tuscarawas Campus
(330)308-7455 (O) 330 University Drive, N.E.
E-Mail: hli@kent.edu New Philadelphia, OH 44663
EDUCATION:
1992 Ph. D. in History, University of Missouri-Columbia
1986 M.A. in History, University of Missouri-Kansas City
1984 M.A. in History, Wuhan University, China
1982 B.A. in English Language and Literature, Wuhan University, China
ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
8/08-pres. Professor, History, Kent State University, Tuscarawas Campus
8/99-8/08 Associate Professor, History, Kent State University, Tuscarawas Campus
8/93-8/99 Assistant Professor, History, Kent State University, Tuscarawas Campus
7/92-8/93 Instructor, Inlingua School of Languages, Boston
8/87-5/92 Graduate Assistant, University of Missouri-Columbia
8/86-7/87 Research Assistant, UMC
9/84-8/85 Lecturer, Wuhan University, China
PUBLICATIONS:
Books:
Articles:
Hongshan Li, U.S.-China Educational Exchange: State, Society, and Intercultural Relations,
1905-1950, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2008, 286p
Hongshan Li, ed., Taiwan in Historical Perspectives: Economy, Politics, Culture, Education, and
External Relations since World War II. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Press for Science, 1999, 289p.
Hongshan Li and Hong Zhaohui, ed., Image, Perception, and the Making of U.S.-China
Relations, Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1998, 411p.
Xiaobing Li and Hongshan Li, China and the United States: A New Cold War History. Lanham,
Maryland: University Press of America, 1997, 348p.
“Reversing the Trend: The Privatization of China’s Study Abroad and Its Impact, 1978-2007,”
Chinese Studies in History (Forthcoming).

Hongshan Li, “Turning Schools into the Safest Place,” Recommendation from Professionals in
Science and Technology, China Association of Science and Technology, no. 14, 2008, pp. 1-8.
Hongshan Li, “Building a Harmonious Society: Lessons from the United States,” Selected Papers
and Speeches, Symposium on Overseas Chinese Professionals and the Building of a Harmonious
Society, China Association of Science and Technology, Changchun, Jilin Province, China,
September 25-27, 2006, pp. 9-18.
Hongshan Li, “Teaching Modern United States History at Wuhan University,” Perspectives, vol.
5, no. 3, September 30, 2004, pp. 44-47.
Caizhen Hu and Hongshan Li, “On the American Policy toward the Demilitarization of
Western-Occupation Zone in Germany in the Early Post-World-War-II Era,” Journal of the
Central China Normal University, vol. 43, no. 5, 2004, pp. 113-116.
Hongshan Li, “Deepening and Widening Participation Through Education and Institutionalization:
Key to the Advancement of China=s Political Civilization,” in Department of Political Science,
Renmin University of China, Political Civilization and Modernization in China: The Political
Context of China=s Transformation, Beijing: School of International Studies, Remin University
of China, 2004, pp. 427-440.
Hongshan Li, “Building the Bridge of Knowledge and Understanding: The New Chinese
Immigrants and Their New Contributions,” Journal of Chinese American Studies, no. 6, Spring
2004, pp. 1-35. A reprint of the article under the same title published in Chinese Studies in
History, vol. 34, no. 1, Spring 2001, pp. 21-43.
Hongshan Li, “Building the Bridge of Knowledge and Understanding: The New Chinese
Immigrants and Their New Contributions,” Chinese Studies in History, vol. 34, no. 1, Spring
2001, pp. 21-43.
Hongshan Li, “Managing Diplomatic Crisis with Educational Exchange: Government and
U.S.-China Cultural Relations, 1905-1950,” International Congress of Historical Sciences,
www.oslo2000.uio.no/program/papers/s16/s16-hongshanli.pdf
Hongshan Li, “Focusing on National Image: A New Trend in Studying China-U.S. Relations in
the United States,” The Pacific Journal, No. 4, 1998, pp. 17-27.
Hongshan Li, "An Administrative Success and a Political Failure: The Nationalist Policy Toward
Studying Abroad". Twentieth-Century China (Formerly Republican China), Vol. XXIII, No. 1
(November 1997): 63-99.
Hongshan Li, "China Talks Back: Anti-Americanism or Nationalism?" The Journal of
Contemporary China 6 (Spring 1997) 14: 153-160.
Hongshan Li, "A Brief Analysis on Sino-Japanese Dispute over Diaoyu Islands and Its Shelving",
Modern China Studies, 3 (October, 1996): 9-17.
Hongshan Li, "Oral History and U.S. History Survey." Proceedings of the Workshop on Teaching
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History at America's Colleges and Universities." Chinese Historians in the United States, Inc.,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1995, 40-60.
Hongshan Li, "Modernization of the Chinese People". The Chinese Intellectual, Hartsdale, New
York: China Perspective, 9 (Fall 1993), 1: 60-65.
Book Chapters:
Hongshan Li, “‘Anti-Americanism’ in Contemporary China: History, Cultural Origin, and
Impact,” in Hao Yufan and Lin Su, eds., Chinese Foreign Policy Making: An Analysis of Societal
Forces, Beijing: Social Science Academic Press, 2006, pp. 57-85. This is the Chinese version of
“Recent ‘Anti-Americanism’ in China: Historical Roots and Impact,” in Yufan Hao and Su Lin,
ed., China’s Foreign Policy Making: Social Forces and Chinese American Policy, Hampshire,
UK: Ashgate Publishing, 2005, pp. 41-68.
Hongshan Li, “Recent ‘Anti-Americanism’ in China: Historical Roots and Impact,” China’s
Foreign Policy Making: Social Forces and Chinese American Policy, Yufan Hao and Su Lin, ed.,
Hampshire, UK: Ashgate Publishing, 2005, pp. 41-68.
Hongshan Li, “Tearing Down Barriers to Studying Abroad: 1905 as a Turning Point in
Educational Exchange with the U.S.,” Niu Dayong, ed., Twentieth Century China in Retrospect:
New Views and Sources, Nanchang: Jiangxi Renmin Chubanshe, 2003, pp. 529-556.
Hongshan Li, “American Perceptions of China: National Image and U.S.-China Relations,”
Enlightening Humanity Essays from Chinese Universities, Wuhan, China: Central China
University of Science and Technology Press, 2001, pp. 147-161.
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Hongshan Li, "Introduction: Image and Perception in U.S.-China Relations," in Hongshan Li and
Hong Zhaohui, ed., Image, Perception, and the Making of U.S.-China Relations, 1-14
Hongshan Li, "The Unofficial Envoys: Chinese Students in the United States, 1906-1938," in
Hongshan Li and Hong Zhaohui, ed., Image, Perception, and the Making of U.S.-China Relations,
145-168.
Hongshan Li, “An Irrelevant Success: Educational Exchange in U.S.-China Relations,”
Interpreting Taiwan in the Cold War. Xiaobo Hu, ed., Lanham, Maryland: University Press of
America, 1998, 95-125.
Hongshan Li, "The Visible Hand: Washington's Role in U.S.-Taiwan Cultural Relations". China
and the United States: A New Cold War History. 1997, pp. 153-180.
Hongshan Li, "Forward". In Hongshan Li, ed., Taiwan in Historical Perspective: Economy,
Politics, Culture, Education, and External Relations since World War II. Hong Kong: Hong
Kong Press for Science, 1999, pp. 1-3.
Hongshan Li, "Cultural Relations Between Taiwan and the United States in the Post-War Years".
In Hongshan Li, ed., Taiwan in Historical Perspective: Economy, Politics, Culture, Education,
and External Relations since World War II. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Press for Science, 1999, pp.
46-68.
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Encyclopedia Essays:
Hongshan Li, “Study Abroad,” Encyclopedia of Modern China, Charles Scribner’s Sons
(Forthcoming).
Hongshan Li, “Taiwan,” in Ruud van Dijk, ed., Encyclopedia of Cold War, New York: Routledge,
2008, pp. 875-878.
Hongshan Li, “China Lobby,” in Ruud van Dijk, ed., Encyclopedia of Cold War, New York:
Routledge, 2008, pp. 150-151.
Hongshan Li, “Clarence E. Gauss,” in Yuwu Song, ed., Encyclopedia of Chinese-American
Relations, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2006, pp.
113-114.
Hongshan Li, “Rong Hong,” in Yuwu Song, ed., Encyclopedia of Chinese-American Relations,
Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2006, pp. 242-243.
Hongshan Li, “Tang Shaoyi,” in Yuwu Song, ed., Encyclopedia of Chinese-American Relations,
Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2006, p. 278.
Hongshan Li, “Tao Xingzhi,” in Yuwu Song, ed., Encyclopedia of Chinese-American Relations,
Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2006, p. 279.
Hongshan Li, “Wu Tingfang,” in Yuwu Song, ed., Encyclopedia of Chinese-American Relations,
Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2006, pp. 319-310.
Hongshan Li, "Anson Burlingame," East Asia and the United States: An Encyclopedia of
Relations since 1784, James Matray, ed., Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group,
Inc., 2002, vol. 1, pp. 61-62.
Hongshan Li, "Fulbright Act," East Asia and the United States: An Encyclopedia of Relations
Since 1784, James Matray, ed., Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 2002,
vol. 1, pp. 179-180.
Hongshan Li, "Jiang Tingfu," East Asia and the United States: An Encyclopedia of Relations
Since 1784, James Matray, ed., Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 2002,
vol. 1, pp. 276-277.
Hongshan Li, "Kung Xiangxi," East Asia and the United States: An Encyclopedia of Relations
Since 1784, James Matray, ed., Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 2002,
vol.1, pp. 330-331.
Book Reviews:
Hongshan Li, “Chinese America: Stereotype and Reality, History, Present, and Future of the
Chinese Americans,” book review, The Chinese Historical Review, vol. 13, No. 2 (Fall 2006), pp.
409-412.
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Hongshan Li, “Bridging Minds Across the Pacific: U.S.-China Educational Exchanges,
1978-2003”, book review, China Review International, vol. 12, no. 2, Fall 2005, pp. 148-155.
T.V./RADIO PANELIST:
“Confucianism and U.S-China Educational Exchange,” special guest for Asian Hour, WERE
1490 AM, Cleveland, Ohio, December 21, 2008.
“The Review of U.S.-China Relations in the Last 25 Years,” a special panel discussion
broadcasted by the Radio Free Asia, Washington, D.C., January 1, 2004.
“Falungong in China,” a special panel on a Chinese cult for Insight, TV-2, Kent State University,
Kent, Ohio, November 20, 2003.
“Some Moral Issues in China,” a special discussion broadcasted by the Radio Free Asia,
Washington, D.C., November 12, 2003.
“China=s Response to >One Nation on Each Side of the Taiwan Strait,” a special topic
broadcasted by the Radio Free Asia, Washington, D.C., August 6, 2002.
“The Thirtieth Anniversary of U.S.-China Ping-Pong Diplomacy,” an hour-long special program
broadcasted by the Radio Free Asia, Washington, D.C., March 21, 2001.
“On China=s Anti-Corruption Effort,” a special topic broadcasted by the Radio Free Asia,
Washington, D.C., October 7, 2000.
“Turning the Old Pavement Blocks of Tiananmen Square into Historical Memorabilia,” a special
topic broadcasted by the Radio Free Asia, Washington, D.C., September 11, 1999
"The Twentieth Anniversary of the Reestablishment of Diplomatic Relations between United
States and China: The Past, the Present, and the Future", The Focus, an hour-long radio program
broadcasted by the Voice of America, the United States Information Services, Washington D.C.,
February 7, 1999.
“Overseas Chinese Scholars’ View on Japan’s Refusal to Make a Written Apology for the Crimes
Committed by the Japanese during World War II,” a special topic broadcasted by the Radio Free
Asia, Washington, D.C., November 26, 1998.
"Housing Reform in China", China Forum, an hour-long T.V. program broadcast by the
Voice of America, the United States Information Services, Washington D.C., July 20, 1998.
"Sino-Japanese Dispute over the Diaoyu Islands", China Forum, the Voice of America, the
United States Information Services, Washington D.C., September 16, 1996.
PAPERS PRESENTED:
“Reversing the Trend: The Privatization of China’s Study Abroad and Its Impact, 1978-2007,”
The International Symposium on Chinese Students in the United States: Education and
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Achievements in the Past 160 Years, Asian Studies Center, St. John’s University, Flushing, New
York, October 25, 2008.
“Turning Schools into the Safest Place: Lessons from California,” Symposium on Overseas
Chinese Professionals and the Reconstruction of China, China Association of Science and
Technology, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China, September 24-25, 2008.
“Cultural Cold War in East Asia: Overlooked Battles Between the U.S., China, and Taiwan,
1949-1979,” International Conference of Asia Scholars, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 2-5,
2007
“Building a Harmonious Society: Lessons from the United States,” Symposium on Overseas
Chinese Professionals and the Building of a Harmonious Society, Organized by China
Association of Science and Technology, Changchun, Jilin Province, China, September 25-27,
2006.
“From a State Function to a Private Enterprise: Studying Abroad in the Reform Era and the Rise
of China,” the 19th Annual Conference of the Association of Chinese Political Studies, the
University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, March 31-April 2, 2006.
“From Quantitative to Qualitative Changes: China’s Studying Abroad in Reform Era,”
International Convention of Asia Scholars 4, Shanghai, China, August 22, 2005.
“The Historical and Cultural Origins of China=s Anti-Americanism,” Symposium on Social
Pressure on the Making of China=s Policy toward the United States, Renmin University of China,
Beijing, China, June 13, 2004.
“Deepening and Widening Participation Through Education and Institutionalization: Key to the
Advancement of China=s Political Civilization,” International Symposium on Political
Civilization and Modernization in China, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China, June 12,
2004.
“Improving Education: The Key to the Success in the War on Poverty in Western China,”
Conference on the Utilization of Overseas Human Resources, China Council for Applied
Technology Exchange with Foreign Countries, Beijing, China, December 4, 2003.
“Haigui (The Overseas Returnees) in a Historical Perspective: A New Term for New Reality in
China=s Studying Abroad Movement,” Thirty-Second Annual Meeting of Southwest Conference
on Asian Studies, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, October 11, 2003.
“Chinese Historians and Chinese Studies in the Untied States,” Leadership Conference on
Overseas Chinese Professional Organizations, Western Returned Scholars Association, Beijing,
China, September 30, 2002.
“Talents and Migration, Market and Government: Trends and Strategies for Studying Abroad and
International Competition for Talents,” Symposium on “Twenty-First Century and International
Competition in the Human Capital Market,” Tianjin Economic and Technological Development
Area, Tianjin, China, December 22, 2001.
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“Tearing Down Barriers to Studying Abroad: 1905 as a Turning Point in Educational Exchange
with the U.S.,” International Conference on “Twentieth Century China in Retrospect: New Views
and Sources,” Beijing University, Beijing, China, June 17, 2001.
“Democracy and One China: The Greatest Challenge in the Cross-Taiwan-Strait Relations,”
Annual Conference of the Ohio Chinese-American Professionals Association, Kent State
University, Kent, Ohio, June 2, 2001.
“The Cold War and the United States Cultural Policy toward China,” the Conference on the Past
and Present of U.S.-Chinese Relations, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai,
China, January 10-12, 2001.
“Democracy as a Precondition for the Reunification of China: Tying a Gordian Knot in the
Cross-Straits Relations?” the Annual Conference of American Historical Association, Boston,
January 5-8, 2001.
“Seeing Is Believing: Bringing Historical Europe into the Classroom,” Annual Teaching
Conference, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, October 27, 2000.
“Building a Bridge of Knowledge and Understanding: The New Chinese Immigrants and Their
New Contributions,” the International Conference on Chinese Contribution to America, Flushing,
New York, October 19-22, 2000.
"Managing Diplomatic Crisis with Educational Exchange: Government and U.S.-China Cultural
Relations, 1905-1950," the 19th International Congress of Historical Sciences, Oslo, Norway,
August 10, 2000.
“The Election of 2000 in Taiwan and Democracy in China,” multimedia presentation, Celebration
of Scholarship 2000, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, May 11, 2000.
"From Students to Immigrants: An Overlooked Addition to Overseas Chinese Community",
International Conference of Institutes and Libraries for Overseas Chinese Studies, Athens, Ohio,
March 24, 2000
"From Preconditions to Common Goal: The Issue of Democracy and Reunification of China in
the Election of 2000 in Taiwan", The Conference on the Presidential Election of 2000, the
National Chengchi University, Taipei, March 18, 2000.
"Image of Chinese and Human Resource Exchange: An U.S.-China Relation Perspective,”
International Symposium on 21st Century China and the Challenge of Sustainable Development,
Washington, D.C., September 4, 1999.
"Perception and Migration: Chinese Students in the United States", Annual Conference of
American Historical Association, Washington, D.C., January 9, 1999.
"Eyes for China: Chinese Students and China’s Perception of the United States", International
Conference on China's Open-Door Policy and Studying Abroad, 1978-1998, University of
Maryland, College Park, October 24, 1998.
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"Focusing on National Image: A New Trend in Studying U.S.-China Relations", Conference on
the Development of China's Social Science Studies held by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,
Beijing, June 3-7, 1998.
"Riding the Wave of Computing Technology: Teaching History with Computerized Images",
Workshop on Teaching, Technology, and Career Development, held by CHUS-ACPSS at Indiana
University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania, April 10-12, 1998.
“National Image and U.S.-China Relations,” International Conference on the Fifteenth
Communist Party Congress and China’s Development, New York, November 7-9, 1997.
"The Unofficial Envoys: Chinese Students in the United States, 1906-1938", Annual Conference
of Southwestern Social Science Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 24, 1997.
"Discovering the Visible Hand: Washington's Role in U.S.-Taiwan Cultural Relations during the
Cold War", Annual Conference of the American Historical Association, New York City, January
4, 1997.
"Success or Failure?--Educational Exchange and U.S.-China Relations in the Twentieth Century",
International Symposium on U.S.-China Relations: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, University of
Maryland, College Park, Maryland, October 25-27, 1996.
"Chinese Students and U.S.-China Relations", International Conference on Chinese Student
Overseas, China Association of Science and Technology, Beijing, China, July 24-28, 1996.
"Teaching History in a Multimedia Environment", Workshop on Teaching and Career
Development, University of Central Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, May 18-20, 1996.
"Studying Abroad and Modernization: The Nationalist Approach, 1928-1949", the Annual
Conference of the American Historical Association, Atlanta, Georgia, January 4-7, 1996.
"On the Cultural Front: U.S.-Taiwan Relations in the Cold War", Annual Conference of the
Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, Annapolis, Maryland, June 22-24, 1995.
"Chinese Students in the United States: A Review of History", Conference on "Overseas Chinese
Students and China at the Turn of the Century", Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland,
Ohio, May 28-30, 1995.
"From May Fourth to June Fourth: An International and Historical Review", The Panel on the
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the May Fourth Incident, Kent State University, Tuscarawas
Campus, May 4, 1995.
“Oral History and U.S. History Survey,” Workshop on “Teaching History at America’s
Universities and Colleges,” Canton, Ohio, 12, 1994.
"Chinese Students and Washington's First Cultural Experiments in China", Workshop on "China's
Intellectuals and the Changing World", University of Chicago, May 1, 1993
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"The Boxer Indemnity Remission and the Beginning of American Cultural Policy", The
Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations,
Poughkeepsie, New York, June 21, 1992.
"From an Onlooker to a Protector: The American Government and American Cultural
Expansion in China in the Nineteenth Century", The Fifth Annual Conference of Chinese
Historians in the United States, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, August 4, 1991.
"The Exclusion Policy and Chinese Students", International Conference on Overseas Chinese,
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, March 24, 1991.
"State Capitalism and Federalism in the Twentieth Century United States", The Third National
Conference on American History, Chengdu, China, May 18, 1984.
LECTURES, SPEECHES, AND DISPLAYS:
10/10/08 “Sino-American Educational Exchange: Historical Patterns and Current Trends,”
School of International Relations, Shanghai International Studies University,
Shanghai, China
7/15/08 “U.S.-China Educational Exchange and Chinese Students in the United States,
1847-2007,” Summer Institute for Chinese Educators, Kent State University
4/15/08 “Building the Bridges: Chinese Students in the United States,” Special Lecture
for the Heritage Week, Kent State University-Tuscarawas Campus
3/5/04 “The Cultural Revolution in China: From a Historical Perspective,” Hudson High
School, Hudson, Ohio
10/24/03 “Images of China: Past and Present,” PowerPoint presentation, Celebrate College
Teaching, University Teaching Council, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
4/10/02 “Education in China: The Past and the Present,” Institutional Diversity
Committee, Kent State University, Tuscarawas Campus
11/5/01 “The Changing China: Education and Economy,” Rotary Club, Ohio.
10/26/01 “Seeing is Believing: Brining Changing China into Classrooms at Kent State
University,” PowerPoint slides show, University Teaching Conference, Kent
State University, Kent, Ohio
9/11/01 “Literacy in China,” Rotary Club, Dover, Ohio
6/10/01 “Focusing on National Image: A New Trend in the Study of U.S.-China
Relations in the United States,” Guest Lecture Series, Institute of World History,
Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
6/8/01 “Managing Diplomatic Crises with Educational Exchange: U.S.-China Cultural
Relations, 1905-1950,” Guest Lecture Series, Institute of World History, Wuhan
University, Wuhan, China
6/8/01 “The Presidential Election of 2000 in Historical Perspectives,” Guest Lecture
Series, Institute of World History, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
2/2/01 “Educational Exchange under the Visible Hands: China and the United States,
1905-1950,” “Chinese Studies @ OSU Lecture Series, 2000-2001,” East Asian
Studies Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
10/16/00 “Seeing Is Believing: Bringing Historical Europe into the Classroom,”
University Teaching Conference, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
4/12/00 “The Presidential Election in Taiwan and the U.S.-China Relations,” Cultural
Development Seminar, Tuscarawas Campus
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11/24/99 "China Revisited", Rotary Club, Perry Township, Ohio
11/22/99 "Re-experiencing China: Summer Teaching at Wuhan University", Rotary Club,
New Philadelphia, Ohio
6/1/99 "American Perception of China: From Historical Perspective", Huazhong
University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
5/28/99 "Chinese Students' Literature and China's Perception of the United States"
Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, May 28, 1999.
6/12/98 "American Perception of China: From an Historical Perspective", Jianghan
6/11/98 "Travel in American Culture and Society", Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
6/2/98 "Computing Technology and History Research and Teaching", Peking
University, Beijing, China
6/1/98 "Teaching History with Multimedia", Peking University, Beijing, China
6/12/97 "Hong Kong: History and Transition", Kiwanis Club, New Philadelphia, Ohio
4/9/97 "Family Life in China", New Horizon Program, Ohio State University Extension
10/8/96 "Anti-Americanism or Nationalism?--Changing Public Opinions in China and
2/28/95 "Taiwan, Hongkong, and Mainland China: Changing Societies", Cultural
Development Seminar, Kent State University, Tuscarawas Campus
6/15/94 "History Teaching and Career in the United States", Wuhan University, China
6/13/94 "American Society and Social History", Wuhan University, China
RELATED ACTIVITIES:
Chair, Panel on East Asia Security, International Conference of Asia Scholars, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, August 4, 2007
Co-Chairperson, Panel Four, Symposium on Overseas Chinese Professionals and the Building
of a Harmonious Society, Organized by China Association of Science and Technology,
Changchun, Jilin Province, China, September 25-27, 2006.
Host, Guangming Daily Delegation’s exchange visit to Kent State University, 2003-2007
Reviewer, Young Overseas Chinese Forum Teaching Fellowship, History Section, 2005
Editorial Board Member, Journal of International politics and Ethics, 2001-2005
Advisory Board Member, Journal of Chinese American Studies, 2001-present
Editorial Board Member, American Review of China Studies, 1999-present
Overseas Senior Advisor, China Council for Applied Technology Exchange with Foreign
Countries, 2003-present
Reviewer, AChinese American: The Meaning and Modes of Political Participation,@ The
Chinese Historical Review, July 2004
Commentator, panel on The Transformation of the Party in Power and Democracy within the
Party, International Symposium on Political Civilization and Modernization in China,
Renmin University of China, Beijing, China, June 11, 2004.
Overseas Honorary Director, Western Returned Scholars Association of China, 1999-present
Commentator, panel on AChinese Americans: Transnational Culture Analysis and History,@
118the Annual Conference of American Historical Association, Washington, D.C.,
January 9, 2004.
Chair, ARedefining the Boundaries of Chinese American History in the United States,@
American Historical Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, January 3, 2003
Member, Organizing Committee, Symposium on ATwenty-First Century and International
Competition in the Human Capital Market,@ Tianjin Economic and Technological
Development Area, Tianjin, China, December 21-24, 2001
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Chair, panel on AChinese Society and Economy,@ International Conference on ATwentieth
Century China in Retrospect: New Views and Sources,@ Beijing University, Beijing,
China, June 17, 2001.
Commentator, Panel on “Human Rights and U.S.-China Relations,” the Conference on the Past
and Present of U.S.-Chinese Relations, Shanghai International Studies University,
Shanghai, China, January 10-12, 2001.
Chair, panel on “The Contribution of Chinese Students Educated in the Untied States,” the
International Conference on Chinese Contribution to America, Flushing, New York,
October 19-22, 2000.
Chair, panel on “Media, Opportunity, and Exchange Between U.S. and China,” International
Symposium on 21st Century China and the Challenge of Sustainable Development,
Washington, D.C., September 3-5, 1999.
Organizer and chair, panel on "Personality and Perception in China's Foreign Policy Making",
Annual Conference of American Historical Association, Washington, D.C., January 9,
1999.
Chair, panel on "Intercultural Communication", International Conference on China's Open-Door
Policy and Studying Abroad, 1978-1998, University of Maryland, College Park, October
24, 1998.
President, Chinese Historians in the United States, 1997-1999.
Organizer and leader, a group of 16 historians in a research visit to Taiwan, May 18-29, 1998.
Organizer, Symposium on The Past, Present, and the Future of the Interaction between Taiwan
and Mainland China, Taipei, Taiwan, May 26, 1998.
Organizer and grant writer, workshop on Teaching, Technology, and Career Development,
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania, April 10-12, 1998. Won
$5,000.00 from the China Development Foundation and other institutions.
Chair, panel on "Ideology and Culture in U.S.-China Relations since World War II", AHA
Conference, Seattle, January 8-12, 1998.
Chair, panel on “Cultural Reconstruction after the Party Congress,” International Conference on
the Fifteenth Communist Party Congress and China’s Development, New York,
November 7-9,1997.
Chair, panel on "The Cold War Confrontation: The PRC and the U.S.", International
Symposium on U.S.-China Relations: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, University of
Maryland, College Park, Maryland, October 25-27, 1996.
Member and grant writer, Organizing Committee, International Symposium on U.S.-China
Relations: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, University of Maryland, College Park,
Maryland, October 25-27, 1996. Won a $25,000.00 grant from the Ford Foundation.
Discussant, "Round-table Discussion: The Needs of Foreign Scholars in Accessing the Chinese
Archives", the 14th China Regional Seminar on "Local Chinese Archives & the
Historiography of Modern China", the U.S. National Archives and the University of
Maryland, College Park, Maryland, October 5-7, 1995.
Chair, panel on "History and Future", International Conference on Modernization of China,
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, June 17, 1995.
Member of the Board of Directors, Chinese Historians in the United States, 1995-97.
Coordinator, Workshop on "Teaching History at America's Colleges and Universities", Kent
State University-Tuscarawas, Ohio, November 11-13, 1994.
Research visit to Taiwan, sponsored by China Reunification Alliance, Taiwan, May 15-29,
1994.
AWARDS AND HONORS:
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2008 Faculty Professional Development Leave, Kent State University
Travel Grant for Dissemination of Research and Scholarship, University
Research Council, $500.00
Faculty Excellence Award for Discovery, Integration, and Application
Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching and Citizenship
2007 Support for Research on cultural Cold War between U.S. and China, University
Research Council, $2,500.00
Conference Travel Grant, University Teaching Council, $600.00
2006 Travel Grant for Dissemination of Research and Scholarship, University
Research Council, $500.00
2005 Travel Grant for Dissemination of Research and Scholarship, University
Research Council, $500.00
2004 Young Overseas Chinese Forum Teaching Fellowship, the Overseas Young
Chinese Forum, U.S.A., $2,250.00.
Travel Grant for Dissemination of Research and Scholarship, University
Research
Council, $500.00
Finalist, Distinguished Teaching Award, Tuscarawas Campus
Faculty Professional Development Release, 3 semester hours, fall semester
2003 University Teaching Council Summer Teaching Development Award, Kent State
University, $6,500.00
Travel Grant for Dissemination of Research and Scholarship, University
Research Council, $500.00
Faculty Excellence Award for Discovery, Integration, and Application
Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching and Citizenship
Faculty Professional Development Release, 3 semester hours, fall semester
2002 Travel Grant for Dissemination of Research and Scholarship, University
Research Council, $400.00
Faculty Professional Development Release, 3 semester hours, fall semester
2001 University Teaching Council as Travel and Learning Support for a material
acquisition trip to China, $1,200.00
Travel Grant for Dissemination of Research and Scholarship, University
Research Council, $230.00
2000 Faculty Professional Development Leave, Kent State University
Nominee, Distinguished Teaching Award, Tuscarawas Campus
Travel Grant for Dissemination of Research and Scholarship, University
Research Council, $400.00
Travel Grant for data collection in Taiwan, University Research Council,
$400.00
University Teaching Council as Travel and Learning Support for a material
acquisition trip to Europe, $1,200.00
Faculty Excellence Award for Discovery, Integration, and Application
Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching and Citizenship
1999 Travel Grant for Dissemination of Research and Scholarship, University
Research Council, $400.00
Faculty Excellence Award for Discovery, Integration, and Application
Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching and Citizenship
1998-1999 Rotary Grant for University Teachers, Rotary International, $10,000.00
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1995-2003 Faculty Excellence Award, Tuscarawas Campus, Kent State University
1994 Professional Development Award, Regional Campuses, Kent State University,
$6,500.00
1991-1992 Jonas and Ruth H. Viles Memorial Scholarship, University of
Missouri-Columbia
Dissertation Research Travel Fellowship, UMC
1990-1991 Superior Graduate Achievement Award, UMC
Frank F. And Louise I. Stephens History Dissertation Fellowship, UMC
Walter V. Scholes History Scholarship, UMC
Frank F. And Louise I. Stephens History Research Scholarship, UMC
1985-1986 Chancellor's Special Award, UMKC
1979-1981 Distinguished Student Awards
COURSES TAUGHT:
1993-pres. Hist. 69896 Chinese Culture and History
Hist. 41114 Economic History of East Asia
Hist. 41069 Recent America: U.S. since 1929
Hist. 31112 Chinese Civilization
Honr. 21124, Senior Honor’s Thesis/Project
Honr. 20096, Individual Honor’s Work
Hist. 13397 Colloquium: U.S. History I
Hist. 13398 Colloquium: U.S. History II
Hist. 12071 U.S. History-Modern Period
Hist. 12070 U.S. History-Formative Period
Hist. 11051 History of Civilization II
Hist. 11050 History of Civilization I
1987-1992 Survey of American History
The United States in the Twentieth Century
1984-1985 Modern Chinese History
STUDENT RESEACH:
Co-advisor, Honor Thesis, Katrina Bundy, 2006-2008
Member, honor thesis defense committee, Robert Chilensky, 2007
Faculty Advisor, Nicholas Rummell, “Ancient Greek Theatre: A Progression” Student Research
Colloquium, Kent State University-Tuscarawas Campus, Spring 2006
Member, Ph. D. defense committee, Ming Wang, 2002
MEMBERSHIPS:
Association of Asian Studies
American Historical Association
Chinese Historians in the United States
Phi Beta Delta (Honor Society of International Scholars)
SERVICE CONTRIBUTIONS:
Special Advisor to Vice Provost on China Affairs, 2008
Member, China Initiative, Kent State University, 2007-2008
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Chair, Search Committee for Tenure Track Assistant Professors in Early Childhood Education,
Tuscarawas Campus, 2008
Chair, Search Committee for Tenure Track Assistant Professors in Early Childhood Education,
Tuscarawas Campus, 2007
Chair, Search Committee for Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professors in Nursing,
Tuscarawas Campus, 2006
Member, College Advisory Council, College of Arts and Science, Kent State University,
2005-2006
Member, Executive Dean’s Advisory Committee of Reappointment, Tenure and Promotion,
Regional Campuses, 2004-2006
Member, Asian Search Committee, History Department, Kent State University, 2005-2006
Member, Graduate Faculty Committee, History Department, 1993-2008
Member, the Committee on the History of Civilizations, History Department, 1993-2008
Member, the Committee on U.S. History, History Department, 1993-2008
Member, the Institutional Diversity Advisory Committee, Tuscarawas Campus, 2002-08
Member, the Electronic and Communications Committee, Tuscarawas Campus, 2005-08
Member, Nursing Director Search Committee, Tuscarawas Campus, 2005-06
Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee, Tuscarawas Campus, 2000-07
Member, Reconsideration for NTT Faculty Member Jennifer Fike, Tuscarawas Campus, 2005-06
Member, University Diversity Advisory Council, Kent State University, 2004-2005
Chair, Communication Studies Search Committee, Tuscarawas Campus, 2005
Member, Academic Affairs Committee, Tuscarawas Campus, 2004-2005
Member, Biology Search Committee, 2004
Chair, Early Childhood Education Search Committee, Tuscarawas Campus, 2003
Member, September 11 Committee, Tuscarawas Campus, 2003
Member, Electronic and Communications Committee, Tuscarawas Campus, 2002-2004
Chair, Electronic and Communications Committee, Tuscarawas Campus, 2001-2002
Member, Nursing Director Search Committee, Tuscarawas Campus, 2001
Campus Representative, Goldwater Foundation, 2001-2003
Chair, Early Childhood Education Search Committee, 2000
Faculty Mentor, for assistant professor Thomas Lansford, 1999-2000
Vice Chair, Faculty Council, Tuscarawas Campus, 1998-2000
Chair, Political Science Search Committee, Tuscarawas Campus, 1999
Member, Committee on U.S. History, History Department, 1993-2007
Member, Committee on World History, History Department, 1993-2007
Chair, Search Committee for Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Communication Studies,
Tuscarawas Campus, 1999-2000
Member, Annual Plan Report Committee, Tuscarawas Campus, 1999
Member, Committee on Academic Affairs, Tuscarawas Campus, 1998-1999
Member, Committee on Strategic Planning, Tuscarawas Campus, 1998, 1999
Chair, Electronic and Communications Committee, Tuscarawas Campus, 1997-1998
Member, Committee on Campus Annual Report, Tuscarawas Campus, 1998
Member, Political Scientist Search Committee, Tuscarawas Campus, 1998
Member, Committee on Teaching Facility Auditing, Tuscarawas Campus, 1998-1999
Member, Committee on Revival of Asian Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, 1998-1999
Member, University Teaching Council, Regional Campuses Sub-committee, 1997-1998
Chair, Search Committee for Assistant Professor in Communication Studies, Tuscarawas
Campus, 1996-1997
Chair, Search Committee for Assistant Professor in Communication Studies, Tuscarawas
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Campus,1995-1996
Chair, Faculty Affairs Committee, Tuscarawas Campus, 1995-1996
Member, Search Committee for Assistant Professor in Biology, Tuscarawas Campus, 1994-1995
Member, Committee on Cultural Affairs, 1994-95
Member, May 4th Committee, 1994-1995
Member, Faculty Professional Development Awards Committee, Regional Campuses, 1994-1995
Member, Library Committee, 1993-1994
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