research on China has focused on the grass-roots organization of party authority, the political economy of reform, social stratification and mobility, and political conflict from the 1960s to 1980s. the sources of conflict, stability, and change in communist regimes and their successor states
A.B. Johns Hopkins (Political Science), 1975; Ph.D. Univ. of Michigan (Sociology), 1981
Columbia University: Assistant Professor of Sociology, 1981-1987. Harvard University: John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, 1987-1989; Professor of Sociology, 1989-1995; Director, M.A. Program on Regional Studies-East Asia, 1992-95. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology: Professor and Head, Division of Social Science, Associate Dean, School of Humanities and Social S...
comparative healthcare systems and health reform in Asia, especially China; government and market roles in the health sector; payment incentives; healthcare productivity; and the economics of the demographic transition
Ph.D., Harvard University, Public Policy, June 1999. M.A., University of Hawaii, Economics, August 1995. M.A., University of Hawaii, Asian Studies, May 1992. B.A., Dartmouth College, Asian Studies, June 1988, Valedictorian.
Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), Stanford University, 2015 – Deputy Director, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC), FSI, Stanford University, 2017 – Director, Asia Health Policy Program, APARC; and Fellow, Center for Health Policy / Primary Care and Outcomes Research, FSI, Stanford University, 2007 – National Bureau of Economic Resea...
Health and Healthcare in East Asia, Health Care Issues in International Perspective, Health Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Transitional Economies
Archaeology of early China (Neolithic and Bronze Age); ritual practice in ancient China; cultural interaction between China and other parts of the Old World; early domestication of plants and animals in China; theory of development of complex societies and state formation; settlement archaeology; urbanism; zooarchaeology; starch analysis; use-wear analysis; mortuary analysis; craft specialization
1987-1994. Graduate study in Department of Anthropology (Archaeology concentration), Harvard University, Cambridge, U.S.A.; received PhD degree in anthropology. PhD thesis: Development of Chiefdom Societies in the Middle and Lower Yellow River Valley in Neolithic China -- A Study of the Longshan Culture from the Perspective of Settlement Patterns. 1983-1987. Graduate study in Department of Anth...
September 2010 – present. Sir Robert Ho Tung Professor in Chinese Archaeology, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Stanford University, USA. April 2005 – August 2010. Professor, Archaeology Program, School of Historical and European Studies, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. Nov. 2004 – April 2005. Reader, Archaeology Program, School of Historical and European Studies, La ...
Human genetic and cultural evolution, mathematical biology, demography of China
1959: Matriculation, University of Western Australia 1964: B.Sc. (honors), University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, Majors: Mathematics and Statistics, Degree completed 1963, awarded 1964. 1966: M.Sc., Department of Mathematics, Monash University, Victoria, Australia Degree completed 1965, awarded 1966. 1969: Ph.D., Stanford University, Stanford, California, Graduate Division Special ...
1960–1963 Assistant Chemical Analyst and Operations Researcher, Colonial Sugar Refining Company, Australia (vacation) 1963–1964 Programmer-Analyst, IBM Australia 1964–1965 Tutor in Mathematics and Statistics, Monash University, Australia 1965–1967 Teaching Assistant, courses in Mathematical Biology, Stanford University 1965–1969 Research Assistant for Professor S. Karlin, Department of Mathemat...
CHINESE STUDIES
University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D., Comparative Literature, 1993 University of Iowa, Iowa City, Ph.D. coursework, Comparative Literature, 1990 Beijing Foreign Studies University, China, M. A., English Literature, 1985 Beijing Foreign Studies University, China, B. A., English Literature, 1982
William Haas Professor in Chinese Studies, Stanford University Chair, Departments of East Asian Languages and Cultures, 2010-2014 Professor of Comparative Literature, Stanford. Yangtze River Scholar, East China Normal University 2009-2013 Shinhan Distinguished Visiting Professor, Yonsei University May, 2018 The William Haas Endowed Chair in Chinese Studies, Stanford University. 2008-- Yangtze R...
Modern Chinese
M.A., 1995, Chinese Literature, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles. B.A., 1982, English Language and Literature, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Finished First-year Modern Japanese at UCLA Finished one-and-half-year French at Zhejiang University ACTFL WPT Rater of Chinese with Full Certificate, July 9, 2009 ACTFL OPI Tester of Chinese Cer...
Fall, 1995 - Present, Lecturer and Coordinator of First-year Modern Chinese, Summer, 1996, Lecturer of Second-year Modern Chinese, Middlebury College Spring, 1996, Lecturer of Business Chinese, Stanford University Fall, 1996, Lecturer of Intermediate Chinese Conversation, Stanford University Fall, 1993 - Spring, 1994, TA Lecturer (main instructor) of First-year Modern Chinese & TA Coordinator o...
Comparative problems of democratic development and consolidation U.S. and international policies to support democracy and economic development Challenges of post-war state-building, in Iraq and comparatively Public attitudes and values toward democracy in new democracies Democratic transitions and prospects in Africa Liberation Technology
Ph.D., Sociology, Stanford University, 1980 M.A., Food Research Institute, Stanford University, 1978 B.A., Political Organization and Behavior, Stanford, 1974
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), Stanford Director, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford Peter E. Haas Faculty Co-Director, Haas Center for Public Service Professor by Courtesy of Political Science and Sociology, Stanford University Co-editor, Journal of Democracy Senior Consultant, Internationa...
Sociology of Organization, Social Stratification, Economic Sociology, Chinese Society
Ph. D. Sociology, Stanford University 1991 M. A. Sociology, Stanford University 1985 B. A. Fudan University, P.R. China 1982
2010 – present Kwoh Ting Li Professor in Economic Development 2006 – present Professor, Department of Sociology; Senior fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University 2000 – 2006 Professor, Department of Sociology, Duke University 1996 – 2000 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Duke University 1994 – 1996 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, D...
Sociology of Organization, Social Stratification, Economic Sociology, Chinese Society
Modern Chinese
1988 PhD in Linguistics, Cornell University, USA. 1984 MA in Linguistics, University of Oregon, USA. 1974 BA in English Language and Literature, East China Normal University, Shanghai.
2011 Autumn, Interim Director, Stanford Bing Overseas Studies Program in Beijing. 2000-2003, 2008-11. Chair, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Stanford University. 2006-2009, Director, Center for East Asian Studies, Stanford University. 1991-present, Professor, (Associate Professor 1998-2008, Assistant Professor from 1991-98), Chinese program coordinator since 1991, Department of...
Introduction to Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Phonology, Syntax, History of Chinese, Sociolinguistics, Communication Skills, Teaching English as a Foreign Language, English Composition, Classical Chinese, Translation (Chinese-English, English-Chinese), Teaching Asian Languages, Chinese language, culture and society, Structure of Chinese, and all levels of Chinese language instruction.
Chinese Poetry- Song dynasty Poetry and literati Culture- The social and historical context of Song dynasty aesthetics
1976 Ph.D., Dept. of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University. Dissertation: “Tso chuan: Analysis of Selected Narratives.” l974 A.M., Harvard University. Dept. of East Asian Languages and Civilizations. l970 B.A., University of Washington. Dept. of Far Eastern Languages and Literatures.
2012- Confucius Institute Professor of Sinology, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Stanford University. 2012- Emeritus Professor of Chinese, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. 1993-12 Professor of Chinese, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. Department Chai...
East Asia, History of Science, Transnational, International, and Global History
2006 Ph.D., Columbia University (History) 2000 B.A. & M.A., Johns Hopkins University (East Asian Studies, International Studies)
2019-, Professor, Chinese History, Stanford University 2012-2018, Associate Professor, Chinese History, Stanford University 2006-2012, Assistant Professor, Chinese History, Stanford University 2017-Present, Director of Undergraduate Studies, History, Stanford University 2015-Present Faculty Fellow, Modern Thought and Literature, Stanford University 2014-Present Faculty Fellow, Science, Technolo...
Modern Chinese
Doctor of Education in Language Education, January 2009, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey Master of Arts in English Language and Literature, July 1994, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature, July 1991, Beijing Language Institute, Beijing, China