General

Office hours: Summer office hours are by appointment in 157 Merrill Faculty Annex

Institutional links: UC Santa Cruz | Politics Department

Curriculum vitae: [pdf]

My UCSC profile: [link]

Bio and photo: [link]

Maps: [area] [city] [campus] [college]

Research

Full overview of my work on local organizations in China and Taiwan, and on qualitative methods [link]

Edited book: Local Organizations and Urban Governance in East and Southeast Asia: Straddling State and Society [link]

Commentary

Book reviews, interviews and essays [link]

Courses

2009-2010:

Course sites | guidelines for presentations | guidelines for reading responses | absence form

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Poli 143 Foreign Relations of China, Fall 2009 [draft syllabus]

Previously Taught:

Poli 60 Comparative Politics / Introduction to the Politics of the Developing World, Spring 2009 [syllabus]

Poli 141 Government and Politics of China, Winter 2009 [syllabus]

Poli 200b Social Forces and Political Change, graduate seminar, Fall 2008 [syllabus]

030:390 Graduate Readings Course on Chinese Politics, Spring 2008 (U. of Iowa)

030:179 Human Rights and Asian Values, Fall 2007 (U. of Iowa) [syllabus]

030:347 Associations, Networks, and Trust in the Realm of Politics, graduate seminar, Fall 2006 (U. of Iowa) [syllabus]

030:173 Voluntary Organizations and Politics in Comparative Perspective, Fall 2005 (Georgetown U.) [syllabus]

030:029 First-Year Seminar: The Media vs. The Academy, Spring 2005 (co-taught, U. of Iowa) [syllabus]

Learning Tools

Digital flashcards for learning Chinese [link]