February 6, Dean of the Graduate School Search Committee University of Colorado, Denver/Anschutz. Dear Members of the Search Committee:

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1 1 February 6, 2015 Dean of the Graduate School Search Committee University of Colorado, Denver/Anschutz Dear Members of the Search Committee: I would like to be considered as a candidate for the position of the Dean of the Graduate School at University of Colorado, Denver/Anschutz. I believe that I have the qualities that you can expect from the best candidates for this position. Particularly, as my curriculum vitae indicates, my extensive and successful administrative experience in leading various academic units at two national research universities, internationally-renowned research record, proven fund raising capability, strong interpersonal skills, tested ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, demonstrable achievements in interdisciplinary initiatives, and award-winning teaching/mentoring performance qualify me for this leadership position and give me the competence to help the university realize its full potential and reach new heights in graduate studies. Currently, I serve as Dean of the College of Graduate Studies, and hold a named professorship, William Borah Distinguished Professor of Political Science, at University of Idaho (UI), the flagship, land-grant research university in the state of Idaho. I am also the Vice President of the Council of Chinese American Deans and Presidents (CCADP). Before joining UI, I served as a Chair of Department of Political Science and Geography and held another named professorship, Louis I. Jaffe Professor of Political Science and International Studies, at Old Dominion University (ODU). I also directed campus-wide, interdisciplinary international and area studies programs at ODU: the Graduate Programs in International Studies and the Institute of Asia Studies. I have served as a Guest Professor of Comparative Politics at the School of International Studies of Renmin University of China, and Zhiyuan Chair Professor of Public Opinion Studies at Shanghai Jiaotong University in China. Due to my consistent efforts and significant achievements in international education, I was awarded Provost s Award for Leadership in International Education at Old Dominion. For the commendable performance in teaching and mentoring at both undergraduate and graduate levels, I became a finalist of the Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award in the state of Virginia and received Joel S. Lewis Award for Excellence in Student Mentoring at Old Dominion. In recognition of my support for underrepresented minority students, I was recently presented the Award for the Contributions to Education of Underrepresented Minority Students by the University of Idaho Chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). I secured major research grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation and China s Ministry of Education to conduct original survey studies of the middle class, private entrepreneurs, and political culture in China. I also received a major program development grant, Title VI Grant, from the U.S. Department of Education to develop and strengthen Asian Studies programs. Most recently, I secured another major program development grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to recruit and retain underrepresented minority graduate students in To enrich education through diversity the University of Idaho is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer

2 2 STEM areas. I was awarded a residential research fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., and became a Fulbright Scholar conducting survey research in China. I was granted the honorific titles of the Changjiang Scholar and Distinguished International Expert, which were the highest honors bestowed by the Ministry of Education of the People s Republic of China to acknowledge distinguished contributions made in various areas of scientific research. I also won the Robert Burgess Award for Excellence in Research at Old Dominion. In recognition of my important role in promoting friendly relationship between the U.S. and China, I was invited to serve as a member of the National Committee on United States-China Relations. As an academic administrator, I have successfully played various leadership roles at university, college, and department levels at UI and ODU. Through these leadership roles, I have acquired valuable experience in strategic planning, administrative supervision, shared governance, accreditation assessment, change management, consensus building, program development/review, faculty recruitment/retention, interdisciplinary initiatives, research advancement, national/international outreach, and fund raising. In my current capacity as Dean of the College of Graduate Studies at University of Idaho, I developed a strategic plan with a new vision and new goals for graduate education, increased enrollment of new graduate students by over 6%, increased the amount of financial support for Teaching Assistants (TAs) by 36%, and strengthened shared governance in graduate education by institutionalizing meaningful participation/representation of the stakeholders such as the Faculty Senate, Graduate Council, Graduate and Professional Student Association, and Advisory Board in decision-making process. I worked with a team of senior administrators, including the Provost and the Vice Presidents, to design a set of strategies to upgrade the ranking of University of Idaho in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education (note: currently, UI is a Carnegie RU/High Research Institution). I also led efforts to make many significant and positive changes in graduate education at UI, such as revising and strengthening the criteria of the Graduate Faculty Status, improving the organizational structures of the campus-wide interdisciplinary graduate programs at both Master s and Ph.D. levels, developing a set of new policies governing the formation and operation of dissertation/thesis committees, restructuring the allocation and management of graduate teaching and research assistantships, creating a combined TA/RA Institute to train graduate-student instructors and researchers, streamlining the admissions process for international graduate students, restructuring and revitalizing the Professional Science Master s (PSM) programs at UI, stablishing collaborative work relationships with the University s Research Office (under the VP for Research and Economic Development), reorganizing the Dean s Office for the efficiency and effectiveness of services provided to graduate students and faculty, and initiating the first general fund-raising campaign for graduate education at UI. In addition, I improved the communication and collaboration between the College of Graduate Studies and all other colleges by establishing a system of regular meetings with the Dean, Chairs, and the faculty of each of those colleges, and institutionalizing the Town Hall Meetings for the entire university. Moreover, I strengthened the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority students by participating in national and regional minority-student recruitment events and securing a major grant from the National Science Foundation ($600,000) to support the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority students in To enrich education through diversity the University of Idaho is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer

3 3 STEM areas. As a result, applications and admissions of underrepresented minority groups increased by 30% and 74%, respectively, for Fall I also made a positive impact on the recruitment of international students by establishing recruitment pipelines and joint degree programs (e.g., Master s 3+2 programs) with non-u.s. universities. Consequently, applications and admissions of international applicants increased by 15% and 38%, respectively, for Fall In recognition of my contributions to diversity in graduate education, I was presented the Award for the Contributions to Education of Underrepresented Minority Students by the University of Idaho Chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). As Department Chair at ODU, I led the Department of Political Science and Geography in the development of a new M.A. program in Political Science, in conjunction with the exiting Graduate Programs in International Studies. I strengthened the undergraduate curriculum by adding new foundational courses and deepening each subfield. During my term, the number of the majors in the department increased by 125%. More importantly, as Chair I was committed to diversity in the department, and made constant efforts to hire, support, and retain women and minority faculty members. For example, during my tenure as Chair, the department successfully recruited the first four women tenure-track faculty members in more than a decade, two of which were ethnic minorities. Moreover, I succeeded in retaining two highly soughtafter minority faculty members, working closely with the Provost Office. In addition, I improved the department s collegiality in my tenure as department Chair. Finally, I took various measures to enhance the research productivity/quality and teaching effectiveness of the department, including establishing clear incentives in the form of salary increments, tenure/promotion, and award nominations. The department was praised by the Dean of my college for its high research productivity and commendable record in winning research and teaching awards; I was commended as one of the most effective department Chairs in the college, as for shared governance, transparent decision-making, and advocacy of the department interests. As the Director of the Graduate Program in International Studies at ODU, I revitalized this campus-wide, interdisciplinary program by restructuring the curriculum, recruiting prominent faculty members, coordinating grant-writing activities, and expanding national/international connections. As a result, the visibility of the program has significantly improved. The program attracted the unprecedented number of highly qualified applications from overseas as well as the U.S.: the admission acceptance rate improved from 45% to 20%. Moreover, our faculty members received major grants from National Science Foundation ($220,000), National Institute of Health ($2.8 million), and Department of Defense ($600,000) for research and program-development projects, and three faculty members won teaching or research awards. As the Director of the Institute of Asia Studies at ODU, I successfully redesigned and administered the Asian Studies Program as an interdisciplinary teaching and research program. The redesigned Asian Studies curriculum included about sixty courses offered by thirty-five faculty members from various departments across the campus. After I took the position as the director, the enrollment in the Asian Studies program quadrupled and hence became the fastestgrowing area studies program at Old Dominion University. Moreover, I developed a new major in Asian Studies as an interdisciplinary program. While serving as the Director, I secured the To enrich education through diversity the University of Idaho is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer

4 4 Title VI grant from the U.S. Education Department ($280,000) to develop the new major and expand programs in Asian Studies. As the Director, I also established new cooperative relationships with education intuitions and governmental agencies in several Asian countries, and successfully developed several study-abroad programs for ODU students and local teachers in Asian countries, such as China, Japan, India, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, etc. As a scholar, I have a prominent record of scholarship and publications in the areas of Chinese Politics and U.S. Foreign Policy. I have authored or co-authored six books and many refereed journal articles and book chapters since Since 1995 my research has focused on China s public opinion, popular political support, democratization, mass political participation, and the role of the middle class and private entrepreneurs in political change. My research on these topics have been based on the original data collected from a series of probability-sample surveys conducted in both urban and rural China. The findings from these surveys have been published in four books and many refereed journal articles. One of these books, entitled Popular Political Support in Urban China, was published by the Stanford University Press in both paper back and hard cover in 2004, which has been well received among China scholars as well as political scientists. This book has been translated into Chinese, and published in China. Another book, Allies of the State: Private Entrepreneurs and Democratic Changes in China, was published by Harvard University Press in In addition, I recently published a new book, A Middle Class without Democracy: Economic Growth and the Prospects for Democratization in China, with Oxford University Press, which has been translated into Japanese and won the 2014 CALA Best Book Award: Academic Book. The articles based on my survey research on China appeared in leading refereed journals in the field, such as Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Political Research Quarterly, Public Opinion Quarterly, Social Science Quarterly, The China Quarterly, Asian Survey, Modern China, and Journal of Contemporary China. I have also been invited to serve as the Co-Editor of the Modern China Studies, an international scholarly journal. Due to my accomplishments in scholarship, I was appointed the Louis I. Jaffe Professor of Political Science and International Studies, and won the Robert Burgess Award for Excellence in Research at Old Dominion. I was also awarded the Changjiang Endowed Chair Professorship and Distinguished International Expert by the Ministry of Education of the People s Republic of China. I currently hold an endowed position, William Borah Distinguished Professor of Political Science, at University of Idaho. As an active grant seeker and fundraiser, I have secured several major grants for research, as well as major donations for program developments. As mentioned earlier, I was awarded two major research grants for a total of $220,000 from the National Science Foundation to support my study of the political roles of the middle class and private entrepreneurs in China. I secured a Title VI Grant for $280,000 from the U.S. Department of Education to strengthen the Asian Studies research and teaching programs at Old Dominion University, and a major grant from National Science Foundation for $600,000 to support the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority students in STEM areas at UI. Most recently, I won a research grant from China s Ministry of Education for $200,000 to study China s political culture. I was also awarded two prestigious research fellowships: one by the Fulbright Scholar program to conduct two surveys in rural China, and the other by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars to complete a book manuscript. Moreover, To enrich education through diversity the University of Idaho is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer

5 5 I helped raised substantial funds from major corporate and individual donors to establish the new China Center at ODU, and initiated the first major fundraising campaign for graduate education at UI. As an educator, I have been very enthusiastic about teaching and tremendously enjoying professional interaction with students. Since I started my teaching career in the early 1990s, students qualitative evaluations of my teaching have been overwhelmingly positive, and their quantitative evaluations have scored significantly higher than the department, college and university averages. As my CV indicates, I have taught about twenty different courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels, which cover a large variety of subjects in East Asian/Chinese Politics, International Relations and Comparative politics. More importantly, I have designed and successfully taught several interdisciplinary courses on Asia and China, including study-abroad classes in China. I have also successfully supervised about twenty Ph.D. and Master s students for their dissertations or theses. Because of my distinguished performance in teaching, I received Joel S. Lewis Award for Excellence in Student Mentoring at my university, and became a finalist of the Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award in the state of Virginia. Moreover, I have been very passionate about the internationalization of higher education throughout my professional career. For instance, I have helped ODU and UI to establish longand short-term cooperative research and teaching programs with several high-profile Chinese higher-education institutions and government agencies, including the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Qinghua University, Renmin University of China, Beijing Normal University, Beijing Higher Education Bureau, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Fudan University, and the Academy of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Through my connections with China s Ministry of Education and the Chinese Embassy to the United States, I secured scholarships for students of Old Dominion University to study any subjects at any Chinese universities. I organized two higher education executive training programs in each of which 30 Presidents and Vice Presidents of Chinese colleges or universities participated. I also helped University of Idaho establish the Confucius Institute in collaboration with South China University of Technology one of top universities in China and the Chinese government. Recently, I served as the founding director of the Institute, in addition to my position as the Dean of Graduate Studies. I also helped UI explore the feasibility of the University of Idaho s branch campus in China. I led efforts among a group of administrators and faculty members at UI to set up joint degree and certificate programs in business administration and education with top Chinese higher education institutions. In recognition of my important role in promoting friendly relationship between the U.S. and China, I was invited to serve as a member of the National Committee on United States-China Relations. Due to my consistent efforts and significant achievements in international education, I was awarded Provost s Award for Leadership in International Education at Old Dominion. Last but not least, as a foreign policy analyst and practitioner, I have gained practical knowledge of Chinese policy-making process through a two-year experience working at the State Council of the People s Republic of China. Certainly, this experience has not only helped me establish important relationships with Chinese government agencies and officials, but also contributed invaluable, applied perspectives to my administrative, research, and To enrich education through diversity the University of Idaho is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer

6 6 teaching activities. All in all, as I mentioned at the outset of this letter, I am confident that my background, experience and skill set gives me the competence to take this leadership position to help the university realize its full potential and reach new heights in graduate studies. I will greatly appreciate the challenges as well as the opportunities offered by this leadership role. Thank you for considering my application. I look forward to hearing from you. With kindest regards, I am Sincerely, Jie Chen, Ph.D. Dean, College of Graduate Studies William Borah Distinguished Professor of Political Science To enrich education through diversity the University of Idaho is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer

7 1 Jie Chen, Ph.D. Updated: February 5, 2015 Dean, College of Graduate Studies William Borah Distinguished Professor of Political Science College of Graduate Studies Morrill Hall 104 P.O. Box University of Idaho Moscow, ID U.S.A. Office: (208) Cell: (208) ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS: 2011-present DEAN, College of Graduate Studies, University of Idaho (the flagship, land-grant university of the state of Idaho, and a research university with high research activities according to the Carnegie Classification). Scope of the Organization: The College of Graduate Studies oversees all of 88 Master s and 32 Doctoral programs in Arts, Architecture, Agriculture, Business, Education, Engineering, Humanities, Life Sciences, Natural Resources, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences at UI. In these programs, there are about 2,400 graduate students and about 600 graduate faculty members. Within the college and Dean s Office, there are 12 staff members, including the Associate Dean, Graduate Admissions Director, Graduate Recruiters, Financial Officer, and Assistant to Dean. Responsibilities: Providing oversight of all graduate programs across the University. Serving on the Provost s Council along with all the other Deans and senior University administrators. Chairing the Graduate Council of UI. Making decisions on personnel, academic, and budgetary affairs in College of Graduate Studies. Developing and implementing the strategic plan for graduate education at UI. Promoting excellence in graduate education. Raising funds for graduate education. Developing and implementing outreach initiatives at regional, national, and international levels. Serving as an ex-officio member on the University Promotion and Tenure Committee.

8 2 Managing the personnel and the office routines in the College of Graduate Studies. Major achievements: Guided the development and implementation of the Strategic Plan for graduate education at UI, plan which encompasses a new vision and a set of new goals. Increased the enrollment of new graduate students by 6% for Fall Increased the amount of financial support for Teaching Assistants (TAs) by 36%. Strengthened shared governance in graduate education at UI by institutionalizing meaningful participation/representation of stakeholders in decision-making processes. Guided the development and implementation of a set of new criteria of the graduate faculty status. Initiated the first capital campaign for graduate education of the University of Idaho. Guided the accreditation reviews of graduate programs campus-wide. Worked with a team of senior administrators to design a set of strategies (the 2020 Plan ) to upgrade the ranking of University of Idaho in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Restructured the allocation and management of graduate teaching assistantships. Secured a major grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for $600,000 to recruit and retain underrepresented minority graduate students in STEM areas. Increased applications and admissions from underrepresented minority groups by 30% and 74%, respectively, for Fall Increased applications and admissions from international applicants by 15% and 38%, respectively, for Fall Developed a set of new policies governing the formation and operation of dissertation/thesis committees. Organized the Innovation Showcase, an annual universitywide event to recognize and demonstrate the research and creative talents of University of Idaho graduate and undergraduate students. Worked with a group of senior administrators (the Provost and Deans) to improve the organizational structures of the university-wide interdisciplinary graduate programs at both Master s and Ph.D. levels. Restructured and revitalized the Professional Science Master s (PSM) programs at UI. Created the Institute for Graduate Teaching and Research Assistants (TA/RA Institute) to train graduate-student instructors and researchers. Strengthened international student enrollment by streamlining the admission procedures, training recruitment agents,

9 3 establishing partnerships with strategically targeted foreign institutions, and developing new models of recruitment and curriculum, such as the 3+2 pipeline model. Developed the university-wide online graduate application and admission system. Improved the communication and collaboration between the College of Graduate Studies and all other colleges by establishing a system of regular meetings with the Dean, Chairs and faculty in each of the academic colleges, and organizing the Town Hall Meetings for the entire University. Developed new, collaborative work relationship with the University s Research Office (under the VP for Research and Economic Development). Initiated a new Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) system whereas theses and dissertations may be submitted, archived, and disseminated electronically. Restructured the Dean s Office for the efficiency and effectiveness of services provided to graduate students and faculty. Developed a set of core values in the College of Graduate Studies to guide the conduct and interaction of members of the college. Initiated the Newsletter of the College of Graduate Studies, published each semester. Helped establish the Confucius Institute at University of Idaho. Worked with university senior administrators to establish a branch campus of University of Idaho in China. Developed 3+2 graduate programs with higher education institutions in China in Architecture, Engineering, and Business DIRECTOR, Confucius Institute of University Idaho. Scope of the Organization: The Confucius Institute of University Idaho, established in collaboration with the Chinese government, promotes a deep understanding of Chinese culture and society through language teaching and cultural outreach programs at UI and in the Pacific Northwest Region of the U.S. It consists of five staff members. Responsibilities: Making decisions on all personnel, academic, outreach, and budgetary affairs in the institute. Raising funds from external donors. Major achievements: Played a critical role in establishing the Confucius Institute. Secured the annual operation funds from the Chinese Government.

10 4 Recruited the Co-Director and staff members. Successfully organized regional cultural events. Established strong and mutually-beneficial relationships with Chinese education institutions and the Chinese government. Generated a high level of interest among constituents in the region in learning about Chinese cultural and society. Guided the development of new curriculums in Chinese language and cultural studies CHAIR, Department of Political Science and Geography, Old Dominion University (the third largest public university in the state of Virginia, and a research university with high research activities according to the Carnegie Classification). Scope of the Organization: The Department of Political Science and Geography consisted of two academic disciplines, political science and geography. There were about 550 political science majors and 80 geography majors. Within the department, there were 25 tenured and tenure-track faculty members, and about the same number of adjunct faculty members. In Chair s Office, there were 4 staff members, including the Chief Advisors, Office Manager, and Assistant Office Manager. Responsibilities: Making decisions on all personnel, academic, and budgetary affairs at the departmental level. Raising funds Managing the personnel and office routines in the department. Major achievements: Guided the revision and implementation of the Strategic Plan for the department, plan which encompasses a new vision and a set of new goals. Developed an M.A. program in Political Science, along with the exiting Ph.D. program in International Studies. Recruited the first four women faculty members in the department in more than a decade, two of which were ethnic minorities. Hired more than eight tenure-track faculty members and built a strong faculty. Successfully retained two highly-sought-after minority faculty members. Improved the department s collegiality. Increased the number of the majors in political science by 125%. Enhanced the research productivity/quality and teaching effectiveness of the department: more faculty members

11 5 published in the leading journals or with prominent publishers in the field; 70% of the faculty won various teaching awards. The department was praised as the best department by the Dean in 2010 for its high research productivity and commendable record in winning research and teaching awards. Helped raise substantial funds from major philanthropists to establish a China Center at ODU DIRECTOR, Graduate Program in International Studies (a campus-wide, M.A. and Ph.D.-granting, interdisciplinary program), Old Dominion University. Scope of the Organization: As a campus-wide, interdisciplinary graduate program, the Graduate Program in International Studies consisted of eight academic fields of concentration. In these eight fields, about 200 graduate students were pursuing their Ph.D. or Master of Art in International Studies. There were about 26 tenured or tenuretrack faculty members from three colleges, participating in teaching, research, and service of the program. In Director s Office, there were 2 staff members, Assistant Director and Program Coordinator. Responsibilities: Making decisions on all personnel, academic, and budgetary affairs. Raising funds. Fostering and expanding intramural and extramural connections. Designing and revising the curriculums for the M.A. and Ph.D. programs. Coordinating course offerings in International Studies among departments and units across campus. Major achievements: Successfully restructured and strengthened the interdisciplinary curriculum in international studies by developing new interdisciplinary tracks and restructuring core courses. Significantly increased the participation of the graduate faculty members from different departments in teaching and service in the program. Expanded extramural connections with higher-education institutions and government agencies in and outside of the United States Improved the process and strategy to recruit international and domestic students: the admission acceptance rate improved from 45% to 25%.

12 6 Facilitated grant-seeking efforts: grants awarded by NSF ($220,000), NIH ($2.8 million), and Department of Defense ($500,000). Established faculty committee structures for decision making in the areas of teaching, research, student recruitment, etc DIRECTOR, Institute of Asian Studies, Old Dominion University. Scope of the Organization: As a campus-wide, interdisciplinary teaching, research and outreach unit, the Institute of Asian Studies run both major and minor programs in Asian Studies, supported research projects, sponsored conferences and speaker series, established/nurtured partnerships in the U.S. and in Asian countries, and established/expanded study-abroad programs. About 150 students were pursuing their BA or Minor in Asian Studies. There were about 30 tenured or tenure-track faculty members or lecturers from 12 departments, participating in teaching, research, and service of the Institute. In Director s Office, there are 2 staff members. Responsibilities: Designing and revising the curriculum for the Asian Studies Minor and Major. Coordinating course offerings among departments and units across campus. Exploring and maintaining short- and long-term cooperative programs with Asian countries. Organizing and coordinating various activities to stimulate and promote the interest in Asian Studies on the campus and in the community. Providing leadership for scholarly research in Asian Studies. Major achievements: Guided the development and implementation of the Strategic Plan for the institute. Successfully developed a new major in Asian Studies as a campus-wide, interdisciplinary program. Secured the Title VI grant ($280,000) from the U.S. Education Department to develop the new major and expand other research/teaching programs in Asian Studies. Successfully developed several study-abroad programs for ODU students and local teachers in Asian countries, such as China, Japan, India, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, etc. Established new cooperative relationships with educational intuitions and governmental agencies in several Asian countries. Secured scholarships from the Chinese government to support ODU students studying at Chinese universities.

13 7 Helped secured a substantial donation from private donors to establish the China Center. Successfully expanded the Institute of Asian Studies in all its areas, such as teaching, research, and community outreach. Established the speaker series in Asian studies for the campus and the community. Successfully organized international conferences on Asia s politics, societies, and economies, which drew participants from all over the world. Provided systematic career service for graduates from the Asian Studies programs DIRECTOR, International Studies Minor Program (interdisciplinary), University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Responsibilities: Designing and modifying the curriculum for the International Studies Minor. Coordinating course offerings among departments and units involved in the Minor. Advising all International Studies minors. Teaching the Senior Seminar in International Studies. Arranging internships for International Studies minors. Major achievements: Increased the enrollment in the program by 50%. Established a new system of student advising. Established the regional consortium in International Studies with other three campuses in the University of Wisconsin System ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Center for Pacific Rim Studies, University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Responsibilities: Conducting and coordinating research and exchange projects on and in East Asian Countries. Establishing and maintaining the exchange programs between University of Wisconsin-River Falls and higher education institutions in China. Major achievements: Successfully organized the Higher Education Administration Workshops at University of Wisconsin-River Falls, where 28 Chinese college/university presidents studied higher education models in the United Sates. Established new cooperative relationships with education intuitions and governmental agencies in East Asian countries,

14 8 such as China, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and the Philippines. Established the speaker series in Asian studies for the campus and the community POLICY ANALYST, the Office of Overseas Chinese Affairs, the State Council of the People s Republic of China, Beijing, China. Responsibilities: Analyzing the policies of the United States and Canada towards Chinese citizens residing in the two countries; Providing policy recommendations to the State Council. Major achievements: Successfully developed a system through which Chinese citizens residing in the United States and Canada could communicate their needs directly to the various ministries under the State Council. Established and published the Monthly Briefing, which provided the Foreign Ministry and the Embassies with valuable policy analyses. ACADEMIC POSITIONS: 2011-present WILLIAM BORAH DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, Department of Political Science, University of Idaho LOUIS I. JAFFE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, Department of Political Science and Geography, and Graduate Program in International Studies, Old Dominion University CHANGJIANG ENDOWED CHAIR PROFESSORSHIP, the highest honor bestowed by the Ministry of Education, People s Republic of China to acknowledge distinguished contributions made in various areas of scientific research (I was the first recipient of this highest honor in Political Science since its inception), and affiliated with Shanghai Jiaotong University (summer visiting appointment) ZHIYUAN CHAIR PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC OPINION STUDIES, College of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiaotong University (summer visiting appointment) PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, Department of Political Science and Geography, and Graduate Program in International Studies, Old Dominion University GUEST PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE POLITICS, the School of International Studies, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China (summer visiting appointment).

15 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, Department of Political Science and Geography, and Graduate Program in International Studies, Old Dominion University Summer academic year FULLBRIGHT SCHOLAR, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State. Conducting research in China. RESIDENTIAL RESEARCH FELLOW, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC ASSISSTANT PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-River Falls VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, Department of Political Science, Colorado Heights University, Denver (formerly under the auspices of the University of Colorado-Denver). HIGHER EDUCATION: May 1991 Ph.D. Political Science, Washington State University. Major Areas: Comparative Politics International Relations Research Methodology May 1987 M.A. International Policy Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, California. Major Areas: International Relations Comparative Politics and Economics Multicultural Studies July 1982 B.A. Journalism, Institute of International Politics, Beijing, China. Major Areas: International Journalism Comparative Literature HONORS, AWARDS, AND PRIZES: CALA Best Book Award: Academic Book for my book, A Middle Class without Democracy: Economic Growth and the Prospects for Democratization in China (Oxford University Press, 2013) Award for the Contributions to Education of Underrepresented Minority Students, the University of Idaho Chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Distinguished International Expert, the Ministry of Education, People s Republic of China.

16 William Borah Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of Idaho The Charles O. and Elisabeth C. Burgess Award for Faculty Research and Creativity, Old Dominion University and 2011 Finalist of the Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award of the State Council State Council of Higher Education for Virginia in the Commonwealth of Virginia Outstanding Scholar in Political Science, Virginia Social Science Association present Invited Member, the National Committee on United States-China Relations Joel S. Lewis Faculty Award for Excellence in Student Mentoring, College of Arts and Letters at Old Dominion University Award of Changjiang Endowed Chair Professorship, the highest honor bestowed by the Ministry of Education, People s Republic of China, to acknowledge distinguished contributions made in various areas of scientific research Nominee for the Doctoral Mentor Award (university-wide award) at Old Dominion University Louis I. Jaffe Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, College of Arts and Letters at Old Dominion University Nominee for Best Teacher Award in College of Arts and Letters at Old Dominion University Faculty of the Month Award in recognition for support and service contribution to students at Old Dominion University Fulbright Scholar (a Research Fellow in China) awarded by Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State Research Fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Provost s Award for Leadership in International Education at Old Dominion University As an Accomplished Social Scientist, invited to the reception for Premier Zhu Rongji of the People s Republic of China during his visit to the U.S Featured Faculty, Institute on Race and Ethnicity of the University of Wisconsin System.

17 Pi Sigma Alpha, The National Political Science Honor Society Prize for Distinguished Graduate Student Research Project, Washington State University Scholarship for graduate study, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California. PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS: 2013 Chen, Jie. A Middle Class without Democracy: Economic Growth and the Prospects for Democratization in China. New York: Oxford University Press. The paperback edition, with revision, was published in The book will be translated into Japanese. It won the 2014 CALA Best Book Award: Academic Book Chen, Jie. 中国民众政治支持的测量与分析 (measuring and analyzing mass political support in China). Guangzhou, China: Sun Yat-sen University Press (one of the most prestigious university presses in China) Chen, Jie, and Bruce Dickson. Allies of the State: China s Private Entrepreneurs and Democratic Change. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press Chen, Jie. Popular Political Support in Urban China. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Translated into Chinese and published in Chen, Jie, and Peng Deng. China Since the Cultural Revolution: From Totalitarianism to Authoritarianism. Westport: Praeger Publishers Chen, Jie. Ideology in U.S. Foreign Policy: Case Studies in U.S. China Policy. Westport: Praeger Publishers. REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES: 2014 Political Attitudes and Political Behavior of the Middle Class in China. 国外理论动态 Foreign Theoretical Trends (one of the most prestigious refereed journals in social sciences in China, which is edited and published by the Central Compilation & Translation Bureau) 7: Northeastern Asian Perceptions of China s Rise To What Extent Does Economic Interdependence Work? (with Min Xia and Linan Jia). Modern China Studies 21(2): Informal Accountability, Socially Embedded Officials, and Public Goods Provision in Rural China: The Role of Lineage Groups (with Huhe Narisong). Journal of Chinese Political Science 18 (1): 1-16.

18 Democratization and the Middle Class in China: The Middle Class s Attitudes toward Democracy (with Chunlong Lu). Political Research Quarterly 64: 64(3): The Causal Mechanisms between Social Trust and Grassroots Governance in China. 社会 Society (one of the most prestigious refereed journals in social sciences in China, which is edited and published by Shanghai University) 31(6) Sources of Social Trust and Public Goods Provision in China. 中国社会科学文摘 Chinese Social Science Digest (one of the most prestigious refereed journals in social sciences in China, which is edited and published by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) Social Trust and Community Governance in Urban China (with Chunlong Lu, Ph.D. graduate from ODU). 社会学研究 Sociological Studies (one of the most prestigious refereed journals in social sciences, edited and published by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in China), 144 (No. 6): The Role of Private Entrepreneurs in China s Political Change (with Bruce Dickson). The China Quarterly (the most prestigious journal in China studies) 196: Social Capital in Urban China: Attitudinal and Behavioral Effects on Grassroots Self-Government. Social Science Quarterly 88: Popular Support for Grassroots Self-government in Urban China (with Chunlong Lu, a former graduate student at ODU) Modern China 33: Does China s Middle Class Think and Act Democratically? Attitudinal and Behavioral Orientations of Middle Class toward Urban Self-Government. Journal of Chinese Political Studies 11: Popular Support for Village Self-Government in China: Intensity and Sources. Asian Survey 45: Sociopolitical Attitudes of the Masses and Leaders in the Chinese Village. Journal of Contemporary China 14: Why Do People Vote in Semicompetitive Elections in China? A Reassessment of Voters Subjective Motivations in Local People s Congress Elections (with Yang Zhong). Journal of Politics 64: To Vote or Not to Vote: An Analysis of Peasants Participation in Chinese Village Elections (with Yang Zhong). Comparative Political Studies 35:

19 Urban Chinese Perceptions of Threats from the United States and Japan. Public Opinion Quarterly 65: Valuation of Individual Liberty vs. Social Order among Democratic Supporters: A Cross-Validation (with Yang Zhong). Political Research Quarterly Vol. 53: Subjective Motivations for Mass Political Participation in Urban China. Social Science Quarterly 81: Comparing Mass and Elite Subjective Orientations in Urban China. Public Opinion Quarterly 63: Political Interest (or Apathy) in Urban China (with Yang Zhong). Communist and Post-Communist Studies 32: Mass Political Culture in Beijing: Findings from Two Public Opinion Surveys (with Yang Zhong, and John Scheb). Asian Survey Vol. xxxviii, no. 8 (August): Defining the Political System of Post-Deng China: Emerging Public Support for a Democratic Political System (with Yang Zhong). Problems of Post-Communism 45 (January-February): Political Views from Below: A Survey of Beijing Residents (with Yang Zhong, and John Scheb). PS: Political Science & Politics XXX, no. 3: Also appeared as A Survey of Beijing Residents, in Andrew Nathan, Zhaohui Hong, and Steven Smith, Dilemmas of Reform in Jiang Zemin s China (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 1999): Assessing Political Support in China: Citizens Evaluations of Government Effectiveness and Legitimacy (with Yang Zhong, Jan Hillard, and John Scheb). The Journal of Contemporary China 16: The Level and Sources of Popular Support for China s Current Authoritarian Regime (with Yang Zhong, and Jan Hillard). Communist and Post Communist Studies 30 (March): The Impact of Reform on the Party and Ideology in China. The Journal of Contemporary China 9 (Summer): U.S.-China Relations: On U.S.-Taiwan Relations Act. Monterey Review, Spring: The Green Party in West-Germany Politics. Editorial & Reference (Beijing, China), Winter (In Chinese).

20 14 REFEREED BOOK CHAPTERS: 2010 Attitudes toward Democracy and the Political Behavior of China s Middle Class. In Cheng Li, ed., China s Emerging Middle Class: Beyond Economic Transformation. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press The Role of Generalized Social Trust in China s Grassroots Governance (with Huhe Narisong, a graduate student at ODU). In Baogang Guo, ed., Toward Better Governance in China. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 改革开放以来的中国中东政策 (China s Middle East Policy since the Post- Mao Reform). In Yunhan Zhu and Qinggou Jia (eds.). 从国际关系理论看中国崛起 Rise of China: From the Perspective of International Relations Theory. Taipei, Taiwan: Wunan Publisher. (In Chinese) China s Role in Anti-Terrorism War (with Chunlong Lu, a former graduate student at ODU). In Jack Covarrubias and Tom Lansford (eds.). Strategic Interests in the Middle East: Opposition or Support for US Foreign Policy. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Significant Changes in American Chinese Politics Studies (with Xiushan Li, a graduate student at ODU). In Yunhan Zhu, Shaoguang Wang, and Quansheng Zhao, ed., Theory and Practice of Indigenization of Chinese Politics Studies. Taipei, Taiwan: Laureate Book Are Chinese still Interested in Politics. In Xiaobo Hu, ed., Transition toward Post-Deng China. Singapore: The Singapore University Press 海峡两岸关系及美国在两岸统一中的角色 (The Cross-Straight Relationship and the Role of the United States in the Unification of Mainland China and Taiwan). In Yang Zhong and Xiaobo Hu, ed., 世纪之交的台海关系 The Cross-Strait Relations toward the Twenty-First Century. Hong Kong: Social Science Press. (In Chinese). BOOK REVIEW ARTICLES: 1996 Review of Willy Wo-Lap Lam, China After Deng Xiaoping: the Power Struggle in Beijing Since Tiananmen (New York: John Wiley & Son, 1995), in Asian Though And Society, No. 61 (December) pp Review of Kui-Wai Li, Financial Repression and Economic Reform in China (Westport, CT.: Praeger, 1994), in Journal of Third World Studies, No. 12 (Fall).

21 15 INVITED WRITING: 2003 Popular Support for the Political Regime in China: Intensity and Sources. Asian Program Special Report of Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (August): GRANTS AND RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED: 2014 Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Program Development Grant: STEM Research and Graduate Education: A National Research and Education Model. National Science Foundation (AGEP * ). $600, Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Research Grant: Political Culture in China. The Ministry of Education, People s Republic of China. $200,000 (MS2012ZGZF012) Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Research Grant: The Middle Class and Democratic Change in China. National Science Foundation. $20,000 (SES ) Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Research Grant: Private Entrepreneurs as the Agents of Political Change in China. National Science Foundation. $200,000 (SES ) Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Research Grant: The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in the Democratization Process: A Cross-Country Study. Old Dominion University (SEECR Program). $8, Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator) and Quansheng Zhao (Principal Investigator). International Conference Grant: The Rise of China and Theories of International Relations and Comparative Politics. Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange. $25, Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Summer Research Fellowship: The Conceptual Patterns of Chinese Mass Attitudes toward Democracy: Individual Liberty vs. Social Order. College of Arts and Letters, Old Dominion University. $4, Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Research Fellowship: The Popular Support for China s Current Political Regime. The Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars for the academic year. Full salary replacement, and moving and travel expenses. * The Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP), funded by the National Science Foundation, is a network of universities dedicated to increasing the number of underrepresented minorities obtaining graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

22 Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Research Fellowship: Conceptual Patterns of Democratic Beliefs in China. The Fulbright Scholar Program for summer 2002 (May-August 2002). $25, Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator) and Robert Holden. Area Studies Development Grant: Strengthening Asian Studies through Faculty Training, Study Abroad, Enhanced Language and Literature Instruction, and the Establishment of an Asian Studies Major. Department of Education, Title VI-A Program. $280, Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Research Fellowship: Congruence between Mass and Elite Attitudes and Constraint of Their Respective Belief Systems in China. The East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. $36, Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Summer Research Fellowship: Mass Political Apathy in China: A Survey of Beijing Residents. Old Dominion University. $5, Holden, Robert (Principal Investigator), Chen, Jie (Consultant), and others (Consultants) Teaching Improvement Grant: Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Programs. U.S. Department of Education (Title VI-A). $4,564 (for The Summer in China Program ) Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator), Yang Zhong (Co-Investigator). Research Grant: Political Attitudes toward the Post-Deng Regime: A Survey of Beijing Residents. Center for Social Science Research of University of Tennessee. $2, Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Research Grant: Political Attitudes toward the Post-Deng Regime: A Survey of Beijing Residents. University of Wisconsin-River Falls. $1, Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Summer Research Grant: The Relationship between Political Democratization and Economic Modernization: A Case Study of Taiwan. Great Alliance for Unification of China (Taiwan). $3, Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Teaching Improvement Grant: Establishing a Cross-Campus Asian Studies Minor through Distance Education. Wisconsin Higher Education Improvement Council. $8, Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Teaching Improvement Grant: A Training Program for Teaching of Specialized Area-Study Courses through Distance Education. University of Wisconsin System s Council of International Education and Office of Academic Affairs. $ 3, Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Teaching Improvement Grant: Cross- Campus Collaboration in Teaching Specialized Area-Study Courses

23 17 through Distance Education. Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. $7, Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Research Grant: "Value Changes in Post-Tiananmen China: A Survey in Beijing, China." The University of Wisconsin System. $3, Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Faculty Research Grant: The Emergence of New Social Classes and Their Influence over Political Development in Contemporary China. University of Wisconsin-River Falls. $1, Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator), and Jan Hillard (Co-Investigator). Grant for Chinese Higher Education Administration Workshop at University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Beijing Higher Education Commission. $60, Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Teaching and Research Fellowship in China. Rockefeller Foundation through the Washington Center for China Studies. $1, Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Graduate Student Research Grant: Ideological Factor in U.S. Foreign Policy. Washington State University. $1, Curtis, Craig (Principal Investigator), John Anderson (Co-Investigator), and Jie Chen (Co-Investigator). Research Grant: Utilization of Long Lake as a Recreating Area: A Statistical Analysis. Washington Water Power Company. $12,000. GRANTS PENDING: 2014 Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator, with Shanghai Jiatong University). Research Grant: The Role of Social Capital in Grassroots Government in Urban China. Ford Foundation. $260,000 (pending) INVITED PRESENTATIONS AND CONSULTING: 2014 Keynote Speaker, A Middle Class without Democracy: Economic Growth and the Prospects for Democratization in China, at the EADI General Conference: Global Middle Classes as Development Actors in a Polycentric World, the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), Bonn, Germany, June 24-26, Guest Speaker, The Role of the Middle Class in China s Political Development, at the International Conference on Empirical Political

24 18 Studies on Asian Countries, sponsored by Asia Barometer Survey Project and Japan Journal of Political Science (Cambridge University Press), Tokyo, Japan, July 9, Keynote Speaker, Social Scientific Research on Chinese Politics: Challenges and Opportunities for Survey Studies in China. The Institute of Public Policy at South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China, December 5, Guest speaker, The Rise of Public Opinion in China, at an international conference sponsored by the Center for the Asian and Pacific Studies, College of Liberal Arts Sciences, and the Department of Political Science, the University of Iowa, Iowa City, October 18-19, Guest speaker, Political Behavior of the Middle Class in Urban China, at the conference on Middle Class Phenomenon in Emerging Markets sponsored by Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, September Guest speaker, Comparative Politics as a Scientific Inquiry, at China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China, May 27, Guest speaker, Social Science as Science, at Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang, China, May 31, Guest speaker, Survey Research on Chinese Politics: Achievements and Challenges, at China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China, December 24, Guest speaker, The Graduate Education in the United States: Characteristics of Graduate Programs at Flagship and Land-Grant Universities, at Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China, June 20, Guest speaker, The Role of China s Middle Class in Democratization, at the Folley Institute of Public Policy and Public Service, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, November 8, Guest speaker, Survey Research on Popular Political Support in Urban China, at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, June 20, Guest speaker, Identification of China s Middle Class in Survey Research, at University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, February 2, Guest speaker, Middle Class and Democratization in China, at University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, December 16, Guest speaker, The Role of China s Middle Class in Democratization, at Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, December 2, 2010.

25 Guest speaker, The Role of China s Middle Class in Democratization, at University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K., August 24, Guest speaker, Measuring and Analyzing Political Support in China, at Fudan University, Shanghai, China, June 26, Guest speaker, The State of Survey Research on Chinese Politics, at Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, July 2, Guest speaker, Attitudinal and Behavioral Orientations of China s Middle Class toward Democracy and Democratization, at Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, September 22, Guest speaker, The Middle Class and Political Change in China, at Shanhai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China, March 31, Guest speaker, The State of Survey Research on Chinese Politics: Contributions and Challenges, at Fudan University, Shanghai, China, March 29, Guest speaker, Social Capital and Local Governance in China, at Shanghai Normal University, March 28, Guest speaker, Does the Middle Class in China Support Democratization? University of Iowa, September 5, Keynote speaker, Political Orientations of the Middle Class in Urban China. Annual Meeting of the Beijing Social Science Saloon, People s University of China, Beijing, China, June 2, Keynote speaker, Generalized vs. Particularized Social Capital: Social Capital and Local Governance in Urban China. International Conference on Positivist Research in China, China University of Politics and Law, Beijing, China, May 21, Guest speaker, Local Governance under an Authoritarian Society: Residents Committees in Urban China. The Division of Global Affairs, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, April 3, Guest speaker, Allies of the State: Political Attitudes of China s Private Entrepreneurs. Department of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University, March 11, Guest speaker, China s Impact on Global Economy. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China, July 16, Guest speaker, China after Mao: Economic Reforms and Political Changes, at the Virginia Contemporary Art Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia, November 16, 2006.

26 Guest speaker, Quantitative Research Methods in Chinese Political Studies, at the Institute of Sociology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China, June 11, Guest speaker, Theory of Social Capital and Its Application to the Study of Local Self-government in China, at the Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China, June 16, Guest speaker, The Role of Ideology in U.S. Foreign Policy toward China: China as a Threat or an Opportunity to the U.S., at the Symposium on U.S. Foreign Policy and Rise of China, sponsored by the Embassy of the People s Republic of China to the United States, November 12, Guest speaker, Social Capital for the Grassroots Self-government in Urban China, at the Symposium on Survey Research and Legal Reform in China, sponsored by University of Pittsburgh, April 8-10, Guest speaker, Behavioral Consequences of Attitudinal Support for the Government in China, at the conference on The Transformation of Citizen Politics and Civic Attitudes in Three Chinese Societies, sponsored by Academia Sinica (Taiwan), November 19-20, Guest speaker, Chinese Public Opinions on International Relations: A Survey of Beijing Residents, at the workshop on Energy and Environmental Awareness in China, sponsored by Rice University, June 30, Book Launch Speech, Do Chinese Citizens Support Their Government? for promotion of my book, Popular Political Support in Urban China, at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, February 6, Guest speaker, Democratization in the Chinese Countryside, People s University of China, Beijing, China, May 28, Guest speaker, The Impact of Anti-Terrorist Campaigns on the Sino-U.S. Relations, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, Beijing, China May 26, Guest speaker, The Study of International Relations in the United States, College of International Relations, Beijing, China, May 23, Invited presenter, Popular Support for the Political Regime in Contemporary China, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., April 17, Guest speaker, Popular Support for the Political Regime in China, at the Capital Hill Breakfast Series (congressional meeting with scholars on policy issues). Rayburn House Office Building, Capital Hill, Washington, D.C., March 6, 2002 (8:45-10:15 am).

27 Guest speaker, Is the Political Regime in Contemporary China Legitimate? at the symposium on China s Credibility Gap: Public Opinion and Instability in China, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C., March 6, 2002 (3:30-5:30 pm) Guest Speaker, The Achievements and Challenges in American Studies of Chinese Politics, at the Symposium on the Current State of Western Social Science Research, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Beijing, China, July 4-6, Guest Speaker, The Conceptual Patterns of Democratic Beliefs in China, at the Conference on Surveying China, sponsored by the Luce Foundation, at George Washington University, Washington, D.C., June 9-11, Guest Speaker, Comparing Mass and Elite Subjective Orientations in Urban China, at the Workshop on Survey Research in China, Rice University, Houston, Texas, March 3-4, Grant Reviewer, Graduate International Fellowships, 2000 for National Security Education Program, Academy for Educational Development, Spring Grant Reviewer, Faculty Research Grant for City University of New York s Research Award Program, Fall Guest Speaker, China and U.S.: What Priorities in a Changing Relations, as part of the Great Decisions Lecture Series and Model United Nations course, February Guest Speaker, "Major Challenges in American Foreign Policy," at Seminar on the Study of Global Strategies, University of National Defense, Beijing, China, June 6, Key Speaker, Common Interests in the Post-Cold War Era: Current Trends of Sino-American Relations, at the International Conference on Hong Kong after 1997 and the Relationship between the U.S. and China, sponsored by Idaho State Government, Lewiston, Idaho, October 25, Guest Speaker, U.S. Foreign Economic Policy in the Post-Cold War Era, at Workshop on Teaching of International Political Economy, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China, June 8, Guest Speaker, "Dealing with Cross-Cultural Shock in the United States," at the Workshop for Students to Study Abroad, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China, June 16, Guest Speaker, How Do Westerners View World Politics and Foreign Policy?" at Seminar on Major Issues in International Relations Theory,

28 22 University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China, May 25, MEDIA INTERVIEWS: 2013 Interviewed by The Chronicle of Higher Education: Political Education at Chinese Universities. May 24, Interviewed by The Economist: China s Middle Class and Political Change. May 20, Interviewed by The Epoch Times: Implications of Political Turmoil in the Arab World for China. February 18, Interviewed by Phoenix Weekly Magazine (one of the most influential weekly magazines in Chinese): The Middle Class and Democratic Change in China. November 1, 2009: 8:00 pm Interviewed by Voice of America: The Impact of the U.S. Presidential Election on U.S. Policy toward Taiwan. February 24, 2008: 3:00 pm Interviewed by Voice of America: The Political Impact of the Beijing Olympic Games on the Cross-Straits Relations. January 8, 2008: 1:00 pm Interviewed by Voice of America: Implications of Ma Yingjiu s Visit to the United Sates for Taiwan s domestic politics and foreign policy. March 21, 2007: 4:30 pm Interviewed by Voice of America: China s Foreign Policy toward Africa: The Chinese Foreign Mister s Visit to African Countries. January 12, 2007: 2:30 pm Interviewed by Virginian-Pilot: Can this plan fly? South Korean Development Proposal, cited in the story, December 22, Interviewed by the Voice of America, on Chin s Role in the North Korea Nuclear Conflict, broadcast on April 23, Interviewed by the Voice of America, on China s Response to New Japanese History Textbook, broadcast on May 26, Interviewed by Strait Times, one of the leading newspapers in Singapore, on Impact of U.S. Anti-Terrorist Strategies on East Asian Security. Quote was published on April 17, Interviewed by the Voice of America, on China s New Foreign Policy toward Burma (Myanmar), broadcast on August 21, 2003.

29 Interviewed by the Voice of America, on Popular Support for the Political Regime in Contemporary China, in the China Forum Program, aired on April 22, 2002, 9:00 am Interviewed by WVEC-TV (Channel 13), on The Potential Impact of Incident over South China Sea on the U.S.-Chinese Relationship, aired on April 2, 2001, 11:00 pm Featured in and interviewed by WTKR-TV (Channel 3), on The Impacts of the NATO s Bombing of the PRC s Embassy in Yugoslavia, aired on May 9, 1999, 6:30 and 11:00 pm Interviewed by the Voice of America, on the topic of Changing Political Culture: Reflections on Recent Public Opinion Surveys in Urban China, 8:30-9:30 a.m., January 26, Interviewed by the Voice of America, on the topic of Sino-American Relations: The Implications of Clinton s Visit to China, 2:00-3:00 p.m., May 5, Interviewed by the Voice of America, on the topic of Is Jiang Zeming a Democrat? Reflections on Jiang s Behavior during Clinton s Visit to China, 8:30-10:00 p.m., June 30, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE: 2014-present Vice President, The Council of Chinese American Deans and Presidents (CCADP), 2014-present present Editor in Chief, Modern China Studies, 2009-present present Board Member, Editorial Board of Modern China Studies, present present Board Member, Editorial Board of the Journal of Chinese Political Studies, 1994-present Associate Editor, Journal of Race and Policy, present Journal Manuscript Referee, for American Political Science Review Journal of Politics World Politics American Journal of Political Science Political Research Quarterly Public Opinion Quarterly Comparative Political Studies Comparative Politics Political Behavior

30 24 Social Work Social Science Quarterly Problems of Post-Communism China Quarterly Asian Survey present Book Manuscript Referee, for Stanford University Press Oxford University Press Routledge Press present Grant Reviewer for National Science Foundation Department of Education Department of Defense 2002-present Convener for panels on Chinese Politics, on behalf of the Global Forum of Chinese Political Scientists, for annual meetings of American Political Science Association, 2002-present Chair, the panel on Politics of Dissent in State-Controlled Media: Evidence and Findings from China at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, present Tenure and Promotion Reviewer, for: University of Pittsburg (2006) Washington State University (2002) Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica, Republic of China (2012) 1998 Chair, the panel on China in the Post-Cold War Era at the 94 th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, September Chair, the Conference Committee for the 13 th Annual Conference of the Association of Chinese Political Studies, COMMUNITY SERVICE: Led efforts to establish a regional American Chinese organization, East Virginia Chines American Association and served as its founding president. PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES: 2014 Chen, Jie, and Huhe Narisong. Stratified Political Trust and Regime Stability in China, at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., August 28-September 1, 2014.

31 2012 Huhe, Narisong, and Chen, Jie. Alternative Framing: The Political Effects of the Internet in China, at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, August 30-September 2, Chen, Jie. Social Trust and Public Goods Provision in Rural China, at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Seattle, Washington, September 1-2, Chen, Jie. Informal Government Accountability: The Role of Informal Institutions in Public Goods Provision in Rural China, at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., September 1-3, Chen, Jie. Generalized and Particularized Social Capital in Urban China, at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, Canada, September 2-3, Dickson, Bruce, and Jie Chen Engaging the State: Political Activities of Private Entrepreneurs in China, at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, August 29-31, Chen, Jie, and Chunlong Lu The Middle Class Attitudes toward Democratization in Later-Development Country: A Survey of Three Chinese Cities, at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago (August 30-September 3, 2007) Chen, Jie Social Capital in Urban China: Attitudinal and Behavioral Effects on Grassroots Self-Government at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia (September) Chen, Jie Does China s Middle Class Think and Act Democratically? at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C. (September) Chen, Jie Democratization in the Chinese Countryside, at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago (September) Chen, Jie Sociopolitical Attitudes of the Masses and Leaders in the Chinese Village: Attitude Congruence and Constraint, at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Denver (March) Chen, Jie Elite and Mass Attitudes toward Democracy and democratization in China, at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston (August/September) Chen, Jie New Challenges in the Chinese Politics, at the Annual Joint Conference on East Asian Politics and Economy, sponsored by American, Korean, Japanese and Chinese higher education institutions, Washington, D.C. (November) Chen, Jie Why Do People Vote in Semi-Competitive Elections in China, at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco (September) Chen, Jie Popular Support for Village Self-Government in China: Support for the Authorities and the System, at the 2001 Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, Chicago (March) Chen, Jie Subjective Determinants of China s Public Opinions on Foreign Policy Issues, at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C. (August/September). 25

32 2000 Chen, Jie Mass Perception of Foreign Threat in Urban China, at the 2000 Annual Meeting of Western Political Science Association Conference, San Jose (March) Chen, Jie and Yang Zhong Valuation of Individual Liberty vs. Social Order among Democratic Supports: A Cross-Validation, at the 95 th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Atlanta (September) Chen, Jie Comparing Mass and Elite Subjective Orientations in Urban China, at the 38 th Southeastern Conference of the Association of Asian Studies, Athens (January) Chen, Jie, and Yang Zhong Emerging Public Support for a Democratic Political System, at the 13 th Annual Conference of the Association of Chinese Political Studies, Washington, D.C. (October) Chen, Jie Subjective Motivations for Mass Political Participation in Urban China: A Survey of Beijing Residents, at the 94 th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston (September) Chen, Jie Mass Political Interest in Urban China, at the Sixty-ninth Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Norfolk, VA (November) Chen, Jie The Role of the United States in the Unification of Mainland China and Taiwan, at the 12 th Annual Conference of the Association of Chinese Political Studies, November 23-26, 1997, Las Vegas, Nevada Chen, Jie, and Yang Zhong Defining the Political System of Post- Deng China: Emerging Public Support for a Democratic Political System, at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois (April) Chen, Jie The Level and Sources of Legitimacy of China s Authoritarian Regime, at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Association of Third World Studies, Montgomery, Alabama (October) Chen, Jie, Yang Zhong, and Jan Hillard Defining the Political System of Post-Deng China: Emergent Public Support for a Democratization, at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco (August) Chen, Jie, Yang Zhong, and Jan Hillard Defining the Political System of Post-Deng China: Emergent Public Support for a Democratization, at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco (August) Chen, Jie, Yang Zhong, and Jan Hillard An Assessment of Political Support in China: Reflections from a Survey of Beijing, at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, San Francisco (April), Chen, Jie The Emergence of New Social Classes and Its Impact on Political Development in Contemporary China, at the 1995 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois (August) Chen, Jie Change in Ruling Methods of the Post-Tiananmen Regime in China, at the International Conference on China at the Turn of the Century: Issues, Challenge and Agenda, Sponsored by the East- West Center (August) Chen, Jie The Impacts of Reform on the Roles of the Party and Ideology in China, at the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Third World Studies Association, Tacoma, Washington (October). 26

33 Chen, Jie Current Political Change in China: A Transition from Totalitarianism to Authoritarianism, at the 1992 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago (April) Chen, Jie The Strength of Ideology in U.S. China Policy: From the Cold War to the Rapprochement, at the 1990 Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia (November) Chen, Jie The Changing Strength of U.S. Foreign Policy Ideology: A Comparison of the Truman and Nixon China Policies, at the 1990 Pacific Northwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon (November). UNIVERSITY SERVICE: 2013 Member, University Taskforce on Focus for the Future (Program Prioritization): Phase II, University of Idaho, Chair, Search Committee for Director of the Confucius Institute, University of Idaho, Chair, Committee for Periodical Review of Senior Administrator, University of Idaho, Member, President s Task Force for Diversity, Equity and Inclusiveness, University of Idaho, present Member, the Council for International Initiatives, University of Idaho, 2012-present present Senior Advisor, the Confucius Institute, University of Idaho, 2011-present Member, the Eminent Scholar Selection Committee, Old Dominion University, Member, the Search Committee for the Director of the International Programs Office of Old Dominion University, Fall Organizer, the International Conference on the Rise of China (where 35 prominent scholars from all over the world and about 100 attendants from businesses, government agencies, and the media participated), Old Dominion University, October 16-19, Member, Graduate Administrative Council. Old Dominion University, Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee (Committee F), Faculty Senate, Old Dominion University, Director of the Project of Asian Studies Development supported by a Federal Title VI grant: Strengthening Asian Studies through Faculty Training, Study Abroad, Enhanced Language and Literature Instruction, and the Establishment of an Asian Studies Major, Old Dominion University, Fall 2000-Spring Chair, the College Research & Publications Committee, Old Dominion University, Fall 2000-Spring Member, the Council for International Initiatives of the University, Old Dominion University, from Spring 2000-Fall Member, the Search Committee for the Director of the Office of International Programs of the University, Old Dominion University, Spring Member, Department Search Committee for Geography faculty position in Department of Political Science, Old Dominion University, Spring 2000.

34 Member, Search Committee for a faculty position in the International Program in International Studies (Ph.D.-granting program), Old Dominion University, Spring Member, University Search Committee for the Director of the International Programs Office, Old Dominion University, Fall 1999-Spring Initiating and helping arrange the visit to Old Dominion University by the Minister Counselor of Education, the Embassy of the People s Republic of China in the United States, April Acting Chair, Department of Political Science, Old Dominion University, January Helping the Office of International Programs to receive a Chinese Delegation from the Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) visiting Old Dominion University, April Faculty Associate, Center for Global and Regional Studies, Old Dominion University, Planner and Organizer, the Summer in China study-abroad program, Old Dominion University, Faculty Advisor, Association of Chinese Scholars and Students, Old Dominion University, Member, Department Search Committee for Pre-Law Lecturer position in Department of Political Science, Old Dominion University, Fall Spring Chair, Asian Studies Advisory Committee, Old Dominion University, Library Liaison, Department of Political Science, Old Dominion University, Member, College Search Committee for Visiting Assistant Professor in Filipino/Filipino-American Studies, Old Dominion University, Fall Spring Coordinator and Organizer, The Conference on Cross-Campus Collaboration in Teaching Specialized Area-Study, attended by the representatives from other three University of Wisconsin campuses, held at University of Wisconsin-River Falls, August 2-5, Member, International Studies Committee, University of Wisconsin- River Falls, Coordinator and organizer, Higher Education Administration Workshop at University of Wisconsin-River Falls, where 28 Chinese college/university presidents studied higher education models in the United Sates. Collaborated with Beijing Higher Education Commission. Summer Member, Multi-Cultural Studies Committee, University of Wisconsin- River Falls, Faculty Advisor, Pi Sigma Alpha (the Political Science Honor Society), University of Wisconsin-River Falls, Fall Faculty Advisor, United Nations Organization (for Model United Nations activities), University of Wisconsin-River Falls,

35 29 PH.D. DISERTATION AND M.A. THESES COMMITTEES: PH.D. DISERTATION COMMITTEES: 2012-present Chair: Linan Jia, Perception of Foreign Threats and Its Impact on Foreign-Policy Making: China s Foreign Policy toward Other East Asian Countries. University of Idaho. In process. Completed, 2011 Chair: Narisong Huhe, Social Capital and Local Governance in Rural China. Old Dominion University. Completed in present Chair and now Member: Ning Liao, Developmental Inequality in Post- Mao China: Coastal vs. Inland. Old Dominion University present. Completed, 2009 Chair: Min Xiao, Social Capital and Socioeconomic Development in China. Old Dominion University. Completed in Completed, 2008 Chair: Chunlong Lu, The Role of the Middle Class in Democratization in Post-Mao China. Old Dominion University. Completed in Completed, 2007 Chair: Dirk Morton, The Role of Culture in Chinese Foreign Policy Making: Case Study of China s Policy toward Southeast Asia. Old Dominion University. Completed in Chair: Xiushan Li, Elite-Mass Interaction in China s Rural Selfgovernment System Chair: Supad Ghose, The Role of Ideology in the Resistance Movement against Globalization. Old Dominion University Member: Gregory Arey, The Effects of Elections on Democratization in Latin America. Old Dominion University Completed, 2003 Member: Hema Swamy, Globalization, Local Governance, and Democratization: A Case Study of South India. Old Dominion University. Completed in Completed, 2002 Member: Steve Shirley, Guided by God: The Catholic Church and Political Legitimacy in the Philippines. Old Dominion University. Completed in Chair: Susan Morris, China s Human Rights and U.S. China Policy. Old Dominion University Completed, 1999 Member: Ping Deng, The Triangular Economic Relationships between China, Japan, and Taiwan: Application of Game Theory. Completed in M.A. THESES COMMITTEES: Completed, 2010 Member: Leigh Ann Detwiler, Diasporas from States in Crisis: A Case Study of the Zimbabwe Diaspora and Its Role in the Homeland. Completed in Completed, 2003 Member: Brian O Connell, Symmetric and Asymmetric Aims and Means in Classical War Theory. Completed in Completed, 2001 Chair: Jean Leedy, The Role of the Internet in Chinese Foreign and Domestic Affairs. Completed in Completed, 1998 Member: Merle Kellerhals, Jr., Wei Jingsheng and the Democracy Movement in Post-Mao China. Completed in 1998.

36 30 COURSES TAUGHT: UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL: Major Issues in Asia (the interdisciplinary, core course for Asian Studies Program) Chinese Politics Social, Economic, and Political Changes in Post-Mao China (a study-broad course) Politics of East Asia International Relations in East Asia Introduction to Comparative Politics Introduction to International Relations International Political Economy American Foreign Policy World Politics International Relations Theory Introduction to American Government & Politics Model United Nations GRADUATE LEVEL: Comparative Politics Theory Economic Development and Political Democratization Politics of East Asia Chinese Politics Chinese Foreign Policy Social, Economic, and Political Changes in Post-Mao China (a study abroad course) RESEARCH INTERESTS AND METHODS: THEMATIC SPECIALIZATION: Political impact of online communication Social capital The middle Class Public opinion Political support (legitimacy) Development and Democratization Macro political change Political participation (conventional and unconventional) Political culture Civil society Local elections Peasant politics Political role of private entrepreneur (or bourgeoisie) Mass-elite relations Post-communist studies Role of ideology in foreign policy Perception of foreign threat

37 31 GEOGRAPHICAL SPECIALIZATION: China Other East Asian countries Former Soviet Union METHODOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION: Survey sampling Quantitative analysis Qualitative analysis LANGUAGE SKILLS: Full fluency in written and spoken English. Native speaker of Chinese. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: American Political Science Association American Association of Public Opinion Research Association of Chinese Political Studies Association of Asian Studies Council of Graduate Studies International Studies Association

38 32 Appendix: Excerpts of the Reviews of Three Recent Books Excerpts of the reviews of my recent book, Popular Political Support in Urban China (Stanford University Press, 2004) "Chen's broad theoretical framework and comprehensive discussion of the surveys make Popular Political Support in Urban China a very useful text for the comparative quantitative study of political participation, collective action, civil society, nationalism, economic liberalization, and institutional reform in general... As such, it is also a very neat introduction to the range of methodological problems and limitations to the study of politics in China, and of societies in economic transition in general. Comparativists will find this book useful for many research and pedagogical goals." --- Perspectives on Politics (American Political Science Association, Vol. 3, pp ) "Chen explores the impact of a variety of sociodemographic and attitudinal variables on political support. He carefully lays out the theoretical reasoning for the impact of each variable and provides conscientious literature reviews. He culminates his investigations with regression analysis in which the effects of each variable on diffuse and specific support are estimated when other variables are taken into account.... Chen...has made good use of the findings to throw light on the most consequential and contested question of China's domestic politics today, its prospects for stability." --- Political Science Quarterly (Volume 120, No. 2, 2005, pp ) Despite obstacles presented by Chinese authorities, the number of reliable survey-based studies of politics in China by scholars based abroad has grown considerably since the late 1980s. Among such scholars, Jie Chen has engaged in a cross-sectional study: a set of representative sample surveys of Beijing residents, conducted in 1995, 1997 and The surveys explore the distribution, sources and consequences of political support, an issue of clear relevance to our understanding of regime stability and Communist Party survival..popular Political Support in Urban China is a thoroughly empirical study.. The evidence is presented throughout in a clear style that assumes the reader has no prior knowledge of survey methods, statistical inference, political science.. This is undoubtedly a strength. ----The China Journal (No. 53, 2005: pp )

39 33 It is sometimes assumed that popular support for the current regime in Beijing has fallen in recent years In Popular Political Support in Urban China Jie Chen presents evidence both supporting and challenging this view. Chen s book contributes to our understanding of popular attitudes and reminds us that the Chinese Communist Party continues to enjoy considerable legitimacy.... It is highly commended to readers China Review (Vol 4, No. 2, 2004: pp ) This bold book challenges the assumptions and biases of mainstream China scholars about popular support for the regime among the urban population. It concludes that the post-tiananmen Chinese Communist Party regime is both legitimate and viable, thanks to the high level of urban support. A fascinating study. Highly recommended Choice (September 2004: p. 182) Do urban residents support China s current regime? Will the regime be able to maintain power? These questions are of interest not only to China scholars, but also to political scientists who study ideological legitimacy, citizen s values and living conditions, and political participation in non-democratic states. Many studies address these issues, but survey-based empirical studies of communist societies, and China in particular, are limited. Jie Chen s systematic analysis of data from surveys conducted in Beijing in 1995, 1997, and 1999, framed around questions about the extent and form of legitimacy and popular support the current government enjoys, fills this gap. Along with detailed and lucid analyses of his statistical data, Chen addresses broad and critical questions about the possible demise of this non-democratic system and Chinese Communist Party rule. As such, this analysis and data will be of interest to many scholars and students of China Pacific Affairs (Vol. 77, No. 4, 2004: pp )

40 34 Excerpts of the reviews of Allies of the State: China s Private Entrepreneurs and Democratic Change (Harvard University Press, 2011) [This book] is an excellent contribution to a literature on a set of changes in urban Chinese society that in many ways are of a piece under the banner of contemporary political and economic reform. Not only does [this] book educate us about the politics of China s new bourgeoisie, but [it] helps us move toward an integrated understanding of the political economy of development and the social adaptation of Chinese urbanites as reform continues. [The book] is thus required reading for all serious scholars of contemporary urban China, and every library would do well to acquire them. --- Perspectives on Politics (Vol. 9, No. 4, 2011: pp ) Political scientists Jie Chen and Bruce J. Dickson s new work Allies of the State: China s Private Entrepreneurs and Democratic Change is a major contribution to our understanding of the relationship between private entrepreneurs and democratic change in China. While there are a number of previous studies on the subject, none have presented this kind of detailed empirical analysis Besides contributing to the research on politics in China, Chen and Dickson provide clear insights for economists that analyze how entrepreneurs are utilizing political connections to gain advantages in China where the CCP continues to play such an important role for economic development. --- The China Quarterly (Vol. 203, 2010: pp ) Allies of the State, however, breaks new ground in its use of a more comprehensive dataset of large representative samples covering wide regional variation in levels of economic development and various sizes of private enterprises. In addition, their operationalization of key variables including democratic support is more rigorous than in past studies. This book is an exemplar on many counts, and I recommend it without hesitation. Much can be learned from it by scholars working in Chinese politics, political sociology, democratization, and market transition. The book s clear presentation of data, methods, and theory also makes it suitable to the classroom, including courses on methods and research design in sociology and political science, in addition to courses in Chinese and comparative politics. --- The Journal of Asian Studies (Vol. 170, 2011: pp ) Allies of the State is a finely tuned laser of a book. With a rigorous yet elegant research design developed with great dexterity, the argument unfolds in tantalizing layers,

41 35 as Chen and Dickson get us closer than ever to understanding the political attitudes and behavior of China s private entrepreneurs. --- Scott Kennedy, Director, Research Center for Chinese Politics & Business, Indiana University; author of The Business of Lobbying in China In a nuanced analysis, Chen and Dickson study the role of private businessmen in China in supporting democratic change. They show that private entrepreneurs, with close ties to the state and the communist party, largely support the Chinese communist political system, but the support is not unconditional. The authors survey of private entrepreneurs is original in covering five important provinces and unique in capturing the regional differences that affect the business-government relationship. This significant contribution tells us a great deal about the attitudes of private businessmen in China toward democratizing changes and the government system. --- Dwight H. Perkins, Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University

42 36 Excerpts of the reviews of A Middle Class without Democracy: Economic Growth and the Prospects for Democratization in China (Oxford University Press, 2013) Jie Chen is correct that no topic is more central for the future of US-China relations than understanding the political values and behaviors of the rising generation of college educated professionals and managers. Using extensive survey and interview data from three of China s most important cities, Chen successfully explains the challenges and consequences of engaging this group of contingent democratic supporters into the next phase of China s economic and political transformations. --- Deborah Davis, Yale University This arresting study provides a firm analytical foundation for assessing the chances of leadership by China's emergent middle class in any coming regime shift toward democratization. Chen ingeniously draws on his own probing surveys in three major Chinese cities, and, on the basis of telling distinctions that he establishes between the middle and the lower classes and between state-employed and non-stateemployed middle class segments, he is able to answer crucial queries about the circumstances under which, and the likely possibilities for, a critical shift in the stance of this pivotal group in the near term. Everything hinges on the nature of the class's current linkage with and stance toward the state and factors that might alter that. A must-read for anyone concerned about China's political future. --- Dorothy Solinger, University of California, Irvine Does China's growing middle class represent a catalyst for democracy? Based on probability sampling of three cities and extensive field research, Jie Chen shows us why the expectations of modernization theory are not borne out by China's experience. --- Kellee S. Tsai, Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University and author of Capitalism without Democracy: The Private Sector in Contemporary China We learn from this book not just why China s middle class supports the communist regime but also how this could change if its prospects worsen or its ties to the state weaken. This will be mandatory reading in Beijing, and should be elsewhere. - Bruce Gilley, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University and author of China's Democratic Future.