Jonathan Hassid Iowa State University Department of Political Science 515 Ross Hall Ames, IA 50010 USA +1 (808) 200 8230 (mobile) +1 (515) 294-0698 (office) jhhassid@iastate.edu http://www.jonathanhassid.com EMPLOYMENT Iowa State University Associate Professor o July 2018 Lucken Faculty Fellow o July 2017 July 2020 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science o January 2015 July 2018 University of Technology, Sydney Postdoctoral Research Fellow, China Research Centre o July 2010 October 2014 EDUCATION University of California, Berkeley Ph.D., Political Science (May 2010) o Dissertation: Pressing Back The Struggle for Control Over China s Journalists o Committee: Kevin J. O Brien (chair), Lowell Dittmer, Todd LaPorte, Tom Gold o Fields: Comparative Politics, East Asian Politics, Public Administration M.A., Political Science (2004) o Master s project: Power for Sale The Political Rationale and Consequences of the PLA s Business Empire, 1978-1998 Amherst College B.A., Asian Languages and Civilizations (2002) o Magna Cum Laude, China Concentration 1
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS China s Unruly Journalists: How Committed Professionals Are Changing the People s Republic (Routledge Press, 2016). Why Chinese Print Journalists Embrace the Internet with Maria Repnikova, (2016) Journalism, Vol. 17, No. 7, 882-898. China s Responsiveness to Internet Opinion: A Double-Edged Sword, (2015), The Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, Vol. 44, No. 2, 39-68. o Written as part of a special issue on the media co-edited and organized with Wanning Sun. o Special issue also includes introduction (co-written with Wanning Sun) called Stability Maintenance and Chinese Media (2015), The Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, Vol. 44, No. 2, 3-15. Doing Good or Doing Nothing? Celebrity, Media and Philanthropy in China with Elaine Jeffries (2015), Third World Quarterly. Vol. 36. No. 1., 75-93. Scandals, Media and Government Responsiveness in China and Kenya with Jennifer N. Brass (2015), Journal of Asian and African Studies, Vol. 50, No. 3, 325-342. State of Mind: Power, Time Zones, and Symbolic State Centralization with Bartholomew Watson (2014), Time & Society. Vol. 23, No. 2 (Jul.), 167-194. Amplifying Silence: Uncertainty and Control Parables in Contemporary China with Rachel E. Stern (2012), Comparative Political Studies. Vol. 45, No. 10 (Oct.), 1230-1254. Safety Valve or Pressure Cooker? Blogs in Chinese Political Life, (2012), Journal of Communication. Vol. 62 (Apr.), 212-230. o Also published in Michael Keane and Wanning Sun (eds.), Chinese Media (New York: Routledge, 2013), Vol. 1. Four Models of the Fourth Estate: A Typology of Contemporary Chinese Journalists, (2011), China Quarterly. No. 208 (Dec.), 813-32. 2
China s Contentious Journalists: Reconceptualizing the Media, (2008). Problems of Post-Communism. Vol. 55, No. 4, (July/Aug.), 52-61. Controlling the Chinese Media: An Uncertain Business, (2008). Asian Survey. Vol. 48, No. 3, (May/June), 414-30. OTHER PUBLICATIONS Invited Review of The Contentious Public Sphere (book) for The China Journal (in progress) A Poor China Might be More Dangerous than a Rich China (chapter) in Foreign Policy Issues for America: The Trump Years, Routledge (forthcoming) Invited contribution Developments in Chinese Media Censorship for the China Policy Institute (Nov. 8, 2017) Invited Review of The Internet, Social Media and a Changing China (book), in The China Journal (2017) No. 78, 158-159. Invited Review of Environmental Advertising in China and the USA (book), in Human Ecology (2016), Vol. 44, No. 6, 785-786. Invited Review of Media Commercialization and Authoritarian Rule in China (book), in The China Journal (2015) No. 73, 257-259. Invited Review of Cyber-nationalism in China (book), in Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies (2013) Vol. 27, No. 6, 936-938. China s Media Presses Forward Slowly o Invited to contribute by Cambridge University s Our Time Magazine (2011) o Invited to contribute to Sydney PEN Magazine (2011) CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS Comparing Subnational Identity in China and the USA o To be presented at the Asian Studies Association of Australia s annual meeting, Sydney Australia (Jul 2018) 3
Corruption, Censorship, the Media and the Market in China o Invited presentation at Illinois State University, Normal IL China s Everyday State: How National Symbols Can Build and Maintain State Power o Poster presented at the American Political Science Association (APSA) s annual meeting, San Francisco CA (Sep 2017) Keynote Address 数字化时代中国纸媒行业的受贿现象 ( Chinese Newspaper Industry Corruption in the Digital Age ), presented in Chinese o Keynote presentation at 中国报业与融合挑战 国际研讨会 (The Chinese Newspaper Industry and its Mixed Challenges Media International Research Conference), Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China (Jun 1-2, 2017) Corruption, Censorship, the Media and the Market in China o Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting, Chicago IL (Mar 2016) The Hidden Dangers of China s State Response to Internet Opinion o Presented at the Association for Asian Studies annual meeting, Chicago IL (Mar 2015) Political Contention on Chinese Micro-blogs: Motivation and Results o Presented at the American Political Science Association (APSA) s annual meeting, Chicago IL (Sep 2013) Place Names, Symbolic Power and the Chinese State o Presented at the workshop on Chinese Symbolic Power in Comparative Perspective, Sydney (Aug 2013) Presentation to the Workshop on Understanding Chinese Media Censorship, Berkeley CA (June 2013) The Politics of China s Emerging Micro-blogs: Something New or More of the Same? o Was to have been presented at the (subsequently canceled) APSA annual meeting, New Orleans LA (Sep. 2012) 4
Frenemy: How Chinese Journalists Perceive the Internet (with Maria Repnikova) o Presented at the 10 th Chinese Internet Research Conference, Los Angeles CA (May 2012) Safety Valve or Pressure Cooker? Evaluating the Role of Internet Discourse in Chinese Political Life o Presented at the Workshop on Preserving Stability in China, U. Tech. Sydney (Jul 2011) o Presented at the APSA annual meeting, Seattle WA (Sep 2011) Sunshine Is (Not Necessarily) the Best Disinfectant: Scandals, Media and Government Responsiveness in China and Kenya with Jennifer N. Brass o Poster presented at the APSA annual meeting, Seattle WA (Sep 2011) o Presented at the Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Honolulu HI (Apr 2011) A Flourish of Symbols: State Power, Time Zones and Symbolic Centralization with Bartholomew Watson o Poster presented at the APSA annual meeting, Washington DC (Sep 2010), as Time for Politics: Time Zones and the Politics of Centralization Guard Against Fire, Theft and Journalists: The Political Consequences of Chinese Media Corruption o Presented at the Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Philadelphia (Mar 2010) Pressing Back: The Struggle for Control over China s Journalists o Invited to present at the Workshop on Media in Contemporary Politics, Harvard University (Apr 2009) Don t Let Sleeping Blogs Lie: A Computer-Assisted Content Analysis of Chinese Blogs with Elisa Oreglia and Xiao Qiang o Invited to present at the Conference on Public Diplomacy, Counterpublics and the Asia Pacific, University of San Francisco (Mar 2007) 5
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS 2017-2020: Lucken Faculty Fellowship (Inaugural Fellow), Iowa State University ($7500/year) 2016: LAS Small Grant, Iowa State University ($1500) 2015: Book Subvention Grant, Iowa State University ($1000) 2013-2014: Early Career Researcher Award, University of Technology, Sydney (AUS$25,000) 2011-2012: Research Development Grant, University of Technology, Sydney (AUS$15,000) 2009-2010: China Cultural Times Foundation Young Scholar Award ($5,000) Spring 2009: Shung Ye Taiwanese Aboriginal Studies Fellowship (with Ray I. Orr) Spring 2008: US Government Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowship (China) ($23,000) Spring 2006: Berkeley Graduate Academic Progress Award ($8,000) 2005-07: Amherst College John Woodruff Simpson Fellowship ($8,000) Summer 2005: Center for Chinese Studies Summer Grant ($2000) Summer 2005: Berkeley Graduate Division Summer Grant ($2,500) 2003-05: Berkeley Graduate Division Fellowship ($5,000) 2004-05: Amherst College Memorial Fellowship ($3,000) 6
2004: Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Summer Grant ($5,000) 2003-04: Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Academic Year Grant ($15,000) TEACHING EXPERIENCE Spring 2018: Instructor, Introduction to Comparative Politics, and Introduction to International Studies Fall 2017: Instructor, Introduction to Comparative Politics, and Public Organizations and Leadership Spring 2017: Instructor, Introduction to Comparative Politics, and Introduction to International Studies Fall 2016: Instructor, Chinese Politics and Introduction to Public Administration Fall 2015: Instructor, Introduction to Public Administration and Comparative and International Public Administration Spring 2015, Spring 2016: Instructor, Chinese Politics and Introduction to International Studies Early 2013: Co-teacher (with Prof. Andrew Jakubowicz) for Transnational Media Spring 2009: Graduate Student Instructor, Political Science 140e, Extreme Encounters with Power. Prof: Kevin J. O Brien Spring 2007: Graduate Student Instructor, Political Science 143c, Chinese Politics. Prof: Kevin J. O Brien Fall 2005: Graduate Student Instructor, Political Science 124c, Ethics and Justice in International Affairs. Prof: Amy Gurowitz Spring 2005: Graduate Student Instructor, Political Science 2, Introduction to Comparative Politics. Prof: Andrew Janos 7
Fall 2004: Graduate Student Instructor, Political Science 120, Introduction to International Relations. Prof: Amy Gurowitz TEACHING INTERESTS Comparative Politics o Introduction to Comparative Politics o Chinese Politics o Symbolic Politics o Asian Politics o Thinking about the State o Power o The Politics of Time and Space o Comparative Authoritarianism Political Communication o Comparative Media Politics o The Media under Authoritarianism o Transnational Media New media o The Chinese Internet o Social Science of the Internet o Content Analysis Theory and Methods o The Internet and Authoritarianism Public Administration o Introduction to Public Administration o Governance Theory o Organization Theory ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS Peking University (Beijing, China) Visiting Scholar, Media and Communications Research Institute (2007-2008) Exchange student, language training (Spring 2001) Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) IUP Summer Abroad Program (Summer 2004) PROFESSIONAL & SERVICE ACTIVITIES 8
Manuscript reviewer (2010-) o American Political Science Review o American Sociological Review o American Journal of Political Science o Asian Journal of Communication o Asian Studies Review o Asian Survey o The China Journal o China Information o China Perspectives o China Quarterly o Chinese Journal of Communication o Communication, Politics & Culture o Europe-Asia Studies o Government & Opposition o The Information Society o The International Journal of Press/Politics o International Journal of Communication o Journal of Communication o Journal of Chinese Political Science o Journal of East Asian Studies o Journalism o Journalism Studies o Lexington Press o Modern China o New Media & Society o Pacific Journalism Review o PLOS ONE o Political Behavior o Political Research & Methods o Routledge Press o Social Theory and Practice o Policy & Internet o Social Science Computer Reviews o Studia Orientalia Electronica Australian Research Council grant assessor (2016, 2017, 2018) External PhD examiner (University of New South Wales, 9
University of Technology Sydney) External undergraduate honours thesis examiner (University of Wollongong) Invited guest lectures at University of Technology Sydney (2012, 2013, 2014), University of Sydney (2012) August 2013: Organizer and convener of the Chinese Symbolic Power in Comparative Perspective Workshop (U. Tech. Sydney) July 2011: Co-organizer of the Workshop on Preserving Stability in China conference (U. Tech. Sydney) Languages English Mandarin Chinese References available upon request (Updated 31 July 2018) 10