WEIPING WU May 2010
L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Richmond, VA 23284-2021, USA Tel: 01 (804) 827-3413 Fax: 01 (804) 828-0127 Email: [email protected]
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
2008–present Professor, Urban Studies and Planning & International Studies, L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) 2008–present Editor, Journal of Planning Education and Research 2007–2008 Associate Professor of International Studies, VCU 2003–2007 Coordinator, Geography Program, VCU 2001–2008 Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, VCU 1994–present Consultant, World Bank 2001 Consultant, Ford Foundation 1995–2001 Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, VCU
HONORS AND AWARDS
2009 School Nomination, College of Humanities and Sciences Distinguished Scholar Award, VCU 2006 Scholarship Enhancement Award, College of Humanities & Sciences, VCU 2005–2007 Fellow, Public Intellectuals Program, National Committee on United States-China Relations 2005–present Honorary Research Fellow, Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences 2004 Faculty Mentoring Award, Instructional Development Center, VCU 2001 President’s Recognition for Outstanding Service for the Global Planning Educators’ Interest Group, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 2000 Department Nomination, College of Humanities and Sciences Distinguished Scholar Award, VCU 1998–1999 Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship 1996 Faculty Development Award, College of Humanities and Sciences, VCU 1993–1994 Research Fellow, Brookings Institution 1992–1993 Louis Bevier University Fellowship, Rutgers University 1989–1991 Graduate Excellence Fellowship, Rutgers University
EDUCATION
1996 Ph. D., Urban Planning and Policy Development, Rutgers University 1989 M.U.P., Urban Planning, Tsinghua University, China 1986 B.Arch., Architecture, Tsinghua University, China
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PUBLICATIONS
A. Books
2001 Facets of Globalization: International and Local Dimensions of Development. Shahid Yusuf, Simon Evenett and Weiping Wu, eds. Washington, DC: The World Bank, December.
2000 Local Dynamics in a Globalizing World. Shahid Yusuf, Weiping Wu and Simon Evenett, editors. New York: Oxford University Press, for the World Bank, September.
1999 Pioneering Economic Reform in China's Special Economic Zones: The Promotion of Foreign Investment and Technology Transfer. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing, January.
1997 The Dynamics of Urban Growth in Three Chinese Cities. Shahid Yusuf and Weiping Wu. New York: Oxford University Press, for the World Bank, November.
In progress
The Chinese City. Book under contract with Routledge. Weiping Wu and Piper Gaubatz.
B. Refereed Journal Articles
2010 "Urban Infrastructure Financing and Economic Performance in China." Urban Geography 31, 2 (forthcoming).
"Managing and Incentivizing Research Commercialization in Chinese Universities." The Journal of Technology Transfer 35, 2 (April): 203-224.
"Drifting and Getting Stuck: Migrants in Chinese Cities." City: Analysis of Urban Trends, Culture, Theory, Policy, Action 14, 1 (February): 10-20.
“Globalizing in Fragmented Space: Spatial Expansion and the Development Process in Shanghai.” Progress in Planning 73, 1 (January): 23-28.
2008 "Migrant Settlement and Spatial Distribution in Metropolitan Shanghai." Professional Geographer 60, 1 (February): 101-120.
2007 "State Policies, Enterprise Dynamism, and Innovation System in Shanghai, China." Growth and Change 38, 4 (December): 544-566.
"Cultivating Research Universities and Industrial Linkages: The Case of Shanghai, China." World Development 35, 6 (June): 1075-1093.
2006 "Migrant Intraurban Residential Mobility in Urban China." Housing Studies 21, 5 (September): 747-767.
2004 "Sources of Migrant Housing Disadvantage in Urban China." Environment and Planning A 36, 7 (July): 1285-1304.
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"Cultural Strategies and Place Making in Shanghai: Regenerating a Cosmopolitan Culture in an Era of Globalization." Progress in Planning 61, 3: 159-180.
2002 "Migrant Housing in Urban China: Choices and Constraints." Urban Affairs Review 38, 1 (September): 90-119.
"Pathways to a World City: Shanghai Rising in an Era of Globalization." Shahid Yusuf and Weiping Wu. Urban Studies 39, 7 (June 2002): 1213-1240.
"Settling in the Metropolis: Housing Patterns of Temporary Migrants in Beijing and Shanghai." Weiping Wu and Hansheng Wang. Sociological Research (Chinese), 99 (2002.3): 92-110.
1999 "Reforming China's Institutional Environment for Urban Infrastructure Provision." Urban Studies 36, 13 (December): 2263-2282.
"City Profile: Shanghai." Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning 16, 3 (June): 207-216.
1997 "Proximity and Complementarity in Hong Kong—Shenzhen Industrialization." Asian Survey 37, 8 (August): 771-793.
1995 "Export Processing Zones in Asia." Hooshang Amirahmadi and Weiping Wu. Asian Survey 35, 9 (September 1995): 828-849.
1994 "Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries." Hooshang Amirahmadi and Weiping Wu. Journal of Developing Areas 28, 2 (January): 167-190.
In progress
“Ivory Tower or Innovation Partner: Universities as Source of Knowledge for Firms.” Weiping Wu, Yu Zhou and Yehua Wei. Environment and Planning A (Under revision – Revise and Resubmit).
C. Refereed Book Chapters
2008 "Migration and Housing: Comparing China with the United States," Weiping Wu and Emily Rosenbaum in John Logan, ed., Urban China in Transition. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, p. 250-267.
2005 “Migrant Residential Distribution and Metropolitan Spatial Development in Shanghai,” in Laurence J. C. Ma and Fulong Wu, eds. Restructuring the Chinese City: Changing Society, Economy and Space. London: Routledge, p. 222-242.
D. Policy and Consultant Reports
2010 “Higher Education Innovation in China.” East Asia and Pacific Region Human Development Department, the World Bank.
2005 "Dynamic Cities and Creative Clusters." World Bank Policy Research Papers WPS 3509, Washington, DC: The World Bank, February.
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2001 "Labor Mobility in China: An Evaluation of a Ford Foundation Program in Beijing 1997 – 2001." Prepared for the Ford Foundation, November.
"Shanghai Rising in a Globalizing World." Shahid Yusuf and Weiping Wu. World Bank Policy Research Paper No. 2617. Washington, DC: The World Bank, Policy Research Group.
1995 "Financing and Management of Urban Infrastructure in China." Prepared for the Center for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto and Urban Management Division, the World Bank, November.
E. Book Chapters
2007 "Building Research Universities for Knowledge Transfer: The Case of China," in Shahid Yusuf and Kaoru Nabeshima, eds. How Universities Promote Economic Growth. World Bank Directions in Development Series, Washington, DC: the World Bank, p.185-197.
"Shanghai – The Evolution of China’s Future Global City," in Klaus Segbers, ed., The Making of Global Cities: Johannesburg, Mumbai/Bombay, São Paulo, and Shanghai. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, p. 113-134.
"Urban Infrastructure and Financing in China," in Yan Song and Chengri Ding, eds. Urbanization in China: Critical Issues in an Era of Rapid Growth. Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, p. 251-269.
2005 “Targeted Public Policies in Shanghai’s Path to a Knowledge-Based Economy,” in I Yuan, ed. Rethinking New International Order in East Asia: U.S., China and Taiwan. Taipei, Taiwan: Institute of International Relations and Center for China Studies, National Chengchi University, p. 227-251.
2004 "Shanghai: Remaking China’s Future Global City," Weiping Wu and Shahid Yusuf in Josef Gugler, ed. World Cities Beyond the West: Globalization, Development and Inequality. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, p. 27-58.
2003 "Temporary Migrants in Shanghai, China: Housing Choices and Patterns," in Saskia Sassen and Peter Marcotullio, eds. Human Resource System Challenge VII: Human Settlement Development, in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the auspices of the UNESCO, Oxford, UK: EOLSS Publishers.
2002 "Rejuvenating Shanghai’s Cosmopolitan Culture: Municipal Strategies and the Transformation of the Built Environment," in Won Bae Kim and Jae Yoon Yoo, eds. Culture, Economy and Place: The Asia-Pacific Perspectives. Seoul: Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements, Research Report 2002-15, p. 219-245.
"Temporary Migrants in Shanghai: Housing and Settlement Patterns," in John R. Logan, ed. The New Chinese City: Globalization and Market Reform. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, p. 212- 226.
2001 "Shanghai," in GEOSPACE Austria in cooperation with the European Space Agency, ed. Mega Cities Atlas. Vienna, Austria: GEOSPACE, p.174-179.
2000 "Local Dynamics in a Globalizing World: 21st Century Catalysts for Development," Shahid Yusuf, Simon Evenett and Weiping Wu in Shahid Yusuf, Weiping Wu and Simon Evenett,
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eds. Local Dynamics in a Globalizing World. New York: Oxford University Press, for the World Bank, p. 2-8.
1999 Core team member for the World Bank’s World Development Report 1999/2000: Entering the 21st Century. New York: Oxford University Press, for the World Bank. Contribution mainly to Chapter 7 "Making Cities Livable."
1997 "The Case of China," in Üner Kirdar, ed. Cities Fit for People. New York: United Nations.
1996 "Economic Competition and Resource Mobilization," in Michael A. Cohen, Blair A. Ruble, Joseph S. Tulchin, and Allison M. Garland, eds. Preparing for the Urban Future: Global Pressures and Local Forces. Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center Press and Johns Hopkins University Press, p. 123-154.
F. Invited Journal Articles
1996 "The Creation and Evolution of China's Special Economic Zone Policy." Nova Economia 6, 2 (November): 45-64.
1993 "Private Capital Flows and Developing Countries." Hooshang Amirahmadi and Weiping Wu. Journal of Third World Studies 10, 1 (Spring): 327-357.
G. Book Reviews
2009 “China on the Move: Migration, the State, and the Household.” By C. Cindy Fan. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 99, 2: 437-439.
2001 "Women's Rights to House and Land: China, Laos, Vietnam." By Irene Tinker and Gale Summerfield, editors. Journal of the American Planning Association 67, 3 (Summer): 343.
1998 "Controlling Development: Certainty and Discretion in Europe, the USA and Hong Kong." By Philip Booth. Journal of Planning Education and Research 17, 3 (Spring): 277-278.
1991 "The Political Economy of China's Special Economic Zones." By George T. Crane. Journal of the American Planning Association 57, 4 (Autumn): 510.
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
2009 World Bank, Human Development Group of the East Asia and Pacific Region. Research on role of higher education in the national innovation system.
2008-2012 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. For editorship of the Journal of Planning Education and Research.
2008 Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, China Program. Research on fiscal decentralization, infrastructure financing and regional economic performance in China
2006-2007 Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, China Program. Research on urban infrastructure financing in China and organize a research workshop.
2006 Scholarship Enhancement Award ($5,000), College of Humanities & Sciences, VCU. For
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research project on “Universities as Drivers of China’s Urban Economies.”
2006 Virginia Foundation for the Humanities ($6,000), Teachers Workshop Grant (on understanding China).
2005 World Bank, Development Economics. Research on university-industry linkages in China.
2003 World Bank, Development Economics. Research on creative industries and urban economy in East Asian cities.
2001-2002 Geography and Regional Science Program, National Science Foundation, Research Experiences for Undergraduates Supplement Grant ($5,990).
2001 Ford Foundation, Beijing Office. Review and evaluate work undertaken by Ford Foundation on labor mobility in China between 1997 and 2001 (over 20 grant projects).
2001 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development/University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (Co-PI, $40,000). For research project on “Development of Sub-City Urban Indicators in China and Guatemala.”
1999-2002 Geography and Regional Science Program, National Science Foundation ($114,477). For second-phase fieldwork and comparative analysis of research project on “Intraurban Settlement Patterns and Adaptation of China's Rural Migrants.”
1998-1999 Fulbright-Hays Research Fellowship ($52,600), U.S. Department of Education. For first- phase fieldwork of research project on “Intraurban Settlement Patterns and Adaptation of China's Rural Migrants.”
1998 World Bank, Development Economics. Core team member for the World Development Report 1999/2000.
1997-1998 Research Planning Grant ($18,000), National Science Foundation. For planning research project on “Intraurban Settlement Patterns and Adaptation of China's Rural Migrants.”
1997 Grant-in-Aid ($5,000), VCU. For research project on “Housing and Settlement Patterns of Rural Migrants in China's Large Cities.”
1996 University of Toronto and World Bank. Research on the management of China’s urban infrastructure.
1994-1995 World Bank, Development Economics. Research on urban industrial restructuring in China.
PRESENTATIONS
A. Invited Presentations/Colloquia
2010 “Urban Infrastructure Financing and Economic Performance in China.” Shanghai Forum 2010, Fudan University, Shanghai, May 29-31.
“Laying the Infrastructure for a Rising Global City.” Rutgers University, Confucius
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Institute, New Brunswick, NJ, April 28.
“Shanghai, China’s Rising City.” The Fifth Annual ChinaFest, Richmond, VA, February 18.
2009 “Migration and China’s Urban Transformation.” Global Urban Studies Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, September 21.
"Innovation, Creativity, and Urban and Regional Development – Theories and Methods." School of Geography, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, July 3.
"Drifting and Getting Stuck: Housing and Mobility for China’s Migrants and Undocumented Immigrants in United States." Institute of Population Research, Fudan University, Shanghai, June 25.
"Migration and Housing: Comparing China with the United States." School of Public Administration, East China Normal University, Shanghai, June 20.
2008 “Migration and China’s Urban Transformation.” Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University, Washington, DC, November 12.
“Fragmented Spatial Expansion and the Development Process in Shanghai.” 3rd World Forum of China Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai, China, September 8-9.
“Globalizing in Fragmented Space: Industrial Growth, Urban Development and Spatial Expansion in Shanghai.” Workshop on Governing Global City-Regions in China and the West: A Comparative Approach. School of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Hong Kong and Fulbright-Hong Kong-America Center, Hong Kong, June 2-4.
"Urban Infrastructure Financing and Regional Economic Performance under China’s Fiscal Decentralization." Symposium on Local Public Finance and Property Taxation in China, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 12.
“Economic Security and Demographic Change.” Senior Manager Course in National Security, Department of Defense's National Security Studies Program, organized by the Security Policy Studies Program of the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, DC, April 23.
“Migration and China’s Urban Transformation.” Washington seminar, U.S. China Peoples Friendship Association, Washington, DC, April 18.
“Urban Life in China’s Brave New World.” Seminar organized by the Comparative Urban Studies Program, Asia Program and China Environment Forum, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC, January 3.
2007 “Demographic Development in Northeast Asia.” Professional Development Program for the National Security Agency, organized by the Security Policy Studies Program of the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Elkridge, Maryland, November 14.
“Managing Research Commercialization in Chinese Universities.” Graduate Institute of Management of Technology, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan, July 9.
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“Clusters and Urban Economic Growth.” Department of Urban Planning, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, June 26.
“Fiscal Decentralization, Infrastructure Financing and Regional Disparity in China.” Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Network Faculty Workshop, Chengdu, China, June 5.
“What are we missing? Shifts in Emphasis?” Workshop on the Role of Housing in Growth Strategies, Organized by the World Bank and Commission for Growth and Development, Washington, DC, May 10.
“What are we missing?” Workshop on Urban Productivity and Spatial Inequalities, Organized by the World Bank and Commission for Growth and Development, Washington, DC, March 19.
“Finding a Home in Urban China: Migrant Housing and Residential Mobility.” Brown University Urban Studies Conference, Providence, Rhode Island, March 9.
“Shanghai – The Rise of China’s Future Global City.” Seminar on China’s urbanization, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, March 8.
2006 "Migration and Housing: Comparing China with the United States." Population Development and City Health International Forum, sponsored by the Shanghai Municipal Government. Shanghai, China, November 8-9.
“University as Driver of Urban Economy: The Case of China.” Seminar in International Planning, School of Planning, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, October 19.
“Financing Urban Development under Fiscal Decentralization: The Case of China.” Comparative Urban Politics Workshop: Rescaling the City, American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 30.
"Building Research Universities for Knowledge Transfer: The Case of China." Conference on Innovation under Globalization: Capacity Building and Performance Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, June 26-27.
"Urban Infrastructure and Financing in China." Symposium on Important Issues in the Era of Rapid Urbanization in China, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 22.
“China’s Unprecedented Transformations – Migration and Urbanization.” Metropolitan Planning Seminar, Urban Affairs and Planning Program, Virginia Tech - Alexandria Center, April 12.
"Cultivating Research Universities and Industrial Linkages: The Case of China." Symposium on University-Industry Linkages. Sponsored by the Development Economics Department, World Bank, and co-hosted by the America University of Paris, World Bank Institute and Social Science Research Council, Paris, France, March 27.
Inaugural Distinguished Speaker for Bryant University's newly established China Seminar Series (Smithfield, Rhode Island, February 13), including meetings with the university president and director of the U.S.-China Institute to discuss China-related research and curricula, meetings with interested faculty and students, and delivery of a seminar on
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“China’s Unprecedented Transformations – Migration and Urbanization.”
2005 "Universities as Drivers of Urban Economies." Urban Development Forum. International Center for China Development Studies, the University of Hong Kong, December 20-22.
"Shanghai Round Table: International Observers’ Viewpoints." Urban Planning at Urban Age Conference, Shanghai Social Science Academy, Shanghai, China, July 6
"Cultivating University-Industry Linkages: The Case of Fudan and Jiaotong Universities in Shanghai, China." Workshop on Universities as Drivers of Urban Economies in Asia. Development Economics Research Group of the World Bank and Social Science Research Council, Singapore, May 23-25.
"Creative Clusters and Dynamic Cities." Fourth International Meeting of Cultural Professional Organizations, Madrid, Spain, May 9-11.
"Migrant Settlement and Spatial Transformation in Urban China: The Case of Shanghai." World Bank Third Urban Research Symposium, Brasilia, Brazil, April 4-6 (through a competitive process with 70 papers selected from 260 submissions).
“Migrant Housing and Residential Mobility in Urban China.” 2nd MIT-Harvard China Planning Symposium – Managing Rapid Growth and Developing Competitive Cities in China, Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 17-18.
"Inequalities: Rights and Resistance." International Symposium – Chinese Politics and Society: Continuity and Change. Tufts Institute for Leadership and International Perspective, Medford, Massachusetts, February 11-13.
2004 “Targeted Public Policies in Shanghai’s Path to a Knowledge-Based Economy.” The 33rd Sino-American Conference on Contemporary China – New International Order in East-Asia in the 21st Century: Implications for Taiwan-U.S.-China Relations. Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan, May 27-28.
Panelist, “Seven Global Trends that Will Shape the Future.” The 10th Annual VCU International Business Forum, April 13.
“Creative Clusters and Dynamic Cities.” Workshop on Creative Cities in the East Asia’s Future. Development Economics Research Group, the World Bank, Bangkok, Thailand, February 22-23.
2003 “Shanghai – China’s Future Global City.” Workshop on Global City Regions as Changing Sites of Governance. Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany, August 8-10.
“Migrant Housing Disadvantages in Urban China.” Urban China Research Network Workshop on Urban Studies and Demography in China. Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 30.
"Changing Face of the Chinese Worker: Farming to Finance" and "Building Megacities: The Promise and Peril of China's Urban Plan." International Symposium – China in Transition: Development, Urbanization, Migration, and Political Change. Tufts Institute for Leadership and International Perspective, Medford, Massachusetts, February 7-9.
2001 "Rejuvenating a Cosmopolitan Culture: Globalization and Shanghai’s Cultural Industries." International Conference on the Culture and Economy of Cities. Jointly organized by the
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Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements and University of New South Wales, Seoul, Korea, October 11-12.
2000 "Migrant Housing and Settlement Patterns in Developing Cities." Department of Sociology, Beijing University, July 15.
1998 "The Dynamics of Urban Growth in China." Department of Urban Affairs & Planning and Center for Housing Research, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, October 12.
"China's New Urbanism." School of Public Administration and Urban Studies, San Diego State University, May 13.
1996 "China after Deng Xiaoping." International Studies Research Roundtable, VCU, October 22.
"Pioneering Economic Reform through Promoting Foreign Investment in China's Special Economic Zones." Department of Economics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, June 5.
"Accommodating Rural Migrants in China's Large Cities." United Nations Development Program, in conjunction with HABITAT II (the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements), Fourth Round Table on Global Change, Turkey, April 19-21.
1994 "Geography and Contemporary History of China." Project Link. George Washington University, Washington, DC, October.
"Doing Business in the People's Republic of China." Expatriate Tax and Compensation Planning Conference. Deloitte & Touche, Washington, DC, September.
B. Conference Presentations and Participation
2010 “Underprivileged and Disadvantaged: Migrant Experience in Urban China.” Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers. Washington, DC, April 14-18.
2009 Chair, sessions on Publishing Planning Scholarship in Refereed Journals, National Science Foundation Funding Opportunities, and Urban Governance and Planning in China, 50th Anniversary Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Crystal City, VA, October 1-4.
“Ivory Tower or Innovation Partner: Universities as Source of Knowledge for Firms.” International Conference on “Globalization, Innovation and Urban-Regional Development. East China Normal University, Shanghai, June 19-20.
2008 “Urban Infrastructure Financing and Regional Economic Performance: The Case of China.” 4th Joint Congress of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning and Association of European Schools of Planning, Chicago, Illinois, July 8-11.
Moderator, Roundtable on Public Intellectuals: Old Hands and the New Generation in China Studies. Annual Conference of the Association of Asian Studies, Atlanta, Georgia, April 3-6.
2007 “Drifting in the City: Residential History and Mobility of China’s Internal Migrants.” International Conference on China’s Urban Land and Housing in the 21st Century, Hong
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Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, December 13-15.
“Innovation Diffusion between University and Industry in Urban China.” 49th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 18-21.
“State Policies, Enterprise Dynamism, and Innovation System in Shanghai, China.” The Second Global Conference on Economic Geography, Beijing, China, June 25-28.
“Managing Research Commercialization in Chinese Universities: Institutional Underpinnings and Incentives.” The 6th International Triple Helix Conference on University-Government- Industry Links, Singapore, May 16-18.
“Stepping Out of the Ivory Tower: Managing Industry Linkage in Chinese Universities.” Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers. San Francisco, California, April 17-21.
2006 "Building World-Class Research Universities for Knowledge Transfer." The First Biennial Conference of the Fudan University International Urban Forum. Shanghai, China, November 3-5.
“Cultivating University-Industry Linkages: The Case of China.” The Second World Congress of Planning Schools. Mexico City, Mexico, July 12-16.
"Migration and Housing: Comparing China with the United States." Conference on Changing Geography in a Diversified World, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, June 1-3.
2005 “Local Innovation System and Targeted Public Policies: The Case of Shanghai, China.” 47th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. Kansas City, Missouri, October 26-29.
“Development of a Local Innovation System in Shanghai.” Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers. Denver, Colorado, April 5-9.
2004 “Targeted Public Policies in Shanghai’s Path to a Knowledge-Based Economy.” Annual Conference of Research Committee 21 (RC21) on Sociology of Urban and Regional Development, International Sociological Association, Singapore, December 9-11.
“Creative Clusters and Dynamic Cities.” 46th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. Portland, Oregon, October 21-24.
“Global City Regions as Sites of Changing Governance.” Annual Convention of International Studies Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, March 17-20.
2003 "Migrant Residential Distribution and Metropolitan Spatial Development in Shanghai." International Conference on Globalization, the State, and Urban Transformation in China. Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, December 15-17.
2002 "Rejuvenating a Cosmopolitan Culture: Globalization and Shanghai’s Cultural Strategies." 44th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. Baltimore, Maryland, November.
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2001 "Migrant Housing in Urban China: Choices and Constraints." World Planning Schools Congress. Shanghai, China, July.
"Migrant Housing in Urban China: Choices and Constraints." Annual Conference of the Population Association of America. Washington, DC, March.
"Shanghai Rising in a Globalizing World." Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers. New York, New York, March.
2000 "Shanghai Rising in a Globalizing World." Annual Conference of the Urban Affairs Association. Los Angeles, California, May.
"Migrant Housing in Urban China." Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April.
1999 "Reforming China's Institutional Environment for Urban Infrastructure Provision." 41st Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. Chicago, Illinois, October.
"Temporary Migrants in China’s Urban Settings: Housing and Settlement Patterns." International Sociological Association Research Committee 21 – International Conference on the Future of Chinese Cities: A Research Agenda for the 21st Century. Shanghai, China, July.
Moderator, "Globalization and urbanization in Korea," "Public participation in urban environmental management in Japan," and "Urban poverty alleviation in the age of globalization in Pacific Asia." World Bank's World Development Report Tokyo workshops, November and May.
Moderator, "Impact of globalization on the Chinese economy," "Thailand's urban system under globalization," and "Local governance and metropolitan coordination in the Philippines." World Bank's World Development Report Singapore workshop, January.
1998 "Intraurban Housing and Settlement Choices of China's Rural Migrants." Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers. Boston, Massachusetts, March.
1997 "Housing and Settlement Patterns of Rural Migrants in China's Cities." 39th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, November.
1996 "The Dynamics of Urban Growth in Three Chinese Cities." 43rd Annual North American Conference, Regional Science Association International. Washington, DC, November.
"Management and Financing of Basic Urban Infrastructure – Reflections on the HABITAT II Global Agenda." ACSP-AESOP Joint International Congress. Toronto, Canada, July.
1995 "Urban Competitive Development and Resource Mobilization." 37th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. Detroit, Michigan, October.
1994 "What Makes a Location Attractive to Export Processing and Offshore Assembly?" 41st North American Meetings, Regional Science Association International. Niagara Falls, Canada, November.
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"When the Poor Meet the Rich: The Political Economy of Border City Development." 36th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. Phoenix, Arizona, November.
1993 "Export Processing Zones in Asia: A Critical Assessment." 35th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October.
1992 "China's Special Economic Zones and the Promotion of Foreign Investment." 34th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Columbus, Ohio, October.
"Private Capital Flows and Developing Countries." 34th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Columbus, Ohio, October.
C. Other Presentations
2010 “Shanghai and the World Expo.” Interview by Next American City Magazine, May 12.
2008 “A Rather Difficult Balancing Act.” Interview by knowledge.allianz.com, July 18.
2007 Voice of America (VOA). Interviewed for news story on Beijing’s environment and the Olympic games. October 25.
Voice of America (VOA) TV. Panelist on weekly news show ‘Pro and Con’ on the topic of “Can China Sustain Its Economic Growth Without Major Policy Changes?” January 5.
2005 Voice of America (VOA) TV. Panelist on weekly news show ‘Pro and Con’ on the topic of “China’s Economy: A Rising Superpower or an Ailing Giant?” November 17.
COURSES TAUGHT Courses Developed HONR 399 and INTL/POLI 480 China in Transition (Fall 2005 – present) INTL 591 and URSP 502 Global Economic Change and Geography (Fall 2004 – 2007) URSP 681 International Urban Policy and Planning (1996 – present)
Existing Courses INTL 101 Human Societies and Globalization (2010 – present) URSP 610 Introduction to Planning (1995 – 2004) URSP 628 Land Use Planning (1995 – 1996) URSP 635 Legal and Legislative Foundations of Planning (1995 – 2004) URSP 762 Planning Studio II (1996 – 2004) URSP/GEOG 313 Urban Research and Field Methods (2000 – 2007) URSP/GEOG/INTL 340 World Cities Outside of North America (1996 – present)
SPECIALIZED TEACHING
Organized a public education program for VA teachers on understanding China, with 22 participants in a two-day workshop in October 2006, in collaboration with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Participated in a distance-learning course on urban planning for China (a World Bank project, 2003-04) and contributed a session on housing and neighborhood upgrading.
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CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
Explorative (a survey of over 500 organizations statewide to assess needs) and planning activities to establish a professional training program on cultural competency, School of World Studies, 2005 – 2006 Submitted a proposal to the Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program to initiate faculty exchange with Fudan University, China, 2005 (not funded) Coordinated planning activities and developed draft proposals for the proposed graduate programs in Global and Comparative Studies, School of World Studies, 2003 – 2005. Chaired an ad hoc faculty group for the development of a Master’s Program in International Development, 2003-2004.
EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
Editor, Journal of Planning Education and Research (2008 – present) Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Planning Education and Research, 2003 – 2007 Member, Editorial Board, The Open Urban Studies Journal, 2007 – present Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Urban and Regional Planning (Chinese), 2009 – present
Member, Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Award Advisory Panel, Geography and Spatial Sciences Program, National Science Foundation (2008 – 2009) Grant proposals reviewed for Geography and Spatial Sciences Program and International Program, National Science Foundation Women’s International Science Collaboration Program at American Association for the Advancement of Science Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Committee on Research and Exploration, National Geographic Society Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Manuscripts reviewed for Ashgate Publishing (one book manuscript) Routledge (one book proposal) Spon Press (one book manuscript) Asia-Pacific Business Review Asia Pacific Journal of Management Asian and Pacific Migration Journal China Economic Review China Review Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning Environment and Planning A Eurasian Geography and Economics Geoforum Growth and Change Housing Studies International Migration Journal of Chinese Economics and Business Studies Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Journal of International Urban and Regional Research Journal of Planning Education and Research Journal of the American Planning Association Journal of World-System Research Open Urban Studies Journal
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Political Geography Regional Studies Research Policy Third World Planning Review Urban Geography Urban Studies
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Ex-Officio Member, Governing Board, 2008 – present Member, Site Visitors Pool, Planning Accreditation Board, 2005 – present Conducted one site visit to Wayne State University, October 3-6, 2006 Member, Diversity Committee, 1999 – 2005 Member, Review and Appraisal Committee, 2002 Member, Gill-Chin Lim Student Travel Award Committee, 2004 – 2008 Co-Chair, Global Planning Educators’ Interest Group, November 1999 – November 2001 Conference reviewer, Planning for Developing Countries and Borderlands Track, 1997
Urban China Research Network Member, International Advisory Board, 1999 – present Member, Working Group on Spatial Restructuring in Urban China, 2002 – 2006. Other key members include With John Logan of Brown University, Fulong Wu of University of Southampton, and Siming Li of Hong Kong Baptist University
World Planning Schools Congress Co-Chair, Track on Comparative Development Planning, 2006 Co-Chair, Track on Cities and Regions in Globalization, 2001
Other Member, Scientific Committee, International Triple Helix Conferences on University-Government- Industry Links, 2006 – present External reviewer for faculty tenure and promotion to associate professor at the University at Albany External reviewer for faculty promotion to full professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst External reviewer for faculty promotion to full professor at the University of Maryland Briefing of Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on China, October 1999 Member, Comparative Urban Studies Working Group, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1995 – 1998. A key mission of the group was to identify important urban challenges for the United Nations Habitat II Conference.
COMMUNITY SERVICES
Member, SCHEV (State Council of Higher Education for Virginia) Outstanding Faculty Awards Final Review Panel, 2008 – present Member, Planning Group for China-America Festival of Film and Culture, 2005 – 2007 Member, International Committee, Richmond Industrial Development Authority, 2002 – 2006 Advisor, Richmond Asian American Business Council, 2004 – 2006 Fall 1997 Organizing students in USP620 (Introduction to Planning) to assist the Growth Management Group of the Virginia Historical Triangle
UNIVERSITY SERVICES
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Chair, University Hearing Board, 2006 – present Member, University Grievance Board, 2009 – present University Honors Council, 2003 – present National Scholarship Selection Committee, 2006 – present Member, Promotion and Tenure Task Force for Community Engagement, 2008 – 2009 Mentor for new faculty, Center for Teaching Excellence, 2007 – 2008 Community Initiative Subcommittee of Hispanic/Asian/First Generation/Immigrant Student Initiative, 2005 – 2006 University Council, 2001 – 2003 Search Committee, Assistant Vice Provost for Diversity, 2003 Center for Environmental Studies Advisory Committee, 1997 – 1999 University Affirmative Action/504 Committee, 1996 – 1998 Alternate for University Faculty Senate, 1996 Faculty Advisor, Ph.D. Program in Public Policy, 1996 – 2003
College of Humanities and Sciences Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2009 – present International Studies Advisory Committee, College of Humanities and Sciences, 2003 College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Council, 2002 – 2003 College of Humanities and Sciences Undergraduate Academic Council, 2001 – 2003 College of Humanities and Sciences Graduate Academic Council, 1996 – 2001, 2003 – 2006 College of Humanities and Sciences Grievance Committee, 2001, 2006 – 2008
Department of Philosophy, Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2009 Department of History, Faculty Search Committee, 2003 Program on Recreation, Parks, & Tourism, Faculty Search Committee, 1996 Department of Criminal Justice, Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2002 Department of History, Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2001
DEPARTMENTAL SERVICES
Member, Faculty Performance Committee, Wilder School, 2010 – present Member, Search Committee, Director of Wilder School, 2009 – present Member, Curriculum Committee, Programs of Urban and Regional Studies & Urban and Regional Planning, Wilder School, 2009 – present Coordinating Entry-Exit Survey Assessment for Urban and Regional Studies Program, Wilder School, 2007 – present Member, Faculty Third-Year Review Committee, Wilder School, 2010 Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Wilder School, 2003 (2), 2006 Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, School of World Studies, 2005 Member, Faculty Search Committee, Wilder School, 2004 Member, Faculty Search Committee, School of World Studies, 2003, 2006 Member, Task Force on Transnational Studies Graduate Programs, 2006 – 2007 Chair, Graduate Curriculum Committee, School of World Studies, 2005 – 2006 Member, Personnel Committee, School of World Studies, 2005 – present Chair, Graduate Planning Committee, School of World Studies, 2004 – 2005 Chair, Ph.D. Planning Group, School of World Studies, 2003 – 2005 Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Wilder School, 2004 Member, Task Force on Undergraduate Methods Instruction, Wilder School, 2005 – 2006 Curriculum Committee, Urban Studies and Planning Program, Wilder School, 2003 – 2004 Department of Urban Studies and Planning Curriculum Committee, 1995 – 2002, Chair 2002 – 2003
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Department of Urban Studies and Planning Entry-Exit Survey Assessment Committee, 1999 – 2003, Chair 2003 Department of Urban Studies and Planning Program Review Committee, 2001 Department of Urban Studies and Planning Technology Committee, 1999 – 2001 Member, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 1998 and 2000 Co-Organizer, Departmental Research Seminar Series, 1995 – 2003
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Urban Planner, May – November 1992 Regional Plan Association, Newark, NJ Collaborated on the regional plan for the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut Tri-State Region, concentrating on a land recycling project demonstrating how urban derelict land can be reused. Completed land surveys, community negotiations, and model plans for publication. Assistant Planner, August 1990 – July 1991 Essex County Department of Planning, Cedar Grove, NJ Conducted a USDOT funded corridor study of a major county road, including traffic impact studies, travel demand forecasting, road capacity analysis, and multimodal traffic planning.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Planning Association Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Association of American Geographers International Studies Association International Sociological Association, Research Committee on Sociology of Urban and Regional Development Population Association of America