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Curriculum Vitae CURRICULUM VITAE Dali L. Yang Department of Political Science Phone: 1-773 702-8054 (Office) The University of Chicago 1-773-230-9313 (Mobile) 5828 South University Ave. E-mail: [email protected] Chicago, IL 60637 Website: http://www.daliyang.org Personal Information: Born in 1964 in China; naturalized US citizen. Education 1993 Ph.D. in Politics, Princeton University. Dissertation: Making Reform: The Great Leap Famine and Rural Change in China. Advisers: David Bachman, Henry S. Bienen, and Lynn T. White III (chair) Fields of specialization: Comparative Politics and Chinese Politics, International Relations, Political Economy. 1990 M.A. in Politics, Princeton University. 1988 M.A. in Political Science, Portland State University. 1984 Diploma for Advanced Studies in English, Beijing Foreign Studies University. 1983 B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Beijing. Academic Appointments Professor of Political Science, the College, and the Committee on International Relations, the University of Chicago, 2004-present. Associate Professor with tenure, 1999-2004; Assistant Professor, 1993-1999; Fellow, the College, 1992-93. Co-Director, the University of Chicago Workshop on East Asia, 1992-present Member, Committee on Chinese Studies, Center for East Asian Studies; Member, Steering Committee for the Global Health Initiative, University of Chicago, 2009- ; Assistant Lecturer of English, Department of Foreign Languages, University of Science and Technology, Beijing. 1984-85. 1 Administrative Appointments Founding Faculty Director, UChicago Center in Beijing, January 1, 2010 –present. Responsible for developing the leading foreign university center in Beijing to support UChicago education abroad and promote exchanges and collaboration with Chinese universities and research academies. Further info about the Center at www.uchicago.cn. Founding Director, Confucius Institute at the University of Chicago, June 2010 – Pioneered the development of a research-oriented Institute to promote and support research on China’s culture and development. Director, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Chicago, June 2008-June 2010. Chair, University-wide Ad Hoc Committee on China, University of Chicago, 2008-2009. This committee produced a study report that recommended and led to the establishment of a University of Chicago center in China. Director, East Asian Institute, and Professor of Political Science, National University of Singapore, 2007-2008; as Research Professor 2008-2009. Chairman, Department of Political Science, the University of Chicago, 2004-2007. [Hired ten new faculty members and managed ten internal promotion cases.] Director, Committee on International Relations, University of Chicago, 1999-2002; 2003- 2004. Visiting appointments Distinguished Visiting Professor, Nankai University, 2003-2004. Visiting Senior Research Fellow, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, Summer 2004. Weilun Visiting Professor (伟伦特聘教授), Qinghua (Tsinghua) University, Spring Semester 2003. Fellow, Contemporary China Center, Qinghua University, 2003-; Visiting Associate Professor, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Spring 2000. Visiting Research Fellow, Institute for East Asian Political Economy, National University of Singapore. 1996. Other Assistant to the Director, Office of Foreign Affairs, University of Science and Technology, 2 Beijing. Drafted all major English documents and correspondence for the president and vice-presidents and took part in negotiations for international collaboration; served as interpreter for Vice-Minister as well as the directors of higher education and foreign affairs, Ministry of Metallurgical Industry, China. 1985. Awards and Honors Distinguished expert (特聘专家), Center for China & Globalization, China, 2013- Principal Investigator, grant for the Project “Academic Connections for the Next Generation of China Scholars, the Ford Foundation, 2012-2015. Principal Investigator, grant for the establishment of an American Cultural Center between the University of Chicago and Shandong University, American Center for Educational Exchange, 2011-2012, extended to 2013. Principal Investigator, Ford Foundation grant to support a collaborative symposium between the General Social Survey (GSS-NORC) and the Chinese GSS, 2011. Honorary Professor, Xi’an Jiaotong University 2002-2004; Nanjing University; Shandong University, 2008-. Distinguished Fellow, Research Center on Western Development, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院西部发展研究中心特聘研究员) Who's Who in America (2009-). Consultant, Project on Public Services in China, The World Bank, 2006. Faculty Incentive Grant, Mellon Foundation Languages across Chicago program, for incorporation of original Chinese materials into the course “Politics & Public Policy in China,” Autumn 2005. Zhongguo quyu fazhan: jingji fazhan, zhidu bianqian yu diqu chayi. Co-winner of first-class research prize for research published in 1996-97 by the Institute of Industrial Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 2000. Second prize for research from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 2000. Co-principal investigator for project on China and the Provinces, Smith Richardson Foundation 1998-2000. Fellowship for Advanced Research in China, American Council of Learned Societies, 1996-97. Fellow, World Economic Forum. Invited participant at the World Economic Forum, 1997, Davos, Switzerland. An Wang Post-doctoral Fellowship, Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University, 1996-97 (declined). 3 Principal Researcher, Research Grant for "Industry and State in China," Council for Advanced Studies on Peace and International Cooperation, University of Chicago, 1995-96. Principal Researcher, Research Grant for "Decentralization and Regional Educational Disparities in China," the Spencer Foundation, 1995. Chinese Fellowships for Scholarly Development Program, Committee on Scholarly Communication with China, to bring Mr. Houkai Wei of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences to the U.S. for joint project on the political economy of regional disparities in China, 1994-95. Nominee for APSA Gabriel Almond Award (best dissertation in comparative politics), Princeton University, 1995. Charlotte Elizabeth Procter Honorific Fellowship, Princeton University, 1991-1992. University Fellowship, Princeton University, 1988-1991. Research grant, J. David Greenstone Memorial Fund, 1995/96, 1998/99. Social Science Divisional Research Grant, University of Chicago, 1993-1994. Curricular development grant, Center for International Business Education and Research, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 1994. Princeton University Center of International Studies research grant, 1989-91; Council on Regional Studies research grant, 1990-91. Mellon Seminar on Comparisons of Socialism research support, 1990; Procter & Gamble Fund, Department of Politics, Princeton University, 1989 and 1991. Phi Kappa Phi; Outstanding International Student, Portland State University, 1987. First Prize, English Speech Contest, Audio-Visual Center, Beijing Foreign Studies University, 1983. First Prize, Beijing Inter-Collegiate English Contest, 1981. Membership, Civic or Corporate Organizations Advisory Board Member, The Paulson Institute (2011-present); Member, The Committee of 100 (2011-present ); Member, National Committee on United States-China Relations (2004-present); Member, City of Chicago Sister Cities Committee--China Subcommittee, (1998-present); Member, Future Trends Forum, Bankinter Foundation for Innovation, Madrid, 2005-present Member, Scholl Fellowship Selection Committee, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, 2013-2014. Member, Development Strategy Advisory Council, China Telecom Corporation (2004-2008); 4 Member, Advisory Board, Chinaonline.com (1999-2006); See also, Professional and Community Services Membership, Editorial Boards and Professional Organizations Editorial Boards: American Political Science Review (2007-2011); World Politics (2004-2009); Asian Perspective (2002-present); China: An International Journal (2008- ), co-editor (2008-2010); Journal of Contemporary China (1999-present); Global Economic Review (2005-present); Public Administration Review (Tsinghua University; 2003-present); Asian Journal of Political Science (2012- ) 中国治理评论 (China Administration Review) (2011-present); 中大政治学评论, 学术委员会学术委员 (2009-present); The Mainland China Studies Quarterly (Chinese; 2006-present, International Advisory Board); Politique Américaine (2004-2008); Issues and Studies Taipei; 2000-2004; 2012- Cross-strait and International Affairs Quarterly (National Sun Yat-sen University; 2003- 2008); Book Series, member of advisory board: Palgrave MacMillan series: China in Transformation (2010-present) Book Series on Contemporary China, World Scientific Publishing (2005-present) Translation of China’s Economic Bluebook (annual), Brill (2008-2009) The Wilder House Series (Center for the Study of History, Politics, and Culture, the University of Chicago) (1992-1999) Member, Board of Scholars, US/China Research Institute, University of Southern California, 2006-present Member, Advisory Committee, Institute for the Advanced Study in the Social Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 2008-present Member, Board of Directors, Association of Chinese Political Studies, 2008-2010 Professional and Community Services Life Member, American Political Science Association; Association of Asian Studies; Association of Chinese Political Studies Member, American
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