UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Global Leadership and Problem-Solving Program July 24 — August 4, 2017 i ii Table of Contents Faculty Director . ii Vice Dean . iii GLPS Program Co-Administrators . .iv GLPS Instructors, Guests and Staff Members . ..v GLPS Students . vii GLPS Chaperones . .xi From the Faculty Director. 2 GLPS Program Key Sessions and Assignments. 5 GLPS Program Daily Schedule Monday, July 24 . 7 Tuesday, July 25 . 9 Wednesday, July 26 . 11 Thursday, July 27 . 13 Friday, July 28 . 15 Saturday, July 29 . 18 Monday, July 31 . 19 Tuesday, August 1 . 20 Wednesday, August 2. 21 Thursday, August 3 . 21 Friday, August 4 . 22 Phone Numbers and Information Sheet . 23 i Faculty Director Professor John J. DiIulio, Jr. Fox Leadership International Faculty Director Dr. John J. DiIulio, Jr. with Ambassador Zhang Qiyue, Consul General of China John J. DiIulio, Jr. is the Frederic Fox Leadership Professor, Professor of Political Science, and Faculty Director of the Fox Leadership Program at the University of Pennsylvania and has won each of Penn’s two highest teaching awards. He is also a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., and is the former director of the Brookings Institution’s Center for Public Management. Before coming to Penn, he was Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton University and directed its MPA program in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Harvard University and majored in Economics at Penn. He has advised presidents and presidential candidates in both major American political parties, and served as Assistant to the President of the United States and Founding Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. He is the co-author of a leading American government textbook, and has published a dozen other books and hundreds of articles. He has served on numerous nonprofit boards, both national and local, and on the editorial boards of several magazines and journals. With Penn’s Joseph P. Tierney, he has co-developed national programs to mentor the children of prisoners, reduce urban youth violence, and achieve literacy. He is a Roman Catholic in the Jesuit tradition. Fox Leadership International Faculty Director Dr. John J. DiIulio, Jr. with Former CPPCC Standing Committee, Former Deputy Director of State Economic & Trade Commission, and Former First President of China Unicom, Weichen Zhao ii Vice Dean For Professional and Liberal Education Nora Lewis Vice Dean Nora Lewis spoke at the Commencement Ceremony of the 2016 GLPS Program. Nora Lewis, appointed Vice Dean for Professional and Liberal Education in 2010, has been a member of the full-time professional staff in the School of Arts and Sciences since 1993. Prior to becoming Vice Dean, she was Executive Director of the College of Liberal and Professional Studies (LPS). She has also served as Executive Director of LPS and interim director of Penn's English Language Programs. Ms. Lewis has 20 years of experience in international higher education. Her responsibilities have included teaching English as a second language, program development and coordination, marketing, recruitment, student services and advising, and general administration. Her publications include journal articles and book chapters on the role of input and interaction in second language acquisition (with Teresa Pica and Lloyd Holliday); on intergenerational approaches to adult literacy and ESL programming (with Gail Weinstein-Shr); and on language planning and policy in the former Soviet republics. Her research interests focus on the role of learner production and feedback in second language acquisition. She is a member of NAFSA, AACRAO, TESOL, and UPCEA. Ms. Lewis holds a B.A. in English from the College of William and Mary and a Certificate of Advanced Study in Educational Linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania. Vice Dean Nora Lewis accepted a Tsinghua University plate from Prof. Yongda Yu of Tsinghua University at the Commencement Ceremony of the 2015 GLPS Program. iii GLPS Program Co-Administrators Cheng Yao and Bingqing Meng Dear GLPS Students: As the Assistant Director of the Fox Leadership Program (Cheng Yao) and the Fox Leadership International (FLI) Global Leadership Program Fellow (Bingqing Meng), we want to offer you our heartfelt welcome to the program, to Penn, to Philadelphia and the U.S.A. Each of us is a proud Chinese national, and we both graduated from Penn graduate degree programs last year (Cheng from the Penn MPA program, Bingqing from the Penn MS in Nonprofit Leadership program). We also have participated in two of the last three summer Global Leadership and Problem-Solving (GLPS) programs co-administered by FLI and the College of Liberal and Professional Studies (LPS). We will be with you throughout your two weeks in the GLPS program and will serve as your primary GLPS leaders and front-line mentors. We welcome you to ask us any questions you might have and to feel comfortable in approaching us if you have any problems or concerns. We are the direct supervisors of the four wonderful Resident Advisors/Teaching Assistants (RAs/TAs) whose photos and names appear below, and who will be in residence with you and deeply involved in all aspects of the program. Hejia WANG Jing XU Min WANG Ran ZHANG Graduate School of School of Social Graduate School of School of Social Education Policy and Practice Education Policy and Practice To create opportunities for small-group discussions and problem-solving learning, you will be assigned to one of four “task groups” or “TGs”: Franklin Group Madison Group Hamilton Group Washington Group We look forward to working with you and learning with you in this year’s GLPS program! iv GLPS Instructors, Guests and Staff Members Hon. John M. BRIDGELAND Euria CHUNG Founder and CEO of Civic Associate Director of Operations, Enterprises; Fox Leadership Program Former Director, White House Domestic Policy Council; Vice Chairman, Malaria No More Dr. Merritt T. COOKE Dr. Daniel J. CURRAN Founder, China Partnership of Professor of Sociology, Greater Philadelphia Former President, University of Dayton and Founder, China Institute, Suzhou Industrial Park Dr. John J. DiIULIO, Jr. Dr. Amy GADSDEN Frederic Fox Leadership Professor and Executive Director for Global Professor of Political Science; Initiatives and Penn China Faculty Director, Initiatives Fox Leadership International Dr. Chao GUO Dr. Ferdous JAHAN Associate Professor of Nonprofit Professor of Public Management; Administration, Associate Faculty Director, University of Dhaka Fox Leadership International Nora LEWIS Dr. Hope LOZANO-BIELAT Vice Dean, Senior Fellow, Penn College of Liberal and Fox Leadership International Professional Studies v GLPS Instructors, Guests and Staff Members Dr. Elizabeth MATTHEW Bingqing MENG Assistant Professor of Practice, Global Leadership Fellow, Fox School of Business, Fox Leadership International Temple University Hon. Mariel MURRAY Amy NICHOLS Program Analyst at Office of Budget Director, Program Development & and Program Analysis, International Initiatives, U.S. Department of College of Liberal & Professional Agriculture Studies Dr. Brian ROSENWALD Joseph P. TIERNEY Senior Fellow, Executive Director, Fox Leadership Program Fox Leadership Program James WILLIAMS Yabin XI Principal, Philadelphia Public School Tsinghua University-Penn Graduate District PEACE Fellow, Fox Leadership International Cheng YAO Yongda YU Assistant Director, Professor, School of Public Policy Fox Leadership Program & Management, Tsinghua University vi GLPS Students Jiawei CHANG Shuyu CHEN Beijing Normal University Beijing Normal University Franklin Group Franklin Group Xuanyu CHEN Yirong CHEN Nanjing University of Information Nanjing Normal University Science & Technology Madison Group Madison Group Shichen DING Yushan DUAN Jiangsu Normal University Beijing Normal University Madison group Franklin Group Minzhe GU Yajie HAN Nanjing Audit University Beijing Normal University Madison Group Franklin Group Jingwen HE Haotian HU Beijing Normal University Nanjing Agricultural University Franklin Group Madison Group Lihuan HUANG Pinghui HUANG Nanjing University of Science and Nanjing University of Posts and Technology Telecommunications Madison Group Madison Group Ming JIANG Siyu JIAO Yangzhou University Beijing Normal University Hamilton Group Franklin Group vii GLPS Students Tianhui KE Mengyao LI Nanjing University of Chinese Nanjing Normal University Medicine Madison Group Hamilton Group Shangguan LI Anqi LIANG Beijing Normal University Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications Franklin Group Madison Group Silu LIU Di LUO Nanjing University of Finance & Beijing Normal University Economics Franklin Group Hamilton Group Jia LYU Tianxuan MA Beijing Normal University Soochow University Franklin Group Washington Group Boyi MAO Chang NIE Beijing Normal University Beijing Normal University Franklin Group Franklin Group Yichun NIU Zheqi PAN Soochow University Houhai University Hamilton Group Madison Group Jinke PU Lai QIAN Nanjing Normal University Soochow University Washington Group Hamilton Group viii GLPS Students He REN Jing REN Beijing Normal University Houhai University Franklin Group Madison Group Yang SHAN Xinyu SHEN Nantong University Yangzhou University Madison Group Hamilton Group Ling SUN Jiale WANG Beijing Normal University Soochow University Franklin Group Washington Group Meiyi WANG Nannan WANG Nanjing Normal University