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Academic Appointments And Affiliations
NYU Shanghai | 上海纽约大学
Assistant Professor of Political Science | 政治学助理教授 (tenure-track), 2017-2022
Harvard University, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
Associate in Research, 2016-present
Dartmouth College, John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding
U.S. Foreign Policy and International Security Fellow, 2016-2017
EDUCATION
University of Chicago
Ph.D., Political Science, 2016.
University of Chicago
M.A., Political Science, 2010
Yale University
B.S., Physics and Political Science, Distinction in Political Science, 2006
Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals
“Fearing Hardships and Fatigue? Refusals to Serve in China’s Military, 2009-2018,” Journal of Contemporary China (September 2022).
“The Diversity of Disobedience in Military Organizations,” Journal of Global Security Studies, vol. 6, no 4 (December 2021).
“Rogues, Degenerates, and Heroes: Disobedience as Politics in Military Organizations” (with Sarah E. Parkinson), European Journal of International Relations, vol. 25, no. 3 (2019), pp. 645-671.
"Correspondence: Looking for Asia's Security Dilemma," International Security, Vol. 40, No. 2 (Fall 2015), 181-204.
“Review: A Nuclear Winter’s Tale: Science and Politics in the 1980s – By Lawrence Badash.” The Review of Policy Research, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 107-8, January 2011.
SELECTED Other PUBLICATIONS
“The Politics of Shanghai’s Lockdown,” 9DashLine, May 25, 2022. https://www.9dashline.com/article/the-politics-of-shanghais-lockdown/
“When Do They Shoot? The Social Origins of Officers’ Disobedience” (with Sarah E. Parkinson), Political Violence at a Glance, June 29, 2020. https://politicalviolenceataglance.org/2020/06/29/when-do-they-shoot-the-social-origins-of-officers-disobedience/
“Comparisons across ‘Eras’: History and Inferential Leverage,” CP: Newsletter of the Comparative Politics Organized Section of the American Political Science Association, vol. 29, no. 2 (Fall 2019), pp. 72-77.
"Three tips for becoming a better China-watcher," SupChina, 6 November 2017. http://supchina.com/2017/11/06/three-tips-for-becoming-a-better-china-watcher/
"Military Politics under President Tsai Ying-wen," Global Taiwan Brief, vol. 1, no. 9 (November 16, 2016). http://globaltaiwan.org/2016/11/16-gtb-1-9/
"Is China a Credible Partner in Fighting Terror?" ChinaFile Conversation, 19 November 2015. https://www.chinafile.com/conversation/china-credible-partner-fighting-terror
“Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement: Some Analytical Questions.” Duck of Minerva, 7 April 2014. http://www.whiteoliphaunt.com/duckofminerva/2014/04/taiwans-sunflower-movement-some-analytical-questions.html
“Nuclear Proliferation 101.” Washington Post’s PostGlobal, 11 August 2008.
“Securing Pakistan’s Nukes.” Wired Magazine’s Danger Room, 30 November 2007.
“Russian Mineral: A Cure to Radioactive Waste?” Wired Magazine’s Danger Room, 10 September 2007.
“U.K. Trident Debate Energizes Opposition to Nuclear Weapons.” World Politics Review, 8 March 2007.
“Mr. Plow Eagerly Awaits Nuclear War.” DefenseTech.org, 3 January 2007.
“Nuclear Fuel Supply Proposals Aimed at Weakness in Nonproliferation Regime.” World Politics Review, 21 December 2006.
Work in Progress
Military Disobedience in China (book manuscript in preparation)
"Network Analysis of a Coup Attempt: Spain, 1936" (with Theodore McLauchlin and Alvaro La Parra Perez)
“Engagement, Influence, and Power in China’s Foreign Relations”
“Can China Fight? Assessing the Battlefield Effectiveness of the People’s Liberation Army” (with Jennifer Lind)
Additional Training
Summer Workshop on the Analysis of Military Operations and Strategy (SWAMOS), Ithaca, July 2016
China and International Relations Graduate Workshop (CHAIR), Philadelphia, November 2015
International Chinese Language Program (ICLP), Taipei, Fall 2012 - Spring 2014
Certificate, Mandarin Chinese
Princeton in Beijing, Beijing, China, Summer 2010
Certificate, Mandarin Chinese
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS
2017: International Studies Association Travel Grant, February 21-25, 2017.
2015: China and International Relations Graduate Research Workshop Travel Grant, Center for the Study of Contemporary China, University of Pennsylvania.
2015: Toyota Dissertation Fellowship, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Chicago.
2015: Fellowship for Doctoral Candidates in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (declined).
2015: Political Networks Conference Travel Grant.
2015: Grodzins Prize Lectureship, University of Chicago. Support to solo teach a course of my design, titled “Military Decision-Making and Change.”
2014: China-U.S. Young Scholars Dialogue, China Institute for International Studies, Beijing, November 2014. Invited participant.
2013: David L. Boren Graduate Fellowship, (September 2013 - September 2014). Supported dissertation research and language training in Taiwan and China.
2013: Grodzins Prize Lectureship, University of Chicago (declined).
2012: Young Scholar Program, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan). Sponsored travel to Taiwan for meetings with officials and academics.
2012: Huayu Enrichment Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Republic of China (Taiwan). Supported nine months of language training in Taiwan.
2011: Social Sciences Divisional Travel Grant, University of Chicago (declined).
2011: Chinese Studies Pre-Dissertation Travel Grant, University of Chicago. (January – March 2012). For pre-dissertation research in Taipei and Beijing.
2010: FLAS Title VI Fellowship – Chinese (Academic Year). For study of China and Mandarin Chinese (awarded, but federal funds not renewed to university).
2010: FLAS Title VI Fellowship – Chinese (Summer), Department of Education. Funding for Princeton in Beijing’s Mandarin Chinese immersion program.
2008: Social Sciences Divisional Fellowship, University of Chicago. Full funding for five years of graduate study.
2004: Frank J. Patterson Research Fellowship, Yale University Dept. of Political Science. Supported research at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
Selected PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
“Joint Training in the PLA: Continuity and Change since 2012,” CAPS-RAND-NDU-USIP PLA Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, November 3, 2023.
“Fearing Hardships and Fatigue” Military Insubordination in China, 2009-2018,” Strategic and Operational Research Department, Center for Naval Warfare Studies, U.S. Naval War College, December 1, 2020.
“Fearing Hardships and Fatigue? Military Insubordination in China, 2009-2018,” PSAC Lecture Series, Department of Government, Cornell University, February 28, 2020.
“Engagement, Influence, and Power in U.S.-China Relations,” 2nd Global Emerging Scholars Forum (第二届全球青年学者论坛,) Tongji University School of Political Science & International Relations (同济大学政治与国际关系学院), Shanghai, PRC, December 6-7, 2019.
“Fearing Hardships and Fatigue? Insubordination in the People’s Liberation Army, 2009-2018,” China Colloquium, Council on East Asian Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, November 4 2019.
"Military Desertion in China: Localism, Policy, and Party-Military Relations," American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, August 29-September 2, 2018.
"Military Desertion in China: Messaging, Causes, and Policy Responses," Tamkang School of Strategic Studies, Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan, May 18, 2018.
"Military Desertion in China: Messaging, Causes, and Policy Responses," Humanities and Social Sciences Colloquium, NYU Shanghai, April 24, 2018.
"Military Disobedience in China: Networks, Loyalties, and Strategy," Faculty Lunch Speaker Series, NYU Shanghai, September 28, 2017.
“Military Disobedience in China: Networks, Loyalties, and Resistance,” Invited Participant, Emerging Scholars in Grand Strategy Workshop, University of Notre Dame, 24-27 May 2017.
“Networks and Loyalties: The Social Roots of Military Disobedience during the Sino-French War,” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 24 February 2017.
“Military Desertion in Contemporary China: Motivations, Reporting, and Policy Change,” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 23 February 2017.
Co-Chair, “Roundtable: Disobedience, Resistance, and Transgression in Military Organizations” (with Sarah E. Parkinson), International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 21 February 2017.
"Pursuing Professionalism: Networks and Loyalties in the People's Liberation Army," American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 4 September 2016.
"The Social Roots of Disobedience: A Theory of Responses to Wartime Orders," Program on International Security Policy (PISP) Workshop, Univeristy of Chicago, 5 April 2016.
"Xu Yanxu's Defiance of the Emperor in the Sino-French War, 1883-1885," International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA, March 2016.
"The Social Roots of Disobedience: Commanders' Responses to Orders in War," International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA, March 2016.
“Innovation as Disobedience: Xu Yanxu’s Defiance of the Emperor in the Sino-French War, 1883-85,” Social Science History Association (SSHA) Conference, Baltimore, MD, 12 November 2015.
“The Social Roots of Disobedience: Commanders' Responses to Orders during the Sino-French War (1883-1885),” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 2015.
“Innovation as Disobedience: Xu Yanxu’s Defiance of the Emperor in the Sino-French War, 1883-85,” Political Networks Conference (PolNet), Portland, OR, 19 June 2015.
“Rogues, Degenerates, and Heroes: Identity and Insubordination in Military Organizations” (with Sarah Parkinson), Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 17 April 2015.
“Innovation as Disobedience: Why Commanders Transgress Against Prescribed Approaches in War,” Program on International Security Policy (PISP), University of Chicago, 14 April 2015.
“Innovation as Disobedience: Xu Yanxu’s Defiance of the Emperor in the Sino-French War, 1883-85,” Program on International Politics, Economics, and Security (PIPES), University of Chicago, 2 April 2015.
“Rogues, Degenerates, and Heroes: Identity and Insubordination in Military Organizations” (with Sarah Parkinson), International Studies Association 56th Annual Convention, February 2015.
“The Security Dilemma in the Asia-Pacific: Insights from International Relations Theory,” U.S.-China Young Scholars Dialogue, Beijing, China, November 2014.
“Beyond Angry Peasants: The Ontology of Identity in Military Organizations,” with Sarah Parkinson, 38th Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association, Baltimore, MD, November 2013.
“Social Structure and Military Violence: Decision Making during Colonial Wars in Late Qing China,” Comparative Politics Workshop, University of Chicago, 4 April 2012.
“Social Structure and Military Violence: Decision Making during Colonial Wars in Late Qing China,” Program on International Security Policy Workshop, University of Chicago, April 2012.
“Dangerous Tools: Political Uses of Nuclear Weapons,” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 2010.
“Dangerous Tools: Political Uses of Nuclear Weapons,” Program on International Security Policy (PISP), University of Chicago, April 2010.
“Political Uses of Nuclear Weapons since 1991,” Nineteenth Summer Symposium on Science and Global Affairs, Oslo, Norway, June 2007.
TEACHING Experience
Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Adjunct Lecturer
Practical Research Methods Spring 2023
Social Network Analysis Spring 2023
NYU Shanghai, Assistant Professor of Political Science
China’s Foreign Policy Spring 2022
Spring 2021
Spring 2020
Methods of Social Research . Spring 2022
Spring 2021
Spring 2020
Fall 2019
Spring 2019
Spring 2018
Capstone Seminar: Politics, Political Economy, and IR Spring 2019
Cross-Strait Relations Fall 2018
Capstone Seminar: China and Politics . Spring 2018
University of Chicago, Grodzins Prize Lecturer
Military Decision Making and Change Spring 2015
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Chair, "China's Military Politics" Panel, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA August 29-September 2, 2018.
Discussant, International Relations of East Asia Online Colloquium, November 3-4, 2017.
Student Representative, “Order, Disorder, and Global Conflict” Hiring Initiative, University of Chicago, 2010-11 academic year.
Elected Officer, U. of Chicago Political Science Students’ Association (PSA), 2010-2012.
Manuscript Reviewer: The Chinese Journal of International Politics, International Security, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Asian Studies.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior China Analyst, China Office of Finnish Industries. September 2022-present.
Editor/Translator, Abstracts for Jindaishi yanjiu 近代史研究 [Modern Chinese History Studies], Published by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) Institute of Modern History (中国社会科学院近代史研究所). Summer 2014 – present.
Columnist, Foreign Policy Magazine’s Passport, January 2007 – October 2008.
Science Fellow, Center for Defense Information, October 2006 – August 2008.
Researched emerging technology, military strategy, the conventionalization of nuclear weapons, nuclear energy, and markets for fissile materials.
LANGUAGES
Mandarin Chinese advanced professional proficiency
Classical (literary) Chinese advanced reading proficiency
French basic reading proficiency