2013-2014U.S. FulbrightGuest Lecture Topics:

(Updated: October 2013)

1. Mr. Tim Roberts:

Chinese Host Institution: Zhejiang University, Hangzhou

Home Institution: Western Illinois University

Term: Year

Field: American History

Email:

  1. The history and variety of “American exceptionalism”
  1. Some origins of American gun rights law and the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
  1. A survey of American nineteenth century labor law
  1. The communications revolution in the early American republic
  1. The liberal nationalism of Abraham Lincoln
  1. American involvement in opium trade of the nineteenth century

2. Mr. David Allen Sullivan:

Chinese Host University: Xian International Studies University

Home University: Cabrillo College, California

Term: Year

Field: American Literature

E-mail:

A.American Documentaries: Facts versus Fabrications

B.Grappling with the U.S. Invasion of Iraq

C.“I Hear America Singing”: Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson

D.Fathers and Sons in American Politics and Poetry

E.Gangrene, Guts, and Glory: Looking at the U.S. Civil War

F.America Under the Lens: Alfred Hitchcock in Hollywood

G.Charlie Chaplin’s Critique of Early Capitalism

5. Ms. Cheryl Barkey (Spouse of Lecturer David Allen Sullivan):

(*Please note that the Fulbright program does not provide travel expenses for Fulbright spouses.*)

Ms. Cheryl Barkey is a tenured college professor. She teachers a range of history courses, most of which concern women and gender issues in Asian history. Her dissertation looked at debates about reproductive issues (including birth control, eugenics, adoption and midwifery) during the Republican period. Her current project is on gender and the Silk Road.

Term: Year

Field: History/Gender Studies

Email:

  1. Gender and the Silk Road
  1. Women in U.S. History
  1. The Status of Women in the U.S.
  1. The Boddhisattva Guanyin: Masculinity and Femininity in Asian History

3. Ms. Kif Augustine-Adams:

Chinese Host Institution: Renmin University (Beijing)

Home Institution: Brigham Young University, Utah

Term: Year

Field: Law

Email:

  1. The Crisis in American Legal Education
  1. Applying to Law School in the United States
  1. Products Liability and Food Safety in the United States
  1. American Tort Law and Personal Responsibility: Standards versus Rules
  1. Affirmative Action in American Higher Education: Recent Cases
  1. The Role of an Associate Dean at an American Law School
  1. The Chinese Diaspora: Northern Mexico in the 1920s and 1930s

4. Mr. Bruce Larson

Chinese Host University: China Foreign Affairs University

Home University: Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania

Term: Fall

Field: Political Science/American Politics/Public Policy

E-mail:

  1. Divided America: Partisan Political Conflict in the United States
  1. The U.S. Congress: Broken Beyond Repair?
  1. Money and Political Campaigns in the United States
  1. Interest Groups and Public Policy in the United States: Why Change Comes So Slowly
  1. Political Representation and Income Inequality in the United States

5. Ms. Alice Carter (Spouse of Lecturer Bruce Larson):

(*Please note that the Fulbright program does not provide travel expenses for Fulbright spouses.*)

Ms. Alice Carter is a college fundraiser and former high school U.S. History teacher. She has co-authored a book on researching the Civil War, now in its second edition, and she has also written about race relations in America.

Term: Fall

Field: Education/History

Email:

  1. How the South Won the Battle Over the How Americans Think About the Civil War
  1. The Private Liberal Arts College Tradition in the U.S.
  1. American Teenagers and the College Admissions Game
  1. Adopted Chinese Children in America
  1. Generous Americans: The Philanthropic Tradition and the Fundraising Profession in the US

6. Mr. Weichiao Huang:

Chinese Host: Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan

Home University: Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo

Term: Full Year

Field: Economics

E-mail:

A.On American Society and Culture: A Chinese American’s Perspective

B.On Chinese Astrology: Ancient Science or Pure Superstition

C.Introduction to the U.S. Economy

D.Bad days are bad only superstitiously?! An Examination of the Relationship between Mortality and Inauspicious Days

E.Toward a general theory of human behavior: household production function approach

F.Economics of suicide

G.Economics of charity

H.Impacts of Restructuring and Privatization on Manufacturing Productive Efficiency: Evidence from China

7. Mr. Geoffrey Woglom:

Chinese Host University: Nanjing University

Home University: Amherst College, Massachusetts

Term: Fall

Field: Economics

E-mail:

  1. US Higher Education and the Liberal Arts
  1. Markets and the Good Society (?)
  1. The Fed's Response to the Financial Crisis
  1. Current US Monetary Policy and the Problem of 'Exit'
  1. US-China Trade Imbalances: Problems for the US and China
  1. Getting Your Economic Research Published

8. Mr. Hongjie Wang:

Chinese Host University: Sichuan University

Home University: University of Connecticut

Term: Fall

Field: Library and Information Science

E-mail:

  1. Why libraries in America outnumber McDonald’s Restaurants?
  1. Where should International students look for their best academic friends?
  1. Information as product: Who cares?
  1. How American college students conduct their academic research
  1. Student job hunting and career development in America – the Digital Way
  1. American medical education and information literacy: power and empower
  1. American society seen through the mirror of recent medical facts

9. Mrs. Yan Hong (Spouse of Lecturer Hongjie Wang):

(*Please note that the Fulbright program does not provide travel expenses for Fulbright spouses.*)

Mrs. Yan Hong is Assistant Director for Insurance Law and Financial Services Law Research at UCONN with a specialization in insurance law research.

Term: Fall

Field: Insurance, Finance and Banking Law Research

Email:

  1. Introduction to online legal research
  1. Applying to U.S. law schools with flying colors

10. Ms. Linxin Hao:

Chinese Host Institution: Renmin University

Home Institution: Johns Hopkins University, Maryland

Term: Year

Field: Sociology

Email:

  1. Two Aspects of the Rural-Urban Divide and Educational Stratification in China: A Trajectory Analysis
  1. Distinct Trajectories in the Transition to Adulthood in the United States: Are Children of Immigrants Advantaged?
  1. The Emerging Welfare State and Poverty Concentration in China
  1. Children of Rural Migrants in Urban and Rural Places of Schooling: A Source of Rising Educational Inequality
  1. Structural and Compositional Sources of China’s Rising Income Inequality: A Quantile Regression Analysis

11. Mr. Robert Weller

Chinese Host Institution: Nanjing University

Home University: Boston University

Term: Year

Field: Anthropology

Email:

  1. Scaling Up Philanthropy: Consequences for Civil Virtues
  1. Pluralism and Chinese Religions
  1. Grassroots Services and Local Social Life in China
  1. Leisure, Ritual and Choice in Modern Chinese Societies
  1. Taiwan and Global Religious Trends
  1. Flexibility and Governance: Religious Organizations and NPOs in Chinese Society

12. Ms. Ketty Wong Cruz:

Chinese Host Institution: Peking University

Home University: University of Kansas

Term: September 2013-June 2014

Field: Ethnomusicology

Email:

  1. Latin/Latino Music in the United States
  1. The Essence of Latin American Music: Mixed Cultures and Races
  1. The Roots of Salsa Music and It’s Arrival in China
  1. The Teaching of World Music in the United States
  1. Music, Migration, and Identity in Latin America

13. Ms. Mariela Alfonzo:

Chinese Host Institution: East China Normal University (Shanghai)

Home University: Polytechnic University of New York University

Term: September 2013-March 2014

Field: Urban Planning, Urban Design, and Behavior

Email:

  1. Urban Design & the Triple Bottom Line
  1. Urbanization, Walkability, and Health in China
  1. Walkability in the US vs. China
  1. Innovative walkability practices & policies in the US
  1. The Economic Value of Walkability

14. Mr. San DUANMU:

Chinese Host Institution: Peking University

Home Institution: University of Michigan

Term: 3 months (June 2014-September 2014)

Field: Linguistics

Email:

  1. How many speech sounds (consonants and vowels) are there in China (in comparison with those in other parts of the world)?
  1. Why does Chinese have two sets of words, a short set (monosyllabic, such as 虎, 煤, 店, and 学) and a long set (mostly disyllabic, such as老虎, 煤炭, 商店, and 学习)?
  1. How do we count words in Chinese and English, and how do their lexicon sizes compare with each other (or with any other language)?
  1. Vowel features in the world’s languages
  1. Why are there many instructions in the form of poems (or rhythmic lines) in China, and why are they uncommon the US?

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