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Birthdate/place: December 22, 1942 at Chicago, Illinois
Military Service: U.S. Navy, April 1961-February 1968 (Includes Vietnam Service period)
Marital Status: Divorced, two grown children, two grandchildren
Education:
A.B., Political Science, University of Illinois at Chicago (1971).
A.M., Asian Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1974).
Ph.D., Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1979).
Other Training:
Basic administrative and personnel administration training at U.S. Navy service school, Bainbridge, Maryland, August-
October 1961.
Intensive course in Chinese-Mandarin (putonghua), October 1961-May 1963, U.S. Army Language School, Monterey, California.
U.S. Navy Leadership School, Helicopter Training Squadron Eight, ALF Ellyson, Pensacola, Florida, 1967. For non-commissioned
officers. Graduated second in class of thirty.
Navy Forms Design, Navy Publications and Printing Services Office, Pensacola, Florida, 1967. Assigned to duties as Forms
Control Petty Officer, Helicopter Training Squadron Eight.
Further training in Chinese at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1972-1974. Obtained "High Proficiency" fluency
rating for doctoral research in 1975.
Employment:
2001-present: Full time Academic Advising Specialist for the Student Academic Affairs Office of the College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Currently, assigned to the Late Add/Drop Committee and Grade
Audit committees, as needed. Also, a zero percent time appointment to teach courses in political science and one Discovery
course.
1993-2001: Permanent half-time Undergraduate Academic Advisor, Department of Political Science, University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign. On a yearly contract from 1988-1993. Served as Acting Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department
of Political Science, 1992-1993 and 2000-2001.
1993-2001: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Visiting
Assistant Professor from 1988-1993. Taught one course each term for the Department. Also taught seminar-style political science
courses each semester in Unit One at Allen Hall.
Teaching and Research Areas:
Comparative Politics: General and regional (East Asia), especially contemporary Chinese politics, including Taiwan and
Hong Kong.
Political Theory: Particular interest in socialist and communist political thought and movements; democratic theory and
practice.
American Government and Politics: Economic and social justice movements in the U.S.
International Relations: World-systems theory; issues of war and peace; special interest in American foreign policy, especially
politics and policy of the Vietnam war; also, Chinese foreign policy as it relates to East and Southeast Asia.
University Teaching:
2001-present: Zero percent appointment in Department of Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
to teach courses.
August 1993-2001: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
August 1988-May 1993: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
August 1987-June 1988: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar
Falls.
February 1985-May 1987: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
January-May 1984: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls.
October 1979-June 1983: Limited tenure, full-time lectureship, Department of Political Science, University of Melbourne,
Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Publications:
"Peng Shuzhi and the Chinese Revolution: Notes Toward a Political Biography," in Historical Materialism: research in critical
marxist theory, Issue No. 8 (Summer 2001), a publication of the London School of Economics and Political Science. With crucial
assistance from Sarah.
Review of "China Yellow, China Blue," two-part video on modern Chinese history and politics, for News and Reviews, Volume
3, No. 2 (Summer 2000), a publication of the Asian Educational Media Service, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
"The West Wind Blows Back," in Ben Kiernan, edited, Burchett: Reporting the Other Side of the World, 1939-1983 (London,
Melbourne, New York: Quartet Books, 1986).
"Republic of China," in World Encyclopeadia of Political Systems and Parties (New York: Facts on File, 1986).
Various translations from Chinese to English in a series of journals and books.
There are also many articles in the official newspaper of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), "The Veteran".
Work in progress:
Recently completed four articles on modern China for an encyclopedia
to be published by Scribners in 2009.
Developing ideas for study of political
parties in Hong Kong, as result of many trips there.
"The Politics of Chinese Trotskyism: The Odyssey of a Revolutionary Marxist Opposition"; Based on expansion and update
of doctoral dissertation.
Asked to assist with translation from Chinese to English of the memoirs of Chen Bilan, Chinese revolutionary and leader
of the women's movement in China, for possible publication. This may be on hold for now.
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