www.jmu.edu
Jie Chen, Ph.D.
James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA 22807 U.S.A. Office phone: 540-568-6379 Cell phone: 208-310-0089 Email: [email protected]ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS:
2015-2019 DEAN, The Graduate School, James Madison University.
Scope of the Organization:
The Graduate School oversees all of 62 graduate programs at Master’s and doctoral levels in Arts, Business, Communication, Education (including physical education), Engineering, Humanities, Health and Behavioral Studies, Music, Social Sciences, Sciences at James Madison University. In these programs, there are about 2,200 graduate students and about 500 graduate faculty members. Within The Graduate School and Dean’s Office, there are about 15 staff members, including two Associate Deans, Graduate
Admissions Director, Graduate Student Service Director, Graduate Marketing/Recruitment Coordinator, Financial Officer, IT
Coordinator, and Assistant to the Dean.
Responsibilities:
• Providing oversight of all graduate programs across the University.
• Serving on the Academic Council along with all the other Deans and senior University administrators.
• Chairing the Graduate Council of JMU.
• Making decisions on personnel, academic, and budgetary affairs in The Graduate School.
• Developing and implementing the strategic plan for graduate education at JMU.
• Promoting excellence in graduate education at JMU. • Raising funds for graduate education.
• Developing and implementing outreach initiatives at regional, national, and international levels.
• Managing the personnel and the office routines in The Graduate School.
Major achievements:
• Guided the development of the 2016-2021 Strategic Plan for graduate education at JMU, plan which encompasses a new vision and a set of new goals.
• Led and completed campus-wide discussions among all the Deans on opportunities for the growth of graduate programs. Through the conversations, we together identified about 35 opportunities at Master’s and Doctoral levels in 3 categories (i.e., expansion without new
resources, expansion with new resources, and creation with resources) including 4+1 and 3+2 programs; • Increased graduate enrollment by about 10%, which
reached a record high in 2019 and consequently helped JMU become a Carnegie High Research Activity
University.
• Increased funding for graduate assistants by 35%. • Initiated campus-wide efforts to establish 3+2
(BA/BS-to-Master’s) joint programs with international partners. • Initiated efforts to establish graduate-recruitment pipelines
with international partners.
• Successfully petitioned the University Senior Leadership and the Board of Visitors for keeping the out-of-state tuition unchanged for graduate students.
• Led a campus-wide initiative to establish Health Insurance Group Rate for graduate students, which involved multiple units on campus.
• Initiated JMU’s first fundraising campaign for graduate education.
• Established the first scholarship fund, “Advancing Intelligent Minds” (AIM), to support the recruitment and retention of graduate students of underrepresented groups.
• Led campus-wide efforts to establish a cultural support program, THRIVE, to support graduate students of underrepresented groups with mentorship and social services.
• Established the Graduate Research and Travel Grants and Graduate International Opportunity Scholarship to support graduate students.
• Working with VP for Research and Scholarship, initiated a campus-wide effort to establish a separate fund to
strengthen financial support for Research Assistants (RAs). • Established “Cohen Graduate Student Development
Center” to strengthen professional development of graduate students.
Provided the Graduate Student Association with additional financial resources to support its activities and its
leadership.
• Initiated the campus-wide, popular “3-Minute Thesis” (3MT) competition among graduate students.
• Strengthened the Research Showcase, an annual
university-wide event to recognize and demonstrate the research and creative achievements of graduate students. • Improved the communication and collaboration between
The Graduate School and all academic colleges by
establishing a system of regular meetings with the Dean, Graduate Program Directors/Chairs and faculty in each of the academic colleges, and organizing the Town Hall Meetings for the entire University.
• Restructured The Graduate School for the efficiency and effectiveness of services provided to graduate students and the faculty.
• Developed a set of common goals and values of The Graduate School to guide the conduct and interaction of members of the School.
2014-2015 VICE PRESIDENT, The Council of Chinese American Deans and Presidents (CCADP).
Scope of the Organization:
The Council of Chinese American Deans and Presidents (CCADP) provides an unbiased and culturally enriched forum for its membership in the United States to explore strategies for promoting diversity and inclusion in higher education. Responsibilities:
• Recruiting new members.
• Planning and organizing major national events, including annual national conferences.
• Establishing and strengthening domestic and international partnerships.
• Revising and updating the organization’s bylaws and major policies.
Major achievements:
• Guided the development of the new Bylaws of CCADP. • Increased the membership by 50%.
• Established new partnerships with higher education institutions in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and Mainland China.
• Initiated and organized national meetings among CCADP’s members on challenges and opportunities for diversity and inclusion.
2011-2015 DEAN, College of Graduate Studies,University of Idaho.
Scope of the Organization:
The College of Graduate Studies oversees all of 80 Master’s and Doctoral programs in Arts, Architecture, Agriculture, Business, Education, Engineering, Humanities, Life Sciences, Natural Resources, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences at UI. In these programs, there are about 2,000 graduate students and about 600 graduate faculty members. Within the college and Dean’s Office, there are 12 staff
members, including the Associate Dean, Graduate
Admissions Director, Graduate Recruiters, Financial Officer, and Assistant to Dean.
Responsibilities:
• Providing oversight of all graduate programs across the University.
• Serving on the Provost’s Council along with all the other Deans and senior University administrators. • Chairing the Graduate Council of UI.
• Making decisions on personnel, academic, and budgetary affairs in College of Graduate Studies. • Developing and implementing the strategic plan for
graduate education at UI.
• Promoting excellence in graduate education. • Raising funds for graduate education.
• Developing and implementing outreach initiatives at regional, national, and international levels.
• Serving as an ex-officio member on the University Promotion and Tenure Committee.
• Managing the personnel and the office routines in the College of Graduate Studies.
Major achievements:
• Guided the development and implementation of the 2011-2016 Strategic Plan for graduate education at UI, plan which encompasses a new vision and a set of new goals.
• Increased the enrollment of new graduate students by 6% for Fall 2014.
• Increased the amount of financial support for Teaching Assistants (TAs) by 36%.
Strengthened shared governance in graduate education at UI by institutionalizing meaningful participation/representation of stakeholders in decision-making processes.
• Guided the development and implementation of a set of new criteria of the graduate faculty status.
• Redesigned graduate faculty orientation and development programs.
• Initiated the first capital campaign for graduate education of the University of Idaho.
• Guided the accreditation reviews of graduate programs campus-wide.
• Worked with a team of senior administrators to design a set of strategies (the “2020 Plan”) to upgrade the ranking of University of Idaho in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. • Restructured the allocation and management of
graduate teaching assistantships.
• Secured a major grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for $600,000 to recruit and retain underrepresented minority graduate students in STEM areas.
• Increased applications and admissions from
underrepresented minority groups by 30% and 25%, respectively, for Fall 2013.
• Increased applications and admissions from
international applicants by 38% and 15%, respectively, for Fall 2013.
• Developed a set of new policies governing the formation and operation of dissertation/thesis committees.
• Organized the Innovation Showcase, an annual university-wide event to recognize and demonstrate the research and creative talents of University of Idaho graduate and undergraduate students.
• Worked with a group of senior administrators (the Provost and Deans) to improve the organizational structures of the university-wide interdisciplinary graduate programs at both Master’s and Ph.D. levels. • Restructured and revitalized the Professional Science
Master’s (PSM) programs at UI.
• Created the Institute for Graduate Teaching and
Research Assistants (TA/RA Institute) to train graduate-student instructors and researchers.
• Strengthened international student enrollment by streamlining the admission procedures, training recruitment agents, establishing partnerships with
strategically targeted foreign institutions, and
developing new models of recruitment and curriculum, such as the 3+2 pipeline model.
• Developed the university-wide online graduate application and admission system.
• Improved the communication and collaboration
between the College of Graduate Studies and all other colleges by establishing a system of regular meetings with the Dean, Chairs and faculty in each of the
academic colleges, and organizing the Town Hall Meetings for the entire University.
• Developed new, collaborative work relationship with the University’s Research Office (under the VP for Research and Economic Development).
• Initiated a new Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) system whereas theses and dissertations may be submitted, archived, and disseminated electronically. • Restructured the Dean’s Office for the efficiency and
effectiveness of services provided to graduate students and faculty.
• Developed a set of core values in the College of
Graduate Studies to guide the conduct and interaction of members of the college.
• Initiated the Newsletter of the College of Graduate Studies, published each semester.
• Worked with university senior administrators to establish a branch campus of University of Idaho in China.
• Developed 3+2 graduate programs with higher education institutions in China in Architecture, Engineering, and Business.
2006-2011 CHAIR, Department of Political Science and Geography, Old Dominion University.
Scope of the Organization:
The Department of Political Science and Geography consisted of two academic disciplines, political science and geography. There were about 550 political science majors and 70 geography majors. Within the department, there were 25 tenured and tenure-track faculty members, and about the same number of adjunct faculty members. In Chair’s Office, there were 4 staff members, including the Chief Advisors, Office Manager, and Assistant Office Manager.
• Making decisions on all personnel, academic, and budgetary affairs at the departmental level.
• Raising funds
• Managing the personnel and office routines in the department.
Major achievements:
• Guided the revision and implementation of the 2010-2015 Strategic Plan for the department, plan which encompasses a new vision and a set of new goals. • Led efforts in developing a final proposal for an M.A.
program in Political Science.
• Recruited the first four women faculty members in the department in more than a decade, two of which were ethnic minorities.
• Hired more than eight tenure-track faculty members and built a strong faculty.
• Successfully retained two highly-sought-after minority faculty members.
• Improved the department’s collegiality.
• Increased the number of the undergraduate majors in political science by 50%.
• Initiated faculty development programs (such as faculty monthly research symposia and core course teaching workshops).
• Strengthened mentoring programs for junior faculty members.
• Enhanced the research productivity/quality and
teaching effectiveness of the department: more faculty members published in the leading journals or with prominent publishers in the field; 70% of the faculty won various teaching awards.
• The department was praised as the best department by the Dean in 2010 for its high research productivity and commendable record in winning research and teaching awards.
• Helped raise substantial funds from major
philanthropists to establish a China Center at ODU. 2005-2006 DIRECTOR, Graduate Program in International Studies (a
campus-wide, M.A. and Ph.D.-granting, interdisciplinary program), Old Dominion University.
Scope of the Organization:
As a campus-wide, interdisciplinary graduate program, the Graduate Program in International Studies consisted of
eight academic fields of concentration. In these eight fields, about 200 graduate students were pursuing their Ph.D. or Master of Art in International Studies. There were about 26 tenured or tenure-track faculty members from three colleges, participating in teaching, research, and service of the
program. In Director’s Office, there were 2 staff members, Assistant Director and Program Coordinator.
Responsibilities:
• Making decisions on all personnel, academic, and budgetary affairs.
• Raising funds.
• Fostering and expanding intramural and extramural connections.
• Designing and revising the curriculums for the M.A. and Ph.D. programs.
• Coordinating course offerings in International Studies among departments and units across campus.
Major achievements:
• Successfully restructured and strengthened the
interdisciplinary curriculum in international studies by developing new interdisciplinary tracks and restructuring core courses.
• Significantly increased the participation of the graduate faculty members from different departments in teaching and service in the program.
• Expanded extramural connections with higher-education institutions and government agencies in and outside of the United States
• Improved the process and strategy to recruit international and domestic students: the admission acceptance rate improved from 45% to 20%.
• Established faculty committee structures for decision making in the areas of teaching, research, student recruitment, etc.
1997-2005 DIRECTOR, Institute of Asian Studies, Old Dominion University. Scope of the Organization:
As a campus-wide, interdisciplinary teaching, research and outreach unit, the Institute of Asian Studies run both major and minor programs in Asian Studies, supported research projects, sponsored conferences and speaker series, established/nurtured partnerships in the U.S. and in Asian countries, and established/expanded study-abroad programs.
Studies. There were about 30 tenured or tenure-track faculty members or lecturers from 12 departments, participating in teaching, research, and service of the Institute. In Director’s Office, there are 2 staff members.
Responsibilities:
• Designing and revising the curriculum for the Asian Studies Minor and Major.
• Coordinating course offerings among departments and units across campus.
• Exploring and maintaining short- and long-term cooperative programs with Asian countries.
• Organizing and coordinating various activities to stimulate and promote the interest in Asian Studies on the campus and in the community.
• Providing leadership for scholarly research in Asian Studies.
Major achievements:
• Guided the development and implementation of the 2000-2005 Strategic Plan for the institute.
• Successfully developed a new major in Asian Studies as a campus-wide, interdisciplinary program.
• Secured the Title VI grant ($280,000) from the U.S. Education Department to develop the new major and expand other research/teaching programs in Asian Studies.
• Designed and implemented faculty development programs (e.g., teaching workshops, and field trips)
• Successfully developed several study-abroad programs for ODU students and local teachers in Asian countries, such as China, Japan, India, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, etc.
• Established new cooperative relationships with educational intuitions and governmental agencies in several Asian countries.
• Secured scholarships from the Chinese government to support ODU students studying at Chinese universities. • Helped secured a substantial donation from private donors
to establish the China Center.
• Successfully expanded the Institute of Asian Studies in all its areas, such as teaching, research, and community outreach.
• Established the speaker series in Asian studies for the campus and the community.
• Successfully organized international conferences on Asia’s politics, societies, and economies, which drew participants from all over the world.
• Provided systematic career service for graduates from the Asian Studies programs.
1997 DIRECTOR, International Studies Minor Program (interdisciplinary), University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
Responsibilities:
• Designing and modifying the curriculum for the International Studies Minor.
• Coordinating course offerings among departments and units involved in the Minor.
• Advising all International Studies minors.
• Teaching the Senior Seminar in International Studies. • Arranging internships for International Studies minors. Major achievements:
• Increased the enrollment in the program by 50%. • Established a new system of student advising. • Established the regional consortium in International
Studies with other three campuses in the University of Wisconsin System.
1996-1997 ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Center for Pacific Rim Studies, University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
Responsibilities:
• Conducting and coordinating research and exchange projects on and in East Asian Countries.
• Establishing and maintaining the exchange programs between University of Wisconsin-River Falls and higher education institutions in China.
Major achievements:
• Successfully organizedthe Higher Education
Administration Workshops at University of Wisconsin-River Falls, where 28 Chinese college/university presidents studied higher education models in the United Sates. • Established new cooperative relationships with education
intuitions and governmental agencies in East Asian
countries, such as China, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and the Philippines.
• Established the speaker series in Asian studies for the campus and the community.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
2015-present PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, Department of Political Science, James Madison University.
2011-2015 WILLIAM BORAH DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE,Department of Political Science, University of Idaho. 2004-2011 LOUIS I. JAFFE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, Department of
Political Science and Geography, and Graduate Program in International Studies, Old Dominion University.
2004-2011 PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, Department of Political Science and Geography, and Graduate Program in International Studies, Old Dominion University.
2004-2011 GUEST PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE POLITICS, the School of International Studies, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China (summer visiting appointment).
1997-2004 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, Department of Political Science and Geography, and Graduate Program in
International Studies, Old Dominion University. 2002
Summer
FULLBRIGHT SCHOLAR, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State. Conducting research in China.
2001-2002
academic year RESIDENTIAL RESEARCH FELLOW, the International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC. Woodrow Wilson
1993-1997 ASSISSTANT PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, Department of Political Science, University ofWisconsin-River Falls.
1991-1993 VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE,
Department of Political Science, Colorado Heights University, Denver (formerly under the auspices of the University of Colorado-Denver).
HIGHER EDUCATION:
May 1991 Ph.D. Political Science, Washington State University. Major Areas: Comparative Politics
International Relations Research Methodology
May 1987 M.A. International Policy Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, California.
Major Areas: International Relations
Comparative Politics and Economics Multicultural Studies
July 1982 B.A. Journalism, Institute of International Politics, Beijing, China. Major Areas: International Journalism
Comparative Literature
HONORS, AWARDS, AND PRIZES:
2018 Academic Advisory Board, Society of Fellows in Liberal Arts, Southern University of Science and Technology, China.
2014 2014 CALA Best Book Award: Academic Book for my book, A Middle Class without Democracy: Economic Growth and the Prospects for Democratization in China (Oxford University Press, 2013).
2013 Award for the Contributions to Education of Underrepresented Minority Students, the University of Idaho Chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE).
2011 William Borah Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of Idaho.
2011 The Charles O. and Elisabeth C. Burgess Award for Faculty Research and Creativity， Old Dominion University.
2010 and 2011 Finalist of the Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award of the State Council State Council of Higher Education for Virginia in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
2011 Outstanding Scholar in Political Science, Virginia Social Science Association.
2010-present Invited Member, the National Committee on United States-China Relations.
2009 Joel S. Lewis Faculty Award for Excellence in Student Mentoring, College of Arts and Letters at Old Dominion University.
2008 Nominee for the Doctoral Mentor Award (university-wide award) at Old Dominion University.
2005 Louis I. Jaffe Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, College of Arts and Letters at Old Dominion University.
2005 Nominee for Best Teacher Award in College of Arts and Letters at Old Dominion University.
2003 Faculty of the Month Award in recognition for support and service contribution to students at Old Dominion University.
2002 Fulbright Scholar (a Research Fellow in China) awarded by Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State.
2001-2002 Research Fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
2001 Provost’s Award for Leadership in International Education at Old Dominion University.
1995 Featured Faculty, Institute on Race and Ethnicity of the University of Wisconsin System.
1990 Pi Sigma Alpha, The National Political Science Honor Society. 1990 Prize for Distinguished Graduate Student Research Project,
Washington State University.
1985-1987 Scholarshipfor Graduate Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California.
PUBLICATIONS:
about 2200 citations between 2015 and 2020
according Google Scholar.
BOOKS:
2014 and 2013 Chen, Jie. A Middle Class without Democracy: Economic Growth and the Prospects for Democratization in China. New York: Oxford University Press. The paperback edition, with revision, was
published in 2014. The book was translated into Japanese in 2015. It won the 2014 CALA Best Book Award: Academic Book.
2011 Chen, Jie. 中国民众政治支持的测量与分析 (measuring and analyzing mass political support in China). Guangzhou, China: Sun Yat-sen University Press (one of the most prestigious university presses in China).
2010 Chen, Jie, and Bruce Dickson. Allies of the State: China’s Private Entrepreneurs and Democratic Change. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
2004 Chen, Jie. Popular Political Support in Urban China. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Translated into Chinese and published in 2009. 1995 Chen, Jie, and Peng Deng. China Since the Cultural Revolution:
From Totalitarianism to Authoritarianism. Westport: Praeger Publishers.
1992 Chen, Jie. Ideology in U.S. Foreign Policy: Case Studies in U.S. China Policy. Westport: Praeger Publishers.
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES:
2021 “Social Values and Their Impact on Political Attitudes in China: A National Survey” (with Ting Yan). Social Science Front《社会科学战 线》(forthcoming).
2020 “Tigers, Flies, and the Leviathan: Anti-Corruption Campaigns and Popular Political Support in China” (with Narisong Huhe). Modern China Studies (forthcoming).
2018 “Creating Democratic Citizens: Political Effects of the Internet in China” (with Narisong Huhe and Min Tang). Political Research Quarterly Volume: 71 issue: 4, page(s): 757-771. (Ranked a “Top Read” article in 2019.)
2017 “The Double-Embeddedness of Government-Business Relationship in China: An Empirical Study of Five Coastal Provinces” (with Narisong Huhe). 公共政策与治理 Journal of Public Policy and Management September: pp. 1-20.
2016 “Public Goods Provision in Rural China” (with Narisong Huhe). 国外 理论动态 Foreign Theoretical Trends (one of the most prestigious refereed journals in social sciences in China, which is edited and published by the Central Compilation & Translation Bureau), No. 2, 2016: pp. 11-27.
2015 “Social Trust and Grassroots Governance in Rural China" (with Narisong Huhe and Min Tang). Social Science Research 53: 351–363.
2014 “Political Attitudes and Political Behavior of the Middle Class in China.” 国外理论动态 Foreign Theoretical Trends 7: 32-48.
Does Economic Interdependence Work?” (with Min Xia and Linan Jia). Modern China Studies21(2): 87-132.
2012 “Informal Accountability, Socially Embedded Officials, and Public Goods Provision in Rural China: The Role of Lineage Groups” (with Huhe Narisong). Journal of Chinese Political Science 18 (1): 1-16. 2011 “Democratization and the Middle Class in China: The Middle Class’s
Attitudes toward Democracy” (with Chunlong Lu). Political Research Quarterly 64: 64(3): 705–719.
2011 “The Causal Mechanisms between Social Trust and Grassroots Governance in China.” 社会Society (one of the most prestigious refereed journals in social sciences in China, which is edited and published by Shanghai University) 31(6) 22-40.
2010 “Sources of Social Trust and Public Goods Provision in China.” 中国 社会科学文摘Chinese Social Science Digest (one of the most
prestigious refereed journals in social sciences in China, which is edited and published by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences). 2009 “Social Trust and Community Governance in Urban China” (with
Chunlong Lu, Ph.D. graduate from ODU). 社会学研究 Sociological Studies (one of the most prestigious refereed journals in social sciences, edited and published by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in China), 144 (No. 6): 1-19.
2008 “The Role of Private Entrepreneurs in China’s Political Change” (with Bruce Dickson). The China Quarterly (the most prestigious journal in China studies) 196: 708-804.
2007 “Social Capital in Urban China: Attitudinal and Behavioral Effects on Grassroots Self-Government.” Social Science Quarterly 88: 422-442. 2007 “Popular Support for Grassroots Self-government in Urban China”
(with Chunlong Lu, a former graduate student at ODU) Modern China 33: 426-449.
2006 “Does China’s Middle Class Think and Act Democratically? Attitudinal and Behavioral Orientations of Middle Class toward Urban Self-Government.” Journal of Chinese Political Studies 11: 1-20.
2005 “Popular Support for Village Self-Government in China: Intensity and Sources.” Asian Survey 45: 865-885.
2005 “Sociopolitical Attitudes of the Masses and Leaders in the Chinese Village.” Journal of Contemporary China 14: 445 - 464
2002 “Why Do People Vote in Semicompetitive Elections in China? A Reassessment of Voters’ Subjective Motivations in Local People’s Congress Elections” (with Yang Zhong). Journal of Politics 64: 178-197. 2002 “To Vote or Not to Vote: An Analysis of Peasants’ Participation in
Chinese Village Elections” (with Yang Zhong). Comparative Political Studies 35: 686-712.
2001 “Urban Chinese Perceptions of Threats from the United States and Japan.” Public Opinion Quarterly 65: 254-266.
2000 “Valuation of Individual Liberty vs. Social Order among Democratic Supporters: A Cross-Validation” (with Yang Zhong). Political Research Quarterly Vol. 53: 427-439.
2000 “Subjective Motivations for Mass Political Participation in Urban China.” Social Science Quarterly 81: 645-662.
1999 “Comparing Mass and Elite Subjective Orientations in Urban China.” Public Opinion Quarterly 63: 193-219.
1999 “Political Interest (or Apathy) in Urban China” (with Yang Zhong). Communist and Post-Communist Studies 32: 281-303.
1998 “Mass Political Culture in Beijing: Findings from Two Public Opinion Surveys” (with Yang Zhong, and John Scheb). Asian Survey Vol. xxxviii, no. 8 (August): 763-783.
1998 “Defining the Political System of Post-Deng China: Emerging Public Support for a Democratic Political System” (with Yang Zhong). Problems of Post-Communism 45 (January-February): 30-42. 1997 “Political Views from Below: A Survey of Beijing Residents” (with
Yang Zhong, and John Scheb). PS: Political Science & Politics XXX, no. 3: 474-486. Also appeared as “A Survey of Beijing Residents,” in Andrew Nathan, Zhaohui Hong, and Steven Smith, Dilemmas of Reform in Jiang Zemin’s China (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 1999): 139-153.
1997 “Assessing Political Support in China: Citizens’ Evaluations of Government Effectiveness and Legitimacy” (with Yang Zhong, Jan Hillard, and John Scheb). The Journal of Contemporary China 16: 551-566.
Authoritarian Regime” (with Yang Zhong, and Jan Hillard). Communist and Post Communist Studies 30 (March): 45-64. 1995 “The Impact of Reform on the Party and Ideology in China.” The
Journal of Contemporary China 9 (Summer): 22-34.
1986 “U.S.-China Relations: On U.S.-Taiwan Relations Act.” Monterey Review, Spring: 26-35.
1985 “The Green Party in West-Germany Politics.” Editorial & Reference (Beijing, China), Winter (In Chinese).
REFEREED BOOK CHAPTERS:
2010 “Attitudes toward Democracy and the Political Behavior of China’s Middle Class.” In Cheng Li, ed., China’s Emerging Middle Class: Beyond Economic Transformation. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press.
2009 “The Role of Generalized Social Trust in China’s Grassroots
Governance” (with Huhe Narisong, a graduate student at ODU). In Baogang Guo, ed., Toward Better Governance in China. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
2007 “改革开放以来的中国中东政策 (China’s Middle East Policy since the Post-Mao Reform).” In Yunhan Zhu and Qinggou Jia (eds.). 从国际关 系理论看中国崛起Rise of China: From the Perspective of
International Relations Theory. Taipei, Taiwan: Wunan Publisher. (In Chinese).
2007 “China’s Role in Anti-Terrorism War” (with Chunlong Lu, a former graduate student at ODU). In Jack Covarrubias and Tom Lansford (eds.). Strategic Interests in the Middle East: Opposition or Support for US Foreign Policy. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing.
2003 “Significant Changes in American Chinese Politics Studies” (with Xiushan Li, a graduate student at ODU). In Yunhan Zhu, Shaoguang Wang, and Quansheng Zhao, ed., Theory and Practice of
Indigenization of Chinese Politics Studies. Taipei, Taiwan: Laureate Book.
2001 “Are Chinese still Interested in Politics?” In Xiaobo Hu, ed., Transition toward Post-Deng China. Singapore: The Singapore University Press.
1998 “海峡两岸关系及美国在两岸统一中的角色 (The Cross-Straight
Relationship and the Role of the United States in the Unification of Mainland China and Taiwan).” In Yang Zhong and Xiaobo Hu, ed., 世纪之交的台海关系 The Cross-Strait Relations toward the Twenty-First Century. Hong Kong: Social Science Press. (In Chinese).
BOOK REVIEW ARTICLES:
1996 Review of Willy Wo-Lap Lam, China After Deng Xiaoping: the Power Struggle in Beijing Since Tiananmen (New York: John Wiley & Son, 1995), in Asian Though And Society, No. 61 (December) pp. 95-96. 1995 Review of Kui-Wai Li, Financial Repression and Economic Reform in
China (Westport, CT.: Praeger, 1994), in Journal of Third World Studies, No. 12 (Fall).
INVITED WRITING:
2003 “Popular Support for the Political Regime in China: Intensity and Sources.” Asian Program Special Report of Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (August): 11-16.
GRANTS AND RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED:
2014 Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Program Development Grant: “STEM Research and Graduate Education: A National Research and Education Model.” National Science Foundation (AGEP*). $600,000.
2009-2011 Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Research Grant: “The Middle Class and Democratic Change in China.” National Science Foundation. $20,000 (SES-0936245).
2006-2010 Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Research Grant: “Private
Entrepreneurs as the Agents of Political Change in China.” National Science Foundation. $200,000 (SES-0550518).
2006 Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Research Grant: “The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in the Democratization Process: A Cross-Country Study.” Old Dominion University (SEECR Program). $8,000. 2005 Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator) and Quansheng Zhao (Principal
Investigator). International Conference Grant: “The Rise of China and * The Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP), funded by the National Science Foundation, is a
network of universities dedicated to increasing the number of underrepresented minorities obtaining graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange. $25,000.
2003 Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Summer Research Fellowship: “The Conceptual Patterns of Chinese Mass Attitudes toward Democracy: Individual Liberty vs. Social Order.” College of Arts and Letters, Old Dominion University. $4,500.
2001-2002 Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Research Fellowship: “The Popular Support for China’s Current Political Regime.” The Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars for the 2001-2002 academic year. Full salary replacement, and moving and travel expenses.
2002 Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Research Fellowship: “Conceptual Patterns of Democratic Beliefs in China.” The Fulbright Scholar Program for summer 2002 (May-August 2002). $25,000.
2000-2002 Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator) and Robert Holden. Area Studies Development Grant: “Strengthening Asian Studies through Faculty Training, Study Abroad, Enhanced Language and Literature
Instruction, and the Establishment of an Asian Studies Major.” Department of Education, Title VI-A Program. $280,000.
2000 Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Research Fellowship: “Congruence between Mass and Elite Attitudes and Constraint of Their Respective Belief Systems in China.” The East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. $36,000.
1998 Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Summer Research Fellowship: “Mass Political Apathy in China: A Survey of Beijing Residents.” Old
Dominion University. $5,000.
1997 Holden, Robert (Principal Investigator), Chen, Jie (Consultant), and others (Consultants). 1998. Teaching Improvement Grant:
“Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language
Programs.” U.S. Department of Education (Title VI-A). $4,564 (for “The Summer in China Program”).
1997 Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator), Yang Zhong (Co-Investigator). Research Grant: “Political Attitudes toward the Post-Deng Regime: A Survey of Beijing Residents.” Center for Social Science Research of University of Tennessee. $2,500.
1997 Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Research Grant: “Political Attitudes toward the Post-Deng Regime: A Survey of Beijing Residents.” University of Wisconsin-River Falls. $1,500.
1997 Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Summer Research Grant: “The Relationship between Political Democratization and Economic Modernization: A Case Study of Taiwan.” Great Alliance for Unification of China (Taiwan). $3,800.
1996 Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Teaching Improvement Grant: “Establishing a Cross-Campus Asian Studies Minor through Distance Education.” Wisconsin Higher Education Improvement Council. $8,500.
1996 Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Teaching Improvement Grant: “A Training Program for Teaching of Specialized Area-Study Courses through Distance Education.” University of Wisconsin System’s Council of International Education and Office of Academic Affairs. $ 3,000.
1996 Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Teaching Improvement Grant: “Cross-Campus Collaboration in Teaching Specialized Area-Study Courses through Distance Education.” Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. $7,500.
1995-1996 Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Research Grant: "Value Changes in Post-Tiananmen China: A Survey in Beijing, China." The University of Wisconsin System. $3,000.
1995-1996 Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Faculty Research Grant: “The Emergence of New Social Classes and Their Influence over Political Development in Contemporary China.” University of Wisconsin-River Falls. $1,500.
1995 Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator), and Jan Hillard (Co-Investigator). Grant for Chinese Higher Education Administration Workshop at University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Beijing Higher Education Commission. $60,000.
1995 Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Teaching and Research Fellowship in China. Rockefeller Foundation through the Washington Center for China Studies. $1,600
1990-1991 Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). Graduate Student Research Grant: “Ideological Factor in U.S. Foreign Policy.” Washington State University. $1,000.
1990 Curtis, Craig (Principal Investigator), John Anderson (Co-Investigator), and Jie Chen (Co-Investigator). Research Grant:
Analysis.” Washington Water Power Company. $12,000.
RESEARCH PROJECTS IN PROGRESS:
BOOKS:
2020-present A book monograph, entitled “Whither China’s Regime: The Trend, Level, and Sources of Popular Political Support,” which will be submitted to a university press (Oxford University Press). REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES:
2020-present A manuscript, entitled “Redefining Performance Legitimacy: Pollution and Popular Political Support in China,” which has been submitted to a referred journal.
2020-present A manuscript, entitled “Anti-Corruption Campaigns and Regime Legitimacy in China,” which has been submitted to a referred journal.
RESEARCH GRANTS:
2020-present A major research grant, entitled “Informal Political Leadership: A Latent Space Approach to Understanding China’s Political-Power Structure,” which will be submitted to the National Science Foundation.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS AND CONSULTING:
2020 Guest Speaker, “Postmaterialist Values and Political Attitudes in Contemporary China,” at Nanking University, Nanking, China, August 16, 2020
2019 Guest Speaker, “The Trump Phenomenon and Anti-Establishment Sentiment: An Analysis of Diffuse Support for Democracy in the U.S.,” at Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China, September 23, 2019.
20219 Guest Speaker, “Cultural Origin of Democratic Support in China: Post-Materialist Values, Self-Expression Values, and Democratic Support,” at Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China, September 26, 2019.
2019 Guest Speaker, “Does American Democracy work? An Analysis of Trump’s Presidency”at China University of Politics and Law, Beijing, China, June 5, 2019.
2019 Guest Speaker, “Political-Culture Theory: Origin, Evolution, and Application” at China University of Politics and Law, Beijing, China, June 6, 2019.
2018 Guest Speaker, “Survey Studies of Public Opinion in Urban China,” at the conference on “Advancing Chinese Social Science Studies with Diverse Research Methods” organized by Beijing University, Beijing, China, June 8-10.
2018 Guest Speaker, “Methodological Debates on Survey Studies in China,” at the conference on “Strategies to Strengthen Political Science Research and Teaching” organized by Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, China, May 28-30.
2017 Keynote Speaker, “American Culture and Politics: Implications of Trump’s Electoral Victory,” at China University of Politics and Law, Beijing, China, June 1, 2017.
2017 Keynote Speaker. “Scientific Studies in Chinese Politics: Dos and Don’ts,” at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China, June 3, 2017.
2016 Keynote Speaker, “The Political Effect of the Internet in China,” at the Workshop on Multifaceted Study of Chinese Politics and Society, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China, July 15-16, 2016. 2014 Keynote Speaker, “A Middle Class without Democracy: Economic
Growth and the Prospects for Democratization in China,” at the EADI General Conference: Global Middle Classes as Development Actors in a Polycentric World, the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), Bonn, Germany, June 24-26, 2014.
2014 Guest Speaker, “The Role of the Middle Class in China’s Political Development,” at the International Conference on Empirical Political Studies on Asian Countries, sponsored by Asia Barometer Survey Project and Japan Journal of Political Science (Cambridge University Press), Tokyo, Japan, July 9, 2014.
2014 Keynote Speaker, “Social Scientific Research on Chinese Politics: Challenges and Opportunities for Survey Studies in China.” The Institute of Public Policy at South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China, December 5, 2014.
2013 Guest speaker, “The Rise of Public Opinion in China,”at an
international conference sponsored by the Center for the Asian and Pacific Studies, College of Liberal Arts Sciences, and the Department of Political Science, the University of Iowa, Iowa City, October 18-19, 2013.
2013 Guest speaker, “Political Behavior of the Middle Class in Urban China,” at the conference on Middle Class Phenomenon in Emerging Markets sponsored by Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 26-28 September 2013
2013 Guest speaker, “Comparative Politics as a Scientific Inquiry,” at China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China, May 27, 2013.
2013 Guest speaker, “Social Science as Science,” at Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang, China, May 31, 2013.
2012 Guest speaker, “Survey Research on Chinese Politics: Achievements and Challenges,” at China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China, December 24, 2012.
2012 Guest speaker, “The Graduate Education in the United States: Characteristics of Graduate Programs at Flagship and Land-Grant Universities,” at Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China, June 20, 2012.
2011 Guest speaker, “The Role of China’s Middle Class in
Democratization,” at the Folley Institute of Public Policy and Public Service, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, November 8, 2011.
2011 Guest speaker, “Survey Research on Popular Political Support in Urban China,” at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, June 20, 2011.
2011 Guest speaker, “Identification of China’s Middle Class in Survey Research,” at University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, February 2, 2011.
2010 Guest speaker, “Middle Class and Democratization in China,” at University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, December 16, 2010. 2010 Guest speaker, “The Role of China’s Middle Class in
Democratization,” at Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, December 2, 2010.
2010 Guest speaker, “The Role of China’s Middle Class in
Democratization,” at University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K., August 24, 2010.
2010 Guest speaker, “Measuring and Analyzing Political Support in China,” at Fudan University, Shanghai, China, June 26, 2010.
2010 Guest speaker, “The State of Survey Research on Chinese Politics,” at Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, July 2, 2010.
2009 Guest speaker, “Attitudinal and Behavioral Orientations of China’s Middle Class toward Democracy and Democratization,” at Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, September 22, 2009.
2009 Guest speaker, “The Middle Class and Political Change in China,” at Shanhai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China, March 31, 2009. 2009 Guest speaker, “The State of Survey Research on Chinese Politics:
Contributions and Challenges,” at Fudan University, Shanghai, China, March 29, 2009.
2009 Guest speaker, “Social Capital and Local Governance in China,” at Shanghai Normal University, March 28, 2009.
2008 Guest speaker, “Does the Middle Class in China Support Democratization?” University of Iowa, September 5, 2008.
2008 Keynote speaker, “Political Orientations of the Middle Class in Urban China.” Annual Meeting of the Beijing Social Science Saloon , People’s University of China, Beijing, China, June 2, 2008. 2008 Keynote speaker, “Generalized vs. Particularized Social Capital:
Social Capital and Local Governance in Urban China.” International Conference on Positivist Research in China, China University of Politics and Law, Beijing, China, May 21, 2008.
2008 Guest speaker, “Local Governance under an Authoritarian Society: Residents’ Committees in Urban China.” The Division of Global Affairs, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, April 3, 2008. 2008 Guest speaker, “Allies of the State: Political Attitudes of China’s
Private Entrepreneurs.” Department of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University, March 11, 2008.
2007 Guest speaker, “China’s Impact on Global Economy.” Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China, July 16, 2007.
2006 Guest speaker, “China after Mao: Economic Reforms and Political Changes,” at the Virginia Contemporary Art Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia, November 16, 2006.
2006 Guest speaker, “Quantitative Research Methods in Chinese Political Studies,” at the Institute of Sociology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China, June 11, 2006.
2006 Guest speaker, “Theory of Social Capital and Its Application to the Study of Local Self-government in China,” at the Institute of
Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China, June 16, 2006.
2005 Guest speaker, “The Role of Ideology in U.S. Foreign Policy toward China: China as a Threat or an Opportunity to the U.S.,” at the Symposium on “U.S. Foreign Policy and Rise of China,” sponsored by the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China to the United States, November 12, 2005.
2005 Guest speaker, “Social Capital for the Grassroots Self-government in Urban China,” at the Symposium on “Survey Research and Legal Reform in China,” sponsored by University of Pittsburgh, April 8-10, 2005.
2004 Guest speaker, “Behavioral Consequences of Attitudinal Support for the Government in China,” at the conference on “The
Transformation of Citizen Politics and Civic Attitudes in Three Chinese Societies,” sponsored by Academia Sinica (Taiwan), November 19-20, 2004.
2004 Guest speaker, “Chinese Public Opinions on International Relations: A Survey of Beijing Residents,” at the workshop on “Energy and Environmental Awareness in China,” sponsored by Rice University, June 30, 2004.
2004 Book Launch Speech, “Do Chinese Citizens Support Their
Government?” for promotion of my book, Popular Political Support in Urban China, at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, February 6, 2004.
2002 Guest speaker, “Democratization in the Chinese Countryside,” People’s University of China, Beijing, China, May 28, 2002.
2002 Guest speaker, “The Impact of Anti-Terrorist Campaigns on the Sino-U.S. Relations,” China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, Beijing, China May 26, 2002.
2002 Guest speaker, “The Study of International Relations in the United States,” College of International Relations, Beijing, China, May 23, 2002.
2002 Invited presenter, “Popular Support for the Political Regime in Contemporary China,” Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., April 17, 2002.
2002 Guest speaker, “Popular Support for the Political Regime in China,” at the Capitol Hill Breakfast Series (congressional meeting with scholars on policy issues). Rayburn House Office Building, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., March 6, 2002 (8:45-10:15 am).
2002 Guest speaker, “Is the Political Regime in Contemporary China Legitimate?” at the symposium on “China’s Credibility Gap: Public Opinion and Instability in China,” Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C., March 6, 2002 (3:30-5:30 pm). 2000 Guest Speaker, “The Achievements and Challenges in American
Studies of Chinese Politics,” at the Symposium on the Current State of Western Social Science Research, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Beijing, China, July 4-6, 2000.
2000 Guest Speaker, “The Conceptual Patterns of Democratic Beliefs in China,” at the Conference on “Surveying China,” sponsored by the Luce Foundation, at George Washington University, Washington, D.C., June 9-11, 2000.
2000 Guest Speaker, “Comparing Mass and Elite Subjective Orientations in Urban China,” at the Workshop on Survey Research in China, Rice University, Houston, Texas, March 3-4, 2000.
2000 Grant Reviewer, “Graduate International Fellowships, 2000” for National Security Education Program, Academy for Educational Development, Spring 2000.
1999 Grant Reviewer, “Faculty Research Grant” for City University of New York’s Research Award Program, Fall 1999.
1998 Guest Speaker, “China and U.S.: What Priorities in a Changing Relations,” as part of the Great Decisions Lecture Series and Model United Nations course, February 1998.
1997 Guest Speaker, "Major Challenges in American Foreign Policy," at Seminar on the Study of Global Strategies, University of National Defense, Beijing, China, June 6, 1997.
1996 Key Speaker, “Common Interests in the Post-Cold War Era: Current Trends of Sino-American Relations,” at the “International Conference on Hong Kong after 1997 and the Relationship between the U.S. and China,” sponsored by Idaho State Government, Lewiston, Idaho, October 25, 1996.
1995 Guest Speaker, “U.S. Foreign Economic Policy in the Post-Cold War Era,” at Workshop on Teaching of International Political Economy, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China, June 8, 1995.
1995 Guest Speaker, "Dealing with Cross-Cultural Shock in the United States," at the Workshop for Students to Study Abroad, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China, June 16, 1995. 1995 Guest Speaker, “How Do Westerners View World Politics and
Foreign Policy?" at Seminar on Major Issues in International Relations Theory, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China, May 25, 1995.
MEDIA INTERVIEWS:
2020 Interviewed by the National Public Radio (NPR): “As U.S. Views Of China Grow More Negative, Chinese Support For Their Government Rises.” September 23, 2020.
2013 Interviewed by The Chronicle of Higher Education: “Political Education at Chinese Universities.” May 24, 2013.
2013 Interviewed by The Economist: “China’s Middle Class and Political Change.” May 20, 2013.
2011 Interviewed by The Epoch Times: “Implications of Political Turmoil in the Arab World for China.” February 18, 2011.
2009 Interviewed by Phoenix Weekly Magazine (one of the most influential weekly magazines in Chinese): “The Middle Class and Democratic Change in China.” November 1, 2009: 8:00 pm. 2008 Interviewed by Voice of America: “The Impact of the U.S.
Presidential Election on U.S. Policy toward Taiwan.” February 24, 2008: 3:00 pm.
2008 Interviewed by Voice of America: “The Political Impact of the Beijing Olympic Games on the Cross-Straits Relations.” January 8, 2008: 1:00 pm.
2007 Interviewed by Voice of America: “Implications of Ma Yingjiu’s Visit to the United Sates for Taiwan’s domestic politics and foreign policy.” March 21, 2007: 4:30 pm.
2007 Interviewed by Voice of America: “China’s Foreign Policy toward Africa: The Chinese Foreign Mister’s Visit to African Countries.” January 12, 2007: 2:30 pm.
2006 Interviewed by Virginian-Pilot: “Can this plan fly? South Korean Development Proposal,” cited in the story,” December 22, 2006. 2006 Interviewed by the Voice of America, on “Chin’s Role in the North
Korea Nuclear Conflict,” broadcast on April 23, 2006.
2005 Interviewed by the Voice of America, on “China’s Response to New Japanese History Textbook,” broadcast on May 26, 2005.
2004 Interviewed by Strait Times, one of the leading newspapers in
Singapore, on “Impact of U.S. Anti-Terrorist Strategies on East Asian Security.” Quote was published on April 17, 2004.
2003 Interviewed by the Voice of America, on “China’s New Foreign Policy toward Burma (Myanmar),” broadcast on August 21, 2003.
2002 Interviewed by the Voice of America, on “Popular Support for the Political Regime in Contemporary China,” in the China Forum Program, aired on April 22, 2002, 9:00 am.
2001 Interviewed by WVEC-TV (Channel 13), on “The Potential Impact of Incident over South China Sea on the U.S.-Chinese Relationship,” aired on April 2, 2001, 11:00 pm.
1999 Featured in and interviewed by WTKR-TV (Channel 3), on “The Impacts of the NATO’s Bombing of the PRC’s Embassy in Yugoslavia,” aired on May 9, 1999, 6:30 and 11:00 pm.
1999 Interviewed by the Voice of America, on the topic of “Changing Political Culture: Reflections on Recent Public Opinion Surveys in Urban China,” 8:30-9:30 a.m., January 26, 1999
1998 Interviewed by the Voice of America, on the topic of “Sino-American Relations: The Implications of Clinton’s Visit to China,” 2:00-3:00 p.m., May 5, 1998.
1998 Interviewed by the Voice of America, on the topic of “Is Jiang Zeming a Democrat? Reflections on Jiang’s Behavior during Clinton’s Visit to China,” 8:30-10:00 p.m., June 30, 1998.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
2020-present
Editorial Board Member, Asian Journal of Comparative
Politics.
2018-present Member of the Academic Committee, Chinese Annual Review of Political Science.
2017-2018 Executive Board Member, Council of Southern Graduate Schools. 2015-present Board Member, Editorial Board of the Positive Social Scientific
Studies (实证社会科学).
2014-present Board Member, Editorial Board of the Public Policy and Governance ( 公共政策与治理).
2014-2015 Vice President, The Council of Chinese American Deans and Presidents (CCADP).
2009-present Editor in Chief, Modern China Studies.
1997-present Board Member, Editorial Board of Modern China Studies.
1994-2018 Board Member, Editorial Board of the Journal of Chinese Political Studies.
2004-2008 Associate Editor, Journal of Race and Policy, 2004-2008. 1996-present Journal Manuscript Referee, for
• American Political Science Review • Journal of Politics
• World Politics
• American Journal of Political Science • Political Research Quarterly
• Public Opinion Quarterly • Comparative Political Studies • Comparative Politics
• Political Behavior • Social Work
• Problems of Post-Communism • China Quarterly
• Asian Survey.
2004-present Book Manuscript Referee, for • Stanford University Press • Oxford University Press • Routledge Press. 2007-present Grant Reviewer for
• National Science Foundation • Department of Education • Department of Defense
2002-2012 Convener for panels on Chinese Politics, on behalf of the Global Forum of Chinese Political Scientists, for annual meetings of American Political Science Association.
2012 Chair, the panel on “Politics of Dissent in State-Controlled Media: Evidence and Findings from China” at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, 2012. 2002-2012 Tenure and Promotion Reviewer, for:
• University of Pittsburg (2006) • Washington State University (2002)
• Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica, Republic of China (2012)
1998 Chair, the panel on “China in the Post-Cold War Era” at the 94th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, September 1998.
1997-1998 Chair, the Conference Committee for the 13th Annual Conference of the
Association of Chinese Political Studies.
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
2008-2011 Led efforts to establish a regional American Chinese organization, East Virginia Chines American Association and served as its founding president.
PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES:
2019 Huhe, Narisong, and Jie Chen. “Redefining Performance Legitimacy:Pollution and Popular Political Support in China,” at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, August 29-September 1, 2019.
2017 Huhe, Narisong, and Jie Chen. “Political Impact of the Internet in China,” at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, August 30-September 2, 2017.
2017 Jie Chen. “Assessment of Local Government Policy Performance: Evidence from Regional Surveys,” at the 30th Annual Meeting and International Symposium of Association of Chinese Political Studies, Tianjin, China, June 9-11, 2017.
2016 Huhe, Narisong, and Jie Chen. “Economic Assessment, Trade Dependence, and Mass Perception of China,” at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, August 30-September 2, 2016.
2014 Huhe, Narisong, and Jie Chen. “Stratified Political Trust and Regime Stability in China,” at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., August 28-September 1, 2014.
2012 Huhe, Narisong, and Jie Chen. “Alternative Framing: The Political Effects of the Internet in China,” at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, August 30-September 2, 2012.
2011 Chen, Jie. “Social Trust and Public Goods Provision in Rural China,” at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association, Seattle, Washington, September 1-2, 2011. 2010 Chen, Jie. “Informal Government Accountability: The Role of
Informal Institutions in Public Goods Provision in Rural China,” at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., September 1-3, 2010.
2009 Chen, Jie. “Generalized and Particularized Social Capital in Urban China,” at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, Canada, September 2-3, 2009.
2008 Dickson, Bruce, and Jie Chen. 2008. “Engaging the State: Political Activities of Private Entrepreneurs in China,” at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, August 29-31, 2008.
2007 Chen, Jie, and Chunlong Lu. 2007. “The Middle Class’ Attitudes toward Democratization in Later-Development Country: A Survey of Three Chinese Cities,” at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago (August 30-September 3, 2007).
2006 Chen, Jie. 2006. “Social Capital in Urban China: Attitudinal and Behavioral Effects on Grassroots Self-Government” at the 2006 Annual
Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia (September).
2005 Chen, Jie. 2005. “Does China’s Middle Class Think and Act Democratically?” at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C. (September).
2004 Chen, Jie. 2004. “Democratization in the Chinese Countryside,” at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago (September).
2003 Chen, Jie. 2003. “Sociopolitical Attitudes of the Masses and Leaders in the Chinese Village: Attitude Congruence and Constraint,” at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Denver (March).
2002 Chen, Jie. 2002. “Elite and Mass Attitudes toward Democracy and democratization in China,” at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston (August/September).
2001 Chen, Jie. 2001. “New Challenges in the Chinese Politics,” at the Annual Joint Conference on “East Asian Politics and Economy,” sponsored by American, Korean, Japanese and Chinese higher education institutions, Washington, D.C. (November).
2001 Chen, Jie. 2001. “Why Do People Vote in Semi-Competitive Elections in China,” at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco (September).
2001 Chen, Jie. 2001. “Popular Support for Village Self-Government in China: Support for the Authorities and the System,” at the 2001 Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, Chicago (March).
2000 Chen, Jie. 2000. “Subjective Determinants of China’s Public Opinions on Foreign Policy Issues,” at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C. (August/September). 2000 Chen, Jie. 2000. “Mass Perception of Foreign Threat in Urban China,”
at the 2000 Annual Meeting of Western Political Science Association Conference, San Jose (March).
1999 Chen, Jie and Yang Zhong. 1999. “Valuation of Individual Liberty vs. Social Order among Democratic Supports: A Cross-Validation,” at the 95th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Atlanta (September).
1999 Chen, Jie. 1999. “Comparing Mass and Elite Subjective Orientations in Urban China,” at the 38th Southeastern Conference of the Association of Asian Studies, Athens (January).
1998 Chen, Jie, and Yang Zhong. 1998. “Emerging Public Support for a Democratic Political System,” at the 13th Annual Conference of the Association of Chinese Political Studies, Washington, D.C. (October). 1998 Chen, Jie. 1998. “Subjective Motivations for Mass Political
Participation in Urban China: A Survey of Beijing Residents,” at the 94th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston (September).
ninth Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Norfolk, VA (November).
1997 Chen, Jie. 1997. “The Role of the United States in the Unification of Mainland China and Taiwan,” at the 12th Annual Conference of the Association of Chinese Political Studies, November 23-26, 1997, Las Vegas, Nevada.
1997 Chen, Jie, and Yang Zhong. 1997. “Defining the Political System of Post-Deng China: Emerging Public Support for a Democratic Political System,” at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political
Science Association, Chicago, Illinois (April).
1996 Chen, Jie. 1996. “The Level and Sources of Legitimacy of China’s Authoritarian Regime,” at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the
Association of Third World Studies, Montgomery, Alabama (October).
1996 Chen, Jie, Yang Zhong, and Jan Hillard. 1996. “Defining the Political System of Post-Deng China: Emergent Public Support for a
Democratization,” at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco (August).
1996 Chen, Jie, Yang Zhong, and Jan Hillard. 1996. “Defining the Political System of Post-Deng China: Emergent Public Support for a
Democratization,” at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco (August).
1996 Chen, Jie, Yang Zhong, and Jan Hillard. 1996. “An Assessment of Political Support in China: Reflections from a Survey of Beijing,” at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science
Association, San Francisco (April), 1996.
1995 Chen, Jie. 1995. “The Emergence of New Social Classes and Its Impact on Political Development in Contemporary China,” at the 1995 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois (August).
1994 Chen, Jie. 1994. “Change in Ruling Methods of the Post-Tiananmen Regime in China,” at the International Conference on “China at the Turn of the Century: Issues, Challenge and Agenda,” Sponsored by the East-West Center (August).
1993 Chen, Jie. 1993. “The Impacts of Reform on the Roles of the Party and Ideology in China,” at the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Third World Studies Association, Tacoma, Washington (October).
1992 Chen, Jie. 1992. “Current Political Change in China: A Transition from Totalitarianism to Authoritarianism,” at the 1992 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago (April).
1990 Chen, Jie. 1990. “The Strength of Ideology in U.S. China Policy: From the Cold War to the Rapprochement,” at the 1990 Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia (November). 1990 Chen, Jie. 1990. “The Changing Strength of U.S. Foreign Policy
the 1990 Pacific Northwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon (November).
UNIVERSITY SERVICE:
2020-2021
Member, Search Committee for Writing, Rhetoric and
Technical Communication Faculty,
James Madison University
2018-2019 Member, Faculty Endowment Awards Selection Committee, James Madison University.
2015-2019 Member, Faculty Research Council, James Madison University. 2018-2019t Chair, Executive Committee of the Graduate Council, James Madison
University.
2018-2019 Member, University Communication/ Marketing (University’s Website) Taskforce, James Madison University.
2018-2019 Member, University Teachers Shortage Taskforce, James Madison University.
2016-17 Chair, The Taskforce for Faculty Research Center, James Madison University.
2015-2019 Chair, Graduate Council, James Madison University.
2013-2015 Member, University Taskforce on Focus for the Future (Program Prioritization): Phase II, University of Idaho.
2012-2013 Chair, Committee for Periodical Review of Senior Administrator, University of Idaho.
2012 Member, President’s Task Force for Diversity, Equity and Inclusiveness, University of Idaho.
2012-2015 Member, the Council for International Initiatives, University of Idaho. 2006-2008 Member, the Eminent Scholar Selection Committee, Old Dominion
University.
2006 Member, the Search Committee for the Director of the International Programs Office of Old Dominion University.
2005 Organizer, the International Conference on the Rise of China (where 35 prominent scholars from all over the world and about 100 attendants from businesses, government agencies, and the media participated), Old Dominion University.
2005-2011 Member, Graduate Administrative Council. Old Dominion University. 2003-2007 Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee (Committee F), Faculty
Senate, Old Dominion University.
2000-2001 Director of the Projectof Asian Studies Development supported by a Federal Title VI grant: “Strengthening Asian Studies through Faculty Training, Study Abroad, Enhanced Language and Literature
Instruction, and the Establishment of an Asian Studies Major,” Old Dominion University.
2000-2001 Chair, the College Research & Publications Committee, Old Dominion University.
2000-2011 Member, the Council for International Initiatives of the University, Old Dominion University.