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Tianjian Shi

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Education

PhDColumbia University1992
CertificateUniversity of Michigan1987
M.A.Columbia University1983
LL.B.Peking University1982
Areas of Research

Asian Security Issues and Political Participation

Professional Experience / Employment History

Duke University
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, 2000-present
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, 1993-2000
University of Iowa
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, 1992-1993
Peking University
Lecturer, Department of International Politics, 1988-1989
The Opinion Research Center of China
Deputy Director, 1988-1989
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

Fulbright Fellowship, 1982-1983
Professional Service

Faculty Computer Liaison
APSI By-law Revision Commttee, September, 2006 - present
Webal's Tenure Committee, December, 2006
Graduate Admissions Committee, August, 2006
Chair, Steven's Tenure Committee, January 2006
Chair, Graduate Admissions Committee, August 1, 2003
Dept Committees
Asian/Pacific Studies Graduate Affairs Committee, August 1, 2003 - present
Asian Pacific Study Institute Executive Committee, August 1, 2003 - August 15, 2005
American Politics Search Committee, August 1, 2004
Member, American Politics Search Committee, Fall 2001
Papers Refereed
referree, AJPS, January 2006
referree, CPS, January 2006
referree for China Journal, December, 2004
Reviewer for AJPS, August, 2004
referree for JOP, 2004
Other
Editorial Board of Journal of Contemporary China, 2006 - present
Member, Editorial Board of China Review, present
Article Referee, Journals, present
   American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, World Politics, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, China Quarterly, China Journal, Modern China, and Problems of Post Communism
Member, Review panel for the US-Chinese Cooperative Research Project, Henry Luce Foundation, present
Member, Editorial Board of Chinese Social Science Quarterly, 1996-1999
Selected Recent Invited Talks

Incumbent based and regime based Trust in China, Kunming, China, July 20, 2006
Nationalist in China, Capetown, South Africa, July 27, 2005
Democarcy and Peace: The implication of China Raise, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphina, April 24, 2005

Publications

Books

  1. Tangbiao Xiao, Tianjian Shi with Qiu Xinyou and Yu Wenhua, "Linage and Village Governance in Contemporary China: Multidisciplinary Research", edited by Dangdai Zhongguo, Nongcun Zonzu, Yu Xiangcun Zhili: Kuaxueke de Yanjiu Yu Duihua (2002), Xian, Shanxi: Xian University Press.
  2. T. Shi, Political Participation in Beijing (1997), Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.

Chapters in Books

  1. T. Shi, Mass Political Behavior in Beijing, in The Paradox of China's Post-Mao Economic Reform, edited by Merle Goldman and Roderick Macfarquhar (1999), pp. 145-69, Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press.
  2. T. Shi, Resources, Attitudes and Political Participation for Different Age Groups in the PRC, in Taiwan and Mainland China Toward the Twenty-first Century, edited by Winston L. Yang and Deborach A. Brown (1998), pp. 135-69, New York:, Center of Asian Studies, St. Johns University.
  3. T. Shi, Survey Research in China, in Rethinking Rationality, Research in Micropolitics, Vol. 5, edited by Michael Delli-Carpini, Leonie Huddy, and Robert Y. Shapiro (1996), pp. 213-50, Greenwich, Conn.: JAI Press.
  4. T. Shi, Soft-Liners vs. Hard-liners: the Intra-Party" Dynamics of 1989 Democracy Movement, in Democracy Movement of 1989 and China's Future, edited by Jai Hao (1990), pp. 113-33, Washington, D.C.: Washington Center for China Studies.

Journal Articles

  1. T. Shi, Cultural Values and Democracy in Mainland China, China Quarterly, vol. 162 (2000), pp. 540-59 (Reprinted in Elections and Democracy in Greater China, edited by Larry Diamond and Ramon H. Myers, Oxford University Press, 2001, 176-196.).
  2. Chen, Xueyi and Tianjian Shi, Media Effects on Political Confidence and Trust in the PRC in the Post-Tiananmen Period, East Asia: An International Quarterly, vol. 19 no. 3 (2001), pp. 84-118.
  3. T. Shi, Cultural Impact on Political Trust: A Comparison of Mainland China and Tawian, Comparative Politics, vol. 33 no. 4 (2001), pp. 401-420.
  4. Rong, Xyelang and Tianjian Shi, Inequality in Chinese Education, Journal of Contemporary China, vol. 10 no. 26 (2001).
  5. T. Shi, Political Culture: A Prerequisite for Democracy, American Asian Review, vol. 18 no. 2 (2000), pp. 53-83.
  6. T. Shi, Cultural Values and Democracy in Mainland China, China Quarterly, vol. 162 (2000), pp. 540-59 (Reprinted in Elections and Democracy in Greater China, edited by Larry Diamond and Ramon H. Myers, Oxford University Press, 2001, 176-196.).
  7. T. Shi, Voting and Nonvoting in China: Voting Behavior in Plebiscitary and Limited Choice Elections, Journal of Politics, vol. 61 no. 4 (1999), pp. 1115-39.
  8. T. Shi, Village Committee Elections in China: Institutionalist Tactics for Democracy, World Politics, vol. 51 no. 3 (1999), pp. 385-412.
  9. T. Shi, Economic Development and Election in Rural China, Journal of Contemporary China, vol. 8 no. 22 (1999), pp. 425-42 (Reprinted in China and Democracy: Reconsidering the Prospects for a Democratic China, edited by Suisheng Zhao, 2000, 233-252.).
  10. Andrew J. Nathan and T. Shi, Left and Right with Chinese Characteristics: Issues and Alignments in Deng Xiaoping's China, World Politics, vol. 48 no. 4 (1996), pp. 522-550.
  11. Andrew J. Nathan and T. Shi, Cultural Prerequisites for Democracy in China: Some Findings from a Survey, Daedalus, vol. 122 no. 2 (1993), pp. 95-123.
  12. T. Shi, Dynamics and Failure of the Democratic Movement in 1989, Asian Survey, vol. 30 no. 12 (1990), pp. 1186-1205.

Papers In Preparation

  1. T. Shi, Impacts of Cultural Norms on Political Process in Asia (book project).
  2. T. Shi, Andrew Nathan, and Jaes Tong with contributions by Hsin-chi Kuan and Siu-kai Lau, Political Participation in Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong: Effects of Institutions, Modernization, and Culture (book project).

Book Reviews

  1. T. Shi, Chinese Democracy after Tiananmen by Yijiang Ding", The China Review (2002), pp. 132-35.
  2. T. Shi, Transition from Communism in China: Institutional and Comparative Analyses, edited by Edwin A. Winckler, The China Journal (2001), pp. 183-84.
  3. T. Shi, Transitions from State Socialism: Economic and Political Change in Hungary and China by Tong Yanqi, American Political Science Review, vol. 95 no. 1 (2001), pp. 246-247.

Other

  1. T. Shi, Rural Democracy in China (2000), Singapore: Singapore University Press.
  2. T. Shi, Generational Differences in Political Attitudes and Political Behaviour in China (1999), Singapore: Singapore University Press.
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