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Hongying Wang
Director, The Moynihan East Asia Program
Hongying Wang is Associate Professor of Political Science, she teaches courses in comparative politics, international relations, the politics of globalization, politics of East Asia, and Chinese politics. Her research interest straddles international relations and comparative politics, particularly in studying the interaction between ideational and structural forces and the interaction between domestic and international politics. The geographic focus of her research is East Asia. She received B.A. from Beijing University, M.A. from Ohio University, and Ph.D. from Princeton University. More Info... |
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Norman Kutcher
Norman Kutcher is Associate Professor of History, specializes in late imperial Chinese history. His research interests include Confucianism, orthodoxy, the nature of imperial power, and the domestic life of emperors. He is the author of Mourning in Late Imperial China: Filial Piety and the State (1999). His current research project is a study of Yuanming Yuan, the primary residence of Qing emperors which was destroyed by European powers in 1860. He received B.A. from Wesleyan University, J.D. from Boston College Law School, and M.A. and Ph.D. from Yale University. More Info... |
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Stuart Thorson
Dr. Stuart Thorson is Professor of Political Science and International Relations. He is involved with a multidisciplinary team doing research in the area of systems assurance. His particular interest within this area involves e-governance and questions of privacy and security. Thorson's research focuses on the impact of information and communications technologies on governance. Thorson also directs the interdisciplinary graduate certificate program in Information Technology, Policy, and Management. He received a B.A. from Macalester College and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. More Info... |
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Soonhee Kim
Soonhee Kim is Associate Professor of public administration, and a senior research associate in the Campbell Institute of Public Affairs. Her research and teaching interests include public management, human resources management, electronic government, and leadership development. Her current research projects examine information technology employee retention in the public sector, on-line recruitment in state governments, employee knowledge sharing capabilities, performance management in local governments, and leadership in electronic government development. She received B.A. in public administration from Ewha Women's University, M.P.A. degrees from Korea University and the Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany, and a Ph.D. in Public Administration from the State University of New York at Albany. More Info... |
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George Kallander
George Kallander is Assistant Professor of History. His main research interest is late nineteenth and early twentieth century Korean history, particularly the construction of tradition and the role of religion and religious nationalism in Korea抯 transition to modernity. Professor Kallander recently completed a year as a postdoctoral fellow at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University. He received B.A. from University of Michigan, M.A. from Columbia University, and Ph.D. from Columbia University. More Info... |
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Caroline Tong
Caroline (Haiyan) Tong is Director of Asia Projects, she works with the Director of Executive Education Program and the leadership of the Maxwell School to develop and maintain partnerships with governments and educational institutions in Asia, promote the field of public administration and government reforms in that region. She acts as chief liaison and organizer for many of Maxwell抯 training programs with Asian countries. She also teaches China Seminar for Syracuse University抯 Division of International Programs Abroad (DIPA) and advises Masters thesis for Executive Education students. She received both her M.A. and Ph.D. from the Maxwell School. |
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Steve Lux
Steve Lux is Executive Education Program's International Programs Director, part-time professor in Public Administration and Political Science, and research associate of the Moynihan Institute's transnational NGO initiative. His area of specialization is NGO management in developing and transitioning countries and governance issues related to global civil society. His professional experience cuts across a broad array of sectors including HIV/AIDS, rural development, reproductive health, micro-credit, integrated conservation and development, and the role of faith-based orgs HIV and AIDS programming. He holds a Master in Public Administration from the Maxwell School, Syracuse University and AB in Economics from Harvard College. |
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Mary Lovely
Associate Professor, Economics
Mary E. Lovely is Associate Professor of Economics at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, where she combines interests in international economics and public economics. Her current research projects investigate the pollution content of Chinese exports, examine differences in China's integration into American and Japanese production networks, and estimate the productivity impact of Chinese urbanization. She has recently completed work on the role of provincial differences in environmental policy and labor conditions in directing foreign direct investment flows to Chinese provinces. Dr. Lovely's earlier work considered the measurement of labor market effects of increased international trade, on the distributional effects of industrial policy, on the geographic concentration of exporting firms, and on the welfare effects of smuggling. She has studied the optimal design of commodity taxes when consumers cross borders to shop in lower‑taxing jurisdictions as well as the benefits and costs of restricting this activity. Dr. Lovely earned her Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She holds a master抯 degree in City and Regional Planning from Harvard University. She has taught at Syracuse University since 1988. |
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Margarita Estevez-Abe
Associate Professor, Political Science
Margarita Estévez-Abe teaches courses on "Japanese Political Economy," and "Comparative Political Economy of Gender." As reflected in her course offerings, Professor Estévez-Abe's research interests include Japanese politics and economy, comparative political economy, and studies of gender inequality. Professor Estévez-Abe’s research explores how institutions constrain economic and political actors’ behavior. Professor Estévez-Abe's award-winning book Welfare and Capitalism in Postwar Japan (Cambridge University Press, 2008) builds a new institutional model of welfare politics to situate Japan’s welfare state in a comparative perspective and also to explain historical shifts in Japan.
Professor Estévez-Abe is currently revising her new book manuscript, Gender, Inequality and Capitalism, which compares and explains women’s labor market opportunities in advanced industrial societies. Her other recent work includes: "Gendering the Varieties of Capitalism: A Study of Occupational Segregation by Sex in Advanced Industrial Societies (World Politics 2006),” “Japan’s Shift Toward A Westminster System: A Structural Analysis of the 2005 Lower House Election (Asian Survey 2006),” “Gender Bias in Skills and Social Policies: The Varieties of Capitalism Perspective on Sex Segregation (Social Politics 2005),” “Japan’s New Extrovert Leaders: How Institutions Change Incentives and Capabilities,” Harvard University Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Working Paper #3557, co-authored with Takako Hikotani (2008), “How Policies Affect Women’s Economic Position within the Family: Labor Market Institutions and Wives’ Contribution to Household Income,” Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper 505, co-authored with Tanja Hethey (2008). Professor Estévez-Abe also writes extensively in Japanese—mostly for popular audience. She regularly contributes articles to 週刊エコノミスト（毎日新聞社）, a well-known magazine in Japan. |