Jie Chen, Professor of Political Science, Chair, Department of Political Science and Geography DR. JIE CHEN holds the endowed Chair, Louis I. Jaffe Professor of Political Science, and serves as Chair of the Department of Political Science at Old Dominion University. He also holds the titles of the Changjiang Scholar Chair Professorship and Zhiyuan Chair Professorship bestowed, respectively, by the Ministry of Education, PRC, and by Shanghai Jiaotong University, China. He served as a Fulbright Scholar conducting survey research in China in 2002. He also serves as faculty member in the Graduate Programs in International Studies. Dr. Chen has authored and co-authored four books on Chinese politics. His most recent books include Popular Political Support in Urban China (Stanford University Press, 2004), and Allies of the State: China's Private Entrepreneurs and Democratic Change (co-authored, Harvard University Press, forthcoming). He has also authored and co-authored many refereed articles on contemporary Chinese politics, which appeared in scholarly journals, such as Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Public Opinion Quarterly, Social Science Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, the China Quarterly, Asian Survey, Modern China, and Journal of Contemporary China. Dr. Chen received research grants from National Science Foundation to conduct research projects on the political roles of the middle class and private entrepreneurs in China.