ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS ACADEMIC POSITIONS: CHANGJIANG ENDOWED CHAIR PROFESSORSHIP, the highest honor bestowed by the Ministry of Education, People’s Republic of China to acknowledge distinguished contributions made in various areas of scientific research, 2009-present. (The first recipient of this honor in political science since its inception in 1998.) ZHIYUAN ENDOWED CHAIR PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC OPINION STUDIES, College of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 2009-present. Louis I. Jaffe Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science and Geography, and Graduate Program in International Studies (Ph.D.-granting program), Old Dominion University, 2005-present. PROFESSOR of Political Science, Department of Political Science and Geography, and Graduate Program in International Studies (Ph.D.-granting program), Old Dominion University, 2004-present. GUEST PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE POLITICS, the School of International Studies, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China, 2004-present. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR of political science, Department of Political Science and Geography, and Graduate Program in International Studies (Ph.D.-granting program), Old Dominion University, 1997-2004. RESIDENTIAL Research Fellow, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: Washington, DC, 2001-2002 academic year. FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR, the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board and U.S. Department of State: China, Summer 2002. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin- River Falls, 1993-1997. VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Department of Political Science, Teikyo Loretto Heights University Program ofUniversity of Colorado-Denver, 1991-1993. TEACHING ASSISTANT, Department of Political Science, Washington State University, 1987-1991. ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS: CHAIR, Department of Political Science and Geography, Old Dominion University, 2006-present DIRECTOR, Graduate Program in International Studies (Ph.D.-granting program), Old Dominion University, 2005-2006 DIRECTOR, Institute of Asian Studies, Old Dominion University, 1997-2004. acting chair, Department of Political Science, Old Dominion University, Spring 2004. ACTING DIRECTOR, Graduate Program in International Studies (GPIS), Old Dominion University, Summer 1999. DIRECTOR, International Studies Minor Program (interdisciplinary), University of Wisconsin-River Falls, 1997. ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Center for Pacific Rim Studies, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, 1996-1997. POLICY ANALYST, the Office of Overseas Chinese Affairs, the State Council of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, China, 1982-1985.