September 15, 2007

Dear Applicants, OYCF Members, and Friends:

It is our great pleasure to announce the winners of the OYCF Teaching Fellowships for the year 2007-08. This year, we received a competitive pool of high quality applications from established professors, professionals, researchers, and Ph.D. students. We appreciate very much the applicants' strong dedication to teaching in China , and their time and effort in supporting the OYCF teaching program. We were very much impressed by the applicants' careful preparations and promising proposals.

We are also grateful to our anonymous referees for reviewing and evaluating the applications. Their careful reviews and insightful comments have greatly benefited our Teaching Fellowship selection process. Based on the expert referees' opinions, fourteen (14) OYCF Teaching Fellowships, including nine (9) OYCF-Gregory C. and Paula K. Chow Teaching Fellowships and five (5) OYCF-Ford Teaching Fellowships, are awarded to the following applicants.

Name

Hua Cai

Position/Status

Attorney at Law

Affiliation

Morrison & Foerster, LLP

Course Title

Corporate Law: A Comparative Analysis

Host Institution

China University of Political Science and Law

Fellowship

OYCF-Gregory C. and Paula K. Chow Teaching Fellowship


Name

Dingding Chen

Position/Status

Assistant Professor

Affiliation

Hamilton College

Course Title

Comparative Perspectives on US and Chinese Foreign Policy

Host Institution

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Fellowship

OYCF-Gregory C. and Paula K. Chow Teaching Fellowship


Name

Jin Chen

Position/Status

Journalist

Affiliation

Caijing Magazine at Boston

Course Title

Economic Reporting: Issue Analysis and Opinion Pieces

Host Institution

Beijing Normal University

Fellowship

OYCF-Gregory C. and Paula K. Chow Teaching Fellowship


Name

Zongshi Chen

Position/Status

Ph.D. Candidate

Affiliation

University of California-Berkeley

Course Title

Sociology of Organizations

Host institution

Shanghai University

Fellowship

OYCF-Gregory C. and Paula K. Chow Teaching Fellowship


Name

He Li

Position/Status

Professor

Affiliation

Merrimack College

Course Title

International Political Economy

Host Institution

Hebei College of Finance

Fellowship

OYCF-Gregory C. and Paula K. Chow Teaching Fellowship


Name

Xin-An Lv

Position/Status

Associate Professor

Affiliation

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Course Title

Rhetoric and Public Speaking

Host Institution

Shaanxi Normal University

Fellowship

OYCF-Gregory C. and Paula K. Chow Teaching Fellowship


Name

Madigan, Timothy

Position/Status

Associate Professor

Affiliation

Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

Course Title

Social Stratification

Host Institution

Central China Normal University

Fellowship

OYCF-Ford Teaching Fellowship


Name

John McCarthy

Position/Status

Professor

Affiliation

The Pennsylvania State University

Course Title

Social Movement

Host Institution

Renmin University of China

Fellowship

OYCF-Gregory C. and Paula K. Chow Teaching Fellowship


Name

Dan Wang

Position/Status

Ph.D. Candidate

Affiliation

Syracuse University

Course Title

Historical and Cultural Foundations of Modern Education

Host Institution

East China Normal University

Fellowship

OYCF-Ford Teaching Fellowship


Name

Ming Wen

Position/Status

Assistant Professor

Affiliation

University of Utah

Course Title

Social Contexts of Health and Illness

Host Institution

Beijing Normal University

Fellowship

OYCF-Ford Teaching Fellowship


Name

Guangqiu Xu

Position/Status

Professor

Affiliation

Friends University

Course Title

History of U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1945

Host Institution

Zhanjiang Normal University

Fellowship

OYCF-Gregory C. and Paula K. Chow Teaching Fellowship


Name

Liangzhi You

Position/Status

Senior Scientist

Affiliation

International Food Policy Research Institute

Course Title

Principles and practice for agricultural R&D evaluation and priority setting

Host Institution

Renmin University of China

Fellowship

OYCF-Gregory C. and Paula K. Chow Teaching Fellowship


Name

Meyer Zald

Position/Status

Professor Emeritus

Affiliation

University of Michigan

Course Title

Social Movement

Host Institution

Renmin University of China

Fellowship

OYCF-Gregory C. and Paula K. Chow Teaching Fellowship


Name

Ying Zhu

Position/Status

Associate Professor

Affiliation

College of Staten Island- The City University of New York

Course Title

Comparative Studies of Global Film Industries

Host Institution

Beijing Normal University

Fellowship

OYCF-Ford Teaching Fellowship


Many congratulations to all of our winners! Let us close this announcement by thanking all of our applicants and the members, donors and friends of OYCF. The success of the OYCF Teaching Fellowship program depends on your continued support and participation.

Best regards,

Lei Guang, Junling Ma, Hao Zou, Duan Wu, and Lu Zheng

OYCF Teaching Fellowship Selection Committee