GRACE
HUANG
5107 S. Blackstone
Avenue, Apt. 1007
Chicago, IL 60615
Email: ghuang@uchicago.edu
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY
OF CHICAGO,
Ph.D.
(expected June 2004)
Department of Political Science
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO,
M.A.
1996
Department of Political Science
BROWN UNIVERSITY,
A.B.
1993
Political Science,
magna cum laude
DISSERTATION
THE
POLITICS
OF KNOWING
SHAME:
Agency in Jiang Jieshi’s Leadership (1927-1936)
(see attached précis)
AWARDS
CHIANG
CHING-KUO
FOUNDATION
International Scholarly Exchange
2003-04
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, McLean, Virginia
DIVISION
OF SOCIAL
SCIENCES,
University of Chicago
2003-04
Advanced Residence merit tuition grant
CENTER FOR EAST ASIAN
STUDIES,
University of Chicago
2002-03
Dissertation Writing Fellowship
FULBRIGHT-HAYS
Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
2001-02
U.S. Department of Education
LANGUAGE
TRAINING
FELLOWSHIP,
Ministry of Education, Taiwan
2000-01
Mandarin Training Center, National Taiwan Normal University
GRADUATE
FELLOWSHIP,
University
of Chicago
1994-98
PRESENTATIONS
Lying on Brushwood and Tasting
Gall:
Jiang Jieshi’s Response to the May 3rd Tragedy of
1928
1). New England Regional Conference at Harvard
Association for Asian Studies, Boston, Oct. 25, 2003
2). East Asia Workshop: Politics, Economy and Society
U. of Chicago, Oct. 21, 2003
Jiang Jieshi’s Uses of ‘Shame’ [恥]
to ‘Match Up’
Academia Sinica, Institute for Social Sciences and Philosophy
Political Science Section, Taiwan, Aug. 6, 2002
Jiang Jieshi’s Leadership in the Nanjing Era:
The Concept of ‘Propriety’ [禮]
as his Source of Inspiration
Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast, Monterey, California, Jun.
8, 2001
The Political Leaderships of Yuan Shikai and Sun Yatsen:
Agency & Structure, Transitioning from the Qing to the Early
Republic
Midwest
Political Science Association, Chicago, Apr. 16, 1999
The Charismatic Relationship in the Modern World
Political Theory Workshop, U. of Chicago, Nov. 4, 1996
RELATED
Research Associate to Jay Taylor,
Harvard Fairbank
Center
for East Asian Studies
PROFESSIONAL
1). Oral History Project: interviewed Guomindang veterans from
the War
EXPERIENCE
of Resistance, Civil
War, and the Korean War; a
colonel under warlord,
Yan Xishan; a former ambassador;
and a former premier, Hao Bocun.
2). Compared Jiang’s
Confucian background with Mao Zedong’s Legalist
background on ‘shame,’ 2003 until present.
Research Assistant.
U. of
Chicago
1). Ken Wong: analyzed efficacy of Chicago Public Schools Reform
Winter 1998
2). Lynn Sanders, currently at U. of Virginia
Reviewed literature on multi-culturalism, summer 1995
3). Jane Junn, currently at Rutgers U.
Acknowledged in preface of Education and Democratic Citizenship
in
America
[with
Norman Nie and Ken Stehlik-Berry, 1996],
summer 1995
Visiting Scholar to Archives of Academia Historica, Taiwan,
2001-2003
Visiting Scholar to Academia Sinica, Institute for Social
Sciences and
Philosophy, Taiwan, May-July 2000, Sept. 2001-Dec. 2002
Discussant
for
Benito
Nacif, Kellogg Institute, Notre Dame, Cide, Mexico
Policy Making under Divided Government in Mexico
Comparative Politics Workshop, U. of Chicago, Apr. 18, 2001
Intern
to Paul Simon, U.S. Senator
Mediated on behalf of immigrants to the Immigration and Naturalization
Services
(INS), Chicago, summer, fall 1996
Ministry of Education:
assisted in Taiwan’s educational
reform.
1). Helped lead workshop on Graduate Student Teaching, March
19, 2003.
2). Recruited eight
Western educated consultants to exchange ideas with
the Ministry’s taskforce on undergraduate reform, Jun. 22, 2002.
TEACHING
B.A. Preceptor. Fall, winter quarters, led independent
seminar on research
design
for 22 college seniors in political theory, comparative politics;
spring
quarter, critiqued multiple drafts of their theses.
U. of Chicago, 2000-01.
Teaching
Assistant. Undergraduate core curriculum, U. of Chicago
1). ‘Equality and Inequality,’ Classics of Social and Political
Thought;
Taught ind. classes on De Tocqueville and Weber, spring 1998
2). ‘Social Contract Theorists,’ Classics of Social and Political
Thought;
Taught ind. classes on Locke, winter 1998
3). ‘Liberalism & its Critics,’ Power, Identity, and Resistance;
Taught ind. classes on Dewey and Weber, spring 1997
Lecture given in
mandarin
The Politics and History of China-Taiwan-American Relations
Taipei Shili Shifan University, Nov. 22, 2002
FOREIGN
MANDARIN:
near fluent speaking and reading; high pass on U. of Chicago
LANGUAGES
language exam (2001); intermediate and advanced Chinese, U.
of Chicago;
1 1/2 years,
Mandarin Training Center, Taiwan (93-94, 99-00); 2 years
reading primary documents
for the dissertation.
TAIWANESE: proficient
conversational speaking
FRENCH:
some reading ability
REFERENCES William H. Sewell, Jr., U. of Chicago, Political Science & History
(Chair)
Susanne Rudolph, U. of Chicago, Political Science
Lisa Wedeen, U. of Chicago, Political Science
Prasenjit Duara, U. of Chicago, History & East Asian Studies
Jay Taylor, Harvard University, Fairbank Center for East Asian
Studies
