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.
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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...

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...

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...

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’s 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...

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’s training programs with Asian countries. She also teaches China Seminar for Syracuse University’s 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.

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.

Alex Tan

Alex (Zixiang) Tan is Associate Professor of the School of Information Studies. He teaches in the Telecommunications and Network Management area. His current research and teaching interests include telecommunications policy and regulation, new technology development and applications, industry restructure and competition. Tan received his Ph. D. degree in Telecommunications Policy and Management from Rutgers University in New Jersey. He holds both a Bachelor and a Master degree in Electronic Engineering from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Alex has a second Master degree in Communications and Information Technology Policy from SPRU of the University of Sussex in UK.
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Jing Lei

Jing Lei is Assistant Professor of Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation at the School of Education. Jing Lei's research interests include educational technology integration, meaningful technology use in schools, social-cultural and psychological impact of technology, teacher technology professional development, and international and comparative education. Her most recent research concerns how the use of technology both influences and is influenced by teachers, students, and school systems. She teaches courses in instructional design, development and evaluation. She holds a masters degree in higher education and comparative education from Peking University and the Ph.D. in learning, technology and culture from Michigan State University.  More Info...