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Kristen E. Looney
Georgetown University
Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
Asian Studies Program
Box 571040
37th and O Streets, NW
Washington, DC 20057-1040
Email: [email protected]
Office Phone: 202-687-1087
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Assistant Professor
Georgetown University, Asian Studies Program and Department of
Government, August 2012-present.
EDUCATION
Harvard University
Ph.D. in Government, August 2012.
Wellesley College
B.A. in Chinese Studies, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa,
June 2001.
RESEARCH
Chinese Politics, Comparative Political Economy of East Asia.
DISSERTATION / CURRENT BOOK PROJECT
“The Rural Developmental State: Modernization Campaigns and Peasant Politics in China,
Taiwan and South Korea.” Dissertation committee: Elizabeth Perry (chair), Timothy
Colton, Roderick MacFarquhar, Katharine Moon.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
“China’s Campaign to Build a New Socialist Countryside: Village Modernization, Peasant
Councils, and the Ganzhou Model of Rural Development.” The China Quarterly
(forthcoming).
“Village Gazetteers, a New Source in the China Field.” The China Journal No. 60, July 2008,
pp. 135-47.
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FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
Book Incubator Grant of the Department of Government, 2015.
Eliot Fellowship for Dissertation Completion, Harvard University, 2011.
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship, 2009.
Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellowship, Honorary Fellow, Harvard University, 2009.
Blakemore Freeman Fellowship for Advanced Asian Language Study (China), 2008.
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Summer Fellowship (Korea), 2008.
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2005.
Mary Elvira Stevens Traveling Fellowship (15 countries in Asia), Wellesley College, 2004.
Fulbright Institute of International Education (IIE) Fellowship (China), 2001.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Derek Bok Center, Harvard University, 2008.
Weatherhead Center Graduate Student Associate, Harvard University, 2007.
Center for Women Unsung Heroine Award, Emory University, 2004.
Campus Life Humanitarian Award, Emory University, 2004.
TEACHING
Georgetown University
Chinese Politics in Comparative Perspective (graduate), Spring 2013, 2014, 2015.
US-China Relations (graduate and undergraduate), Spring 2013, 2014, 2015.
Politics of China (undergraduate), Fall 2012, 2013.
Political Economy of Contemporary China (undergraduate first-year seminar), Fall 2013.
Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Member, Department of Government: 2 advisees (ongoing).
M.A. Adviser, Asian Studies: 11 advisees (6 completed, 5 ongoing).
Undergraduate Thesis Adviser: 2 advisees for Culture and Politics 2013-2014 and the
Carroll Fellows Initiative 2013-2014. Advisee’s work accepted for publication in The
Michigan Journal of Asian Studies.
Harvard University
The Chinese Cultural Revolution (undergraduate core curriculum), Head Teaching Fellow for
Professor Roderick MacFarquhar, Spring 2008.
Introduction to Comparative Politics (undergraduate), Teaching Fellow for Professor Steven
Levitsky, Fall 2007.
State-Society Relations in Modern China (undergraduate junior tutorial), Teaching Fellow for
Professor Elizabeth Perry, Fall 2007.
Undergraduate Thesis Adviser: 2 advisees for East Asian Studies 2007-2008 and Department of
Government 2010-2011. Advisee won the Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize in 2008.
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INVITED PRESENTATIONS
U.S. Department of State, Foreign Service Institute. Research presentation for “China Two Week
Intensive Area Studies Seminar” and “China Advanced Area Studies Course,” January
2014 (also October 2012, March 2013, May 2013, October 2013).
Johns Hopkins University, Program in East Asian Studies. Research presentation for “Agrarian
Development in China: Legacies and Prospects,” November 2013.
Brown University, Watson Institute for International Studies. Research presentation for
“Subnational Research in Comparative Politics,” May 2013.
Northern Virginia Community College, International Studies Committee of the Alexandria
Campus. Research presentation for “Globalization Seminars,” March 2013.
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Research presentation for “Class, Power and
China,” December 2012.
World Bank Institute and the Korea Development Institute School of Public Policy and
Management. Research presentation for “Frontiers in Development Policy” in
Washington, D.C., May 2012.
ASSOCIATION CONFERENCES
American Political Science Association: 2012 (presenter), 2013 (presenter), 2014 (discussant).
Association for Asian Studies: 2008 (dissertation workshop participant), 2011 (presenter), 2014
(presenter and panel organizer), 2015 (presenter).
American Association for Chinese Studies: 2012 (presenter).
SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY AND THE PROFESSION
2014-2015
Co-organizer for the Comparative Politics Speaker Series, Department of Government and the
Mortara Center for International Studies.
Advisory Board Member for the Georgetown Journal of Asian Affairs.
Member of the China Studies Group Steering Committee.
Faculty mentor for the Georgetown Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.
Masters in Asian Studies Program Admissions Committee.
Moderator for the Asian Studies Program “Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Protests: Implications
for Beijing and Taipei,” November 2014.
Faculty representative for Georgetown at meeting with Taiwan’s Ambassador Lyushun Shen at
Twin Oaks Estate in Washington, D.C., October 2014.
2013-2014
School of Foreign Service Faculty Council Rapporteur.
Advisory Board Member for the Georgetown Journal of Asian Affairs.
Anonymous reviewer for Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, Journal of Politics.
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Faculty mentor for the Georgetown Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.
Interviewer for the Office of Fellowships, Awards, and Research, Rhodes Fellowship RoundTable, September 2013.
Guest lecturer for Scope and Methods of Political Science (Govt 700), October 2013.
Participant in Book Manuscript Workshop for Professor Meg Rithmire of Harvard Business
School, November 2013.
Interviewer for the Office of International Programs, Oxford Study Abroad, November 2013.
Guest speaker of the Georgetown University Global Living Community, February 2014.
Moderator for the Georgetown University China-U.S. Forum, “Change in Economic & Global
Governance Patterns,” March 2014.
Guest lecturer for Comparative Political Systems (Govt 121), March 2014.
Presenter for the Georgetown Diplomacy and International Security Conference, “Borders,
Regimes, and Regional Security: The Future of Sino-US Cooperation,” April 2014.
Delegate for the Annual Conference of the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
and Georgetown University in Beijing, June 2014.
Book Manuscript Reader for Professor Becky Hsu of the Sociology Department, August 2014.
2012-2013
Faculty mentor for the Georgetown Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.
Guest lecturer for Scope and Methods of Political Science (Govt 700), October 2012.
Discussant for the Annual Conference of the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist
Party and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., November 2012.
Contributor to Asian Studies multimedia site on China’s leadership transition, November 2012.
Guest of the Georgetown University Forum weekly radio show, March 2013.
Delegate and discussant for the Annual Conference of the Central Party School of the Chinese
Communist Party and Georgetown University in Beijing and Zhejiang, May-June 2013.
Guest member of the Center for Strategic and International Studies delegation to Taipei, June
2013.
Contributor to Asian Studies multimedia site on Bo Xilai trial, August 2013.
ADDITONAL EDUCATION
Language
Inter-University Program (IUP) for Chinese Language Studies at Tsinghua University in Beijing,
2008-2009. Chinese Proficiency: Fluent.
Korean Language Institute of Yonsei University in Seoul, Summer 2008. Korean Proficiency:
Intermediate.
CET Academic Programs in Harbin and Beijing, Summer and Fall 1999.
Research Methods
Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research, Consortium on Qualitative Research
Methods, Arizona State University, January 2008.
ADDITONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
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Operations Manager, Barkley Forum Debate Society, Emory University, Atlanta, 2003-2004.
China Program Intern, The Carter Center, Atlanta, Summer 2003.
Curriculum Vita last updated: 1/28/2015.
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