CURRICULUM VITA
August 26, 2015
Qingli Meng, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614
Telephone: 319-273-7242
E-mail: qingli.meng@uni.edu
EDUCATION
2011 Ph.D., Public Policy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, North Carolina
Dissertation Title: On Corruption-Related Crimes in Transitional China: A Panel Data Analysis from
Criminological and Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives
2006 MPA University of North Carolina at Pembroke
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2014-present Assistant Professor, Criminology, University of Northern Iowa
2012-2014
Post-Doc Research Fellow, the College of Arts and Science, Beihang
University, Beijing,
2011-2012
Post-Doc Research Fellow, the Department of Criminal Justice and
Criminology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
2006-2011
Teaching & Research Assistant, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Northern Iowa
White-collar Crime
Research Methods
International Perspectives on Corruption
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Introduction to Criminal Justice
China Politics
Global Connections (co-instructor)
International Criminal Justice (co-instructor)
PUBLICATIONS
Published Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
(Forthcoming) Qingli Meng, 2015 “Corruption and Land Use in Rural China.” The Routledge
International Handbook of Rural Criminology (IHRC). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.
(Forthcoming) Zhizhou, Du and Qingli, Meng, 2015 “The Structure of Chinese Higher Education
Corruption: A Case Statistical Analysis,” International Journal of Education and Culture
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Qingli Meng and Paul C. Friday, 2014 “Historical Overview of Corruption and China’s Response,
1978 to 2012: A quantitative and qualitative assessment,” Leadership and Policy Quarterly,” Vol.4
Issue 4 (Dec)
Published Peer Reviewed Book Chapters
Qingli Meng and Paul C. Friday, 2014 “Victims of Corruption: A Conceptual Framework” in M.F.
Ndahinda, I. Vanfraechem, and A. Pemberton (Eds.) Justice for victims: Perspectives on rights,
transition and reconciliation. The Hague, NL: Routledge Publishers.
Paul C. Friday, Maria de la Luz Lima and Qingli Meng, 2014 “Role Reversal in Interpersonal
Violence: An International Perspective on Domestic Violence and Gender Equality.” in E. G. M.
Weitekamp and P. Schaefer (Eds) In Establishing Victimology - A pioneer’s involvement in creating
the science of Victimology: A Festschrift for Prof.Dr. Gerd Ferdinand Kirchhoff on the occasion of
the 30th anniversary Dubrovnik Course "Victimology, Victim Assistance and Criminal Justice.
Mönchengladbach, Germany: Schriften des Facbereichs Soziale Arbeit an der Hochschule
Niederrhein.
Articles Under Peer-Review
Qingli Meng, and Paul C. Friday, 2014 “Human Development, Gender Inequality and Violence,”
The Journal of Leadership and Policy Quarterly
Articles in Substantial Progress
Qingli Meng and Anh N. Tran, 2014 “Manipulation in Chinese Prosecution of Corruption: A
Forensic Analysis”
Published Books and Book Chapters
Qingli Meng, 2014 “Corruption in Transitional China: a 33-year study”, Second Edition, Njemingen,
The Netherlands: Wolf Legal Publishers.
Qingli Meng, 2013 “Corruption in Transitional China: a 33-year study”, First Edition, Njemingen,
The Netherlands: Wolf Legal Publishers.
Qingli Meng, 2013 “An Empirical Study on Corruption in Transitional China”, China Fangzheng
Press, Beijing, China (in Chinese)
Paul C. Friday and Qingli Meng, 2010 “Corruption in Transitional China—From a Criminological
Perspective”pp 711-724 in V.Konarska and J. Lachowski (Eds). Major Problems of Contemporary
Criminal Law, Criminology and Victimology. Wolters Kluwer Publ. Office, Polish Branch.
Working Projects
Qingli Meng, “Designing Effective Chinese Anti-corruption Policies: A policy trend analysis 19792013”
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Qingli Meng, “An Assessment of China’s Political Response to Corruption 1978 to 2014”
Qingli Meng, “Chinese Corruption Case Disclosure Models”
Qingli Meng, “Court Discretionary Power in China: An Empirical Analysis”
Qingli Meng, “Severity or Certain? A Triangulation Analysis of 200 Chinese Corruption Capital
Punishment Cases 1980-2009”
CONFERENCE PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS, AND ORGANIZED SESSIONS
“Corruption and Land Use in Rural China.” American Society of Criminology Washington D.C.,
November 18-21, 2015. Paper Presentation. Qingli, Meng
“The Structure of Chinese Higher Education Corruption: A Case Statistical Analysis.”
2015 Conference on Ethics in Higher Education Ethics in Practice: Building a Classroom and
Campus Culture for Academic Integrity, Maucker Union, University of Northern Iowa, September 18,
2015. Paper Presentation Qingli Meng
“An Empirical Study of Chinese Higher Education Corruption.” The 3rd Untested Ideas International
Research E-conference, on-line on June 26-28, 2015. Keynote speaker. Qingli Meng
“A Statistical Analysis of the Chinese Higher Educational Corruption.” American Society of
Criminology San Francisco, California November 19-22, 2014. Paper Presentation. Qingli, Meng
“Human Development, Gender Inequality and Violence.” The American Society of Criminology San
Francisco, California, November 19-22, 2014. Paper Presentation. Paul C. Friday and Qingli Meng
“Integration Education in Chinese University.” The 2nd Seminar on Cleaning Governance in China,
Xian, Sanxi Province, China, July 17-22, 2014 Session Organizer, Qingli Meng
“Gender Inequality and Domestic Violence.” 30th Anniversary Course XXX. International Post
Graduate Course on Victimology, Victim Assistance and Criminal Justice, Inter-University Center
Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 12-25, 2014. Paper Presentation Paul C. Friday and Qingli Meng
“Routledge Handbook of Chinese Criminology.” American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA
November 20th-23rd, 2013. Author Meets Critics. Paul C. Friday, Qingli Meng, and Susanne
Karstedt (Qingli Meng was among the group that provide one criticism and comment on the book
“Routledge Handbook of Chinese Criminology”)
“On the Construction of Pilot China Anti-Corruption Special Zone: A Key Strategically Choice to the
Success of Pan-China Anti-Corruption Initiatives”, China Anti-Corruption Institutional Reform
Seminar, College of Political Science and Public Administration at Zhongshan University,
Guangdong Province, China, December 15-16, 2012. Paper Presentation Qingli Meng
“A Quantitative Analysis on the Diminished Cost of Corruption in China”, Citizen Quality and Clean
Governance Seminar, Taiwan, October 18-19, 2012 Paper Presentation Qingli Meng
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“The Role of Public Administration in Constructing Corruption-Free Society in China”, 5thAntiCorruption Forum, Hangzhou, China, September 10-11, 2012. Paper Presentation Qingli Meng
“Victims of Corruption.”12th International Symposium on Victimology. Den Haag, Netherlands,
May, 2012. Paper Presentation Qingli Meng and Paul C. Friday
“Urban-Rural and Regional Inequality in China—A Public Policy Perspective” Presented at Social
Equity and Leadership—Social Equity and Regional Disparities Conference, Newark, June 17-19,
2009. Paper Presentation Qingli Meng
2009-2010
Carolina
RESEARCH POSITION
Researcher, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Drug-Free Coalition, Charlotte, North
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY / GUEST SPEAKER
“The Process of Social Research in Chinese Criminal Justice Study.” May 15, 2015, China Political
and Law Univeristy, Beijing, China.
“Anti-corruption in Chinese Higher Educational Sector.” May 27, 2015, Fudan University, Shanghai
China Qingli Meng
“Corruption in Chinese Higher Educational Sector.” March 4, 2015, Spring 2015 Sociology,
Anthropology and Criminology Department Colloquium Talk Series at UNI Qingli Meng
“Research Methods in Social Science.” September 28, 2013 Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Qingli Meng
“Research Methods in Social Science.” September 18, 2013 China University of Mining and
Technology, Xuzhou, China Qingli Meng
“How Corruption and Anti-corruption Initiatives Manifest over Time in Transitional China—A
Three Decades Analysis.” April 26, 2013 Indiana University Bloomington Qingli Meng
GRANTS
Spring 2015, “Dean’s May Challenge Grants: International Teaching or International Research”
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at UNI, $2,000
Fall 2014, “Online Fall Course Development Grant, Continuing Education, UNI $3,000
Fall 2014 “Pre-Tenure Faculty Grant Award,” Office of the Provost & Executive Vice-President
for Academic Affairs, $1,487
Fall 2014, “2015 Summer Research Grant,” College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, UNI,
$6,000
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Committee Service
Spring 2015
External Dissertation Reviewer on Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy, the
Department of Professional Studies, Niagara University
Fall 2014-present
Affiliated faculty member of the Graduate Program in the Department of
Geography at the University of Northern Iowa
Fall 2014-present
Northern Iowa
Appointed member of Graduate Faculty, Graduate College at the University of
Fall 2014-present
Member, Koob Scholarship Committee University of Northern Iowa
Fall 2014
An Editorial Review Board Member of IJSER (International Journal of Social
and Educational Rankings” (http://www.untestedideas.com)
Fall 2014
An Editorial Review Board Member of Leadership and Policy Quarterly
DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
Spring 2015
Panther Open House Recruiting Events, one session
Fall 2014
Fall Commencement 2014 Commencement Marshal Volunteer at the
University of Northern Iowa
Fall 2014
Panther Open House Recruiting Events, one session
Fall 2014
Acting as a hosting professor for a Chinese Visiting Scholar Dr.
Zhizhou, Du, who is from Beihang to do corruption research at UNI
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Association of University Professors/UNI United Faculty
Active Member of American Society of Criminology
Member of World Society of Victimology
Member of the Association of Chinese Criminology and Criminal Justice in the United States
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