1. Mr. Tim Roberts:
Chinese Host Institution: Zhejiang University, Hangzhou
Home Institution: Western Illinois University
Term: Year
Field: American History
Email: tm-roberts@wiu.edu
A.
The history and variety of “American exceptionalism”
B.
Some origins of American gun rights law and the Second
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
C.
A survey of American nineteenth century labor law
D.
The communications revolution in the early American republic
E.
The liberal nationalism of Abraham Lincoln
F.
American involvement in opium trade of the nineteenth century
2. Mr. David Allen Sullivan:
Chinese Host University: Xian International Studies University
Home University: Cabrillo College, California
Term: Year
Field: American Literature
E-mail: dasulliv@cabrillo.edu
A.
American Documentaries: Facts versus Fabrications
B.
Grappling with the U.S. Invasion of Iraq
C.
“I Hear America Singing”: Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson
D.
Fathers and Sons in American Politics and Poetry
E.
Gangrene, Guts, and Glory: Looking at the U.S. Civil War
1

F.
America Under the Lens: Alfred Hitchcock in Hollywood
G.
Charlie Chaplin’s Critique of Early Capitalism
3. Ms. Cheryl Barkey (Spouse of Lecturer David Allen Sullivan):
(*Please note that the Fulbright program does not provide travel expenses for Fulbright spouses.*)
Ms. Cheryl Barkey is a tenured college professor. She teachers a range of history courses, most of which concern women and gender issues in Asian history. Her dissertation looked at debates about reproductive issues (including birth control, eugenics, adoption and midwifery) during the Republican period. Her current project is on gender and the Silk Road.
Term: Year
Field: History/Gender Studies
Email: chbarkey@cabrillo.edu
A.
Gender and the Silk Road
B.
Women in U.S. History
C.
The Status of Women in the U.S.
D.
The Boddhisattva Guanyin: Masculinity and Femininity in Asian
History
4. Ms. Kif Augustine-Adams:
Chinese Host Institution: Renmin University (Beijing)
Home Institution: Brigham Young University, Utah
Term: Year
Field: Law
Email: augustine.kif@gmail.com
A.
The Crisis in American Legal Education
2

B.
Applying to Law School in the United States
C.
Products Liability and Food Safety in the United States
D.
American Tort Law and Personal Responsibility: Standards versus Rules
E.
Affirmative Action in American Higher Education: Recent Cases
F.
The Role of an Associate Dean at an American Law School
G.
The Chinese Diaspora: Northern Mexico in the 1920s and 1930s
5. Mr. Weichiao Huang:
Chinese Host: Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan
Home University: Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
Term: Full Year
Field: Economics
E-mail: huang@wmich.edu
A.
On American Society and Culture: A Chinese American’s
Perspective
B.
On Chinese Astrology: Ancient Science or Pure Superstition
C.
Introduction to the U.S. Economy
D.
Bad days are bad only superstitiously?! An Examination of the
Relationship between Mortality and Inauspicious Days
E.
Toward a general theory of human behavior: household production function approach
F.
Economics of suicide
G.
Economics of charity
H.
Impacts of Restructuring and Privatization on Manufacturing
Productive Efficiency: Evidence from China
3

6. Mr. Stephen T. Asma:
Chinese Host Institution: Beijing Foreign Studies University
Home University: Columbia College, Chicago
Term: Spring
Field: Philosophy, Evolution Theory, Cultural Studies
Email: sasma@colum.edu
A.
Fairness or Favoritism? Western and Eastern Ethical Traditions
B.
Creativity and the Brain: Neuroscience and the Imagination
C.
The Evolution of the Mind: From the Pleistocene to the Present
D.
Understanding Monsters: Exploring the Meanings and Cultures of
Western Monsters
E.
Buddhist Philosophy and Culture in Southeast Asia
F.
Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads: The Story of Natural History
Museums
7. Mr. Andrew Leckey:
Chinese Host Institution: Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou
Home Institution: Arizona State University
Term: Spring
Field: Business Journalism
Email: andrew.leckey@asu.edu
A.
Business journalism and its global opportunities
B.
The risk in all modern investments: A journalist’s view
4

C.
The rising power of emerging nations in world economic events
D.
What Americans don’t know about China, and what Chinese don’t know about America (based on my articles in China’s
Oriental Outlook magazine)
E.
Reputation management
8. Mr. Jeff South:
Chinese Host Institution: Northeast Normal University, Changchun
Home Institution: Virginia Commonwealth University
Term: Spring
Field: Journalism / Mass Communications
Email: jcsouth@vcu.edu
A.
Wikileaks, Snowden and Government Secrecy vs. Security
B.
Big Data, the Media and Government 2.0
C.
The Birth (and Death?) of Rock 'n' Roll
D.
Media Coverage of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement
E.
The Rise and Fall of American Newspapers: Lessons for Other
Countries
F.
International Websites for Publishing your News and Views
G.
English Writing Workshops for Non-native Speakers
9. Ms. Linxin Hao:
Chinese Host Institution: Renmin University
Home Institution: Johns Hopkins University, Maryland
Term: Year
Field: Sociology
5

Email: hao@jhu.edu
A.
Two Aspects of the Rural-Urban Divide and Educational
Stratification in China: A Trajectory Analysis
B.
Distinct Trajectories in the Transition to Adulthood in the United
States: Are Children of Immigrants Advantaged?
C.
The Emerging Welfare State and Poverty Concentration in China
D.
Children of Rural Migrants in Urban and Rural Places of Schooling:
A Source of Rising Educational Inequality
E.
Structural and Compositional Sources of China’s Rising Income
Inequality: A Quantile Regression Analysis
10. Mr. Robert Weller
Chinese Host Institution: Nanjing University
Home University: Boston University
Term: Year
Field: Anthropology
Email: rpweller@bu.edu
A.
Scaling Up Philanthropy: Consequences for Civil Virtues
B.
Pluralism and Chinese Religions
C.
Grassroots Services and Local Social Life in China
D.
Leisure, Ritual and Choice in Modern Chinese Societies
E.
Taiwan and Global Religious Trends
F.
Flexibility and Governance: Religious Organizations and NPOs in
Chinese Society
6

11. Ms. Ketty Wong Cruz:
Chinese Host Institution: Peking University
Home University: University of Kansas
Term: September 2013-June 2014
Field: Ethnomusicology
Email: ketwong@ku.edu
A.
Latin/Latino Music in the United States
B.
The Essence of Latin American Music: Mixed Cultures and Races
C.
The Roots of Salsa Music and It’s Arrival in China
D.
The Teaching of World Music in the United States
E.
Music, Migration, and Identity in Latin America
12. Mr. San Duanmu:
Chinese Host Institution: Peking University
Home Institution: University of Michigan
Term: 3 months (June 2014-September 2014)
Field: Linguistics
Email: duanmu@umich.edu
A.
How many speech sounds (consonants and vowels) are there in
China (in comparison with those in other parts of the world)?
B.
Why does Chinese have two sets of words, a short set
(monosyllabic, such as 虎 , 煤 , 店 , and 学 ) and a long set (mostly disyllabic, such as 老虎 , 煤炭 , 商店 , and 学习 )?
C.
How do we count words in Chinese and English, and how do their lexicon sizes compare with each other (or with any other language)?
D.
Vowel features in the world’s languages
7

E.
Why are there many instructions in the form of poems (or rhythmic lines) in China, and why are they uncommon the US?
8