CURRENT POSITION

Assistant Professor (Tenured), Department of Sociology and Social Work, Westfield State College, Westfield, MA

Research Areas:

1. transnational sociology
2. comparative politics
3. complex organizations
4. network theory
5. comparative and historical methodology

Subjects of Focus:

emerging forms of global governance and their impact on public/foreign policy;
ideal types of authority;
social embeddedness of political institutions;
comparative study of American and Chinese politics.

Courses Taught:

principles of sociology

research methods in sociology

complex organizations

small groups

social stratification

social change

cultural anthropology

CURRENT VISITING POSITIONS

Visiting Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

Editor-in -Chief, American—Chinese Society & Culture, Boston and Beijing, January 2007 --present

SELECTED ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS

IN ENGLISH

“International Order, Global Leadership, and the Concept of Connective Authority,” Ninth International CISS Millennium Conference, Potsdam, Germany, June 12-14, 2009

Social Reach: a Connectivist Approach to American Identity and Global Governance, University Press of America, August, 2008

Understanding Power through Watergate: the Washington Collective Power Dynamics,

University Press of America, August, 2005. Reviewed in American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 112, No. 3 (Nov. 2006): 950—52

“The Deweyan Notion of Transactional World and the Issue of American Global Leadership”, World International Studies Committee, Second Global International Studies Conference, Ljublijana, Slovenia, July 2—26, 2008

“Watergate Revisited: the strengths and weaknesses of American political system”, American-Chinese: Society and Culture, vol. 10, No.2, Dec. 2007

“Affinitive Authority, Connective Democracy and the Diminution of the North-South Gap”, 2006 International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Diego, CA, USA March 15—19, 2006

“Transactional Authority and the Legitimacy of American Hegemony”, World International Studies Committee, First Global International Studies Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, August 24-27, 2005

A World of Capitalist Oneness?—An Empirical Exploration about the Possibility of Organizational Integration of the Wall Street Firms and Their Chinese Counterparts, work in progress

IN CHINESE

“Ellsworth Huntington” and “Geographical Determinism ”(1993 & 2000) in Zhong Guo Da Bai Ke Quan Shu—Zhi Hui Juan (The Great Chinese Encyclopedia of Human Wisdom), Zhong Guo Da Bai Ke Quan Shu, Chu Ban She (Chinese Encyclopedia Publishing House), Beijing, China & The Great Chinese Encyclopedia of Human Wisdom Online, Wordpedia.com Co. Ltd, Taibei, Taiwan

"Lobbying in the American Political Process-- a frame critical analysis", She Hui Xue Yan Jiu (Chinese Sociological Review) Vol. 17, No. 4 (July. 1997). (Reviewed and commented in numerous academic journals and newspapers)

“On Small Scale House-hold Farming” (1988) Presentation at the National Conference in Remembrance of the 3^rd Plenary Session of the 11^th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (received a most prestigious national award; reviewed and commented in numerous academic journals and newspapers)

“Confucianism and Modernization of China”, Dong Yue Tribune, Vol. 49, No. 1 (Jan. 1989)

“The Structure of Different Social Forces in Current China and Its Possible Impact on Chinese Modernization”, Social Science in Shandong, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Oct. 1988)

“On the Elite Theory” (1988) Contemporary Philosophy and Social Sciences, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan. 1988)

“Social Class and Subsistence System”, She Hui Xue Yan Jiu (Chinese Sociological Review) Vol. 7, No. 4 (July 1987) (Winner of the most prestigious provincial prize and reviewed in numerous academic journals)

Dong Curriculum Vitae 2009

	Tian-Jia Dong Associate Professor of Sociology
	Spring 2010 PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY 30040 SOCI 0101 - 001 Class 9:20 am - 10:10 am MWF Mod Hall 105 Lecture Tian-Jia Dong PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY 30041 SOCI 0101 - 002 Class 10:25 am - 11:15 am MWF Mod Hall 105 Lecture Tian-Jia Dong SR THESIS-INTERNSHIP 30039 SOCI 0300 - 001 Class 8:15 am - 9:05 am MWF Mod Hall 105 Practicum Tian-Jia Dong SMALL GROUPS 30036 SOCI 0316 - 001 Online Lecture Tian-Jia Dong SMALL GROUPS (ONLINE) 30609 SOCI 0316 - 501 Online Lecture Tian-Jia Dong
CURRENT POSITION Assistant Professor (Tenured), Department of Sociology and Social Work, Westfield State College, Westfield, MA Research Areas: 1. transnational sociology 2. comparative politics 3. complex organizations 4. network theory 5. comparative and historical methodology Subjects of Focus: emerging forms of global governance and their impact on public/foreign policy; ideal types of authority; social embeddedness of political institutions; comparative study of American and Chinese politics. Courses Taught: principles of sociology research methods in sociology complex organizations small groups social stratification social change cultural anthropology CURRENT VISITING POSITIONS Visiting Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China Editor-in -Chief, American—Chinese Society & Culture, Boston and Beijing, January 2007 --present SELECTED ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH “International Order, Global Leadership, and the Concept of Connective Authority,” Ninth International CISS Millennium Conference, Potsdam, Germany, June 12-14, 2009 Social Reach: a Connectivist Approach to American Identity and Global Governance, University Press of America, August, 2008 Understanding Power through Watergate: the Washington Collective Power Dynamics, University Press of America, August, 2005. Reviewed in American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 112, No. 3 (Nov. 2006): 950—52 “The Deweyan Notion of Transactional World and the Issue of American Global Leadership”, World International Studies Committee, Second Global International Studies Conference, Ljublijana, Slovenia, July 2—26, 2008 “Watergate Revisited: the strengths and weaknesses of American political system”, American-Chinese: Society and Culture, vol. 10, No.2, Dec. 2007 “Affinitive Authority, Connective Democracy and the Diminution of the North-South Gap”, 2006 International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Diego, CA, USA March 15—19, 2006 “Transactional Authority and the Legitimacy of American Hegemony”, World International Studies Committee, First Global International Studies Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, August 24-27, 2005 A World of Capitalist Oneness?—An Empirical Exploration about the Possibility of Organizational Integration of the Wall Street Firms and Their Chinese Counterparts, work in progress IN CHINESE “Ellsworth Huntington” and “Geographical Determinism ”(1993 & 2000) in Zhong Guo Da Bai Ke Quan Shu—Zhi Hui Juan (The Great Chinese Encyclopedia of Human Wisdom), Zhong Guo Da Bai Ke Quan Shu, Chu Ban She (Chinese Encyclopedia Publishing House), Beijing, China & The Great Chinese Encyclopedia of Human Wisdom Online, Wordpedia.com Co. Ltd, Taibei, Taiwan "Lobbying in the American Political Process-- a frame critical analysis", She Hui Xue Yan Jiu (Chinese Sociological Review) Vol. 17, No. 4 (July. 1997). (Reviewed and commented in numerous academic journals and newspapers) “On Small Scale House-hold Farming” (1988) Presentation at the National Conference in Remembrance of the 3^rd Plenary Session of the 11^th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (received a most prestigious national award; reviewed and commented in numerous academic journals and newspapers) “Confucianism and Modernization of China”, Dong Yue Tribune, Vol. 49, No. 1 (Jan. 1989) “The Structure of Different Social Forces in Current China and Its Possible Impact on Chinese Modernization”, Social Science in Shandong, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Oct. 1988) “On the Elite Theory” (1988) Contemporary Philosophy and Social Sciences, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan. 1988) “Social Class and Subsistence System”, She Hui Xue Yan Jiu (Chinese Sociological Review) Vol. 7, No. 4 (July 1987) (Winner of the most prestigious provincial prize and reviewed in numerous academic journals) Dong Curriculum Vitae 2009