Education
University of Oxford, Oxford, England
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Politics 2015
Dissertation: What is the Nature of Authoritarian Regimes?: Responsive
Authoritarianism in China
Degree: Master of Philosophy in Politics 2009
Coursework: Econometrics, Game Theory, Chinese Political Economy,
Panel Data Techniques, Multilevel Modeling, Structural Equation Modeling
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
Degree: Master of Arts in East Asian Studies 2006
Degree: Bachelor of Arts in History 2002
Professional Experience
2018 – Present: Assistant Professor of Social Science, Duke Kunshan University
2017 – 2017: Visiting Lecturer, U.S. Coast Guard Academy
2015 – 2017: Postdoctoral Associate, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
Peer Reviewed Publications
“Bread and Circuses: Sports and Public Opinion in China.” (with Dan Chen – authors in alphabetical order) in Spring 2020 Journal of Experimental Politics, vol. 7, issue 1.
“Outsider ethnic minorities and wage determination in China.” (with Reza Hasmath – AWM as first author) in 2019 International Labour Review, vol. 158, no 3.
“Beyond Special Privileges: The Discretionary Treatment of Ethnic Minorities in China's Welfare System.” (with Reza Hasmath – authors in alphabetical order) in (2018) Journal of Social Policy, vol. 47, no 2.
“New Social Media and (Electronic) Democratization in East and Southeast Asia: China and Malaysia Compared” (with Jason Abbott and John W. Givens – author order: Abbott, AWM, Givens) in (2013) Taiwan Journal of Democracy, vol. 9, no. 2
Book Chapters
“The Social Welfare of Ethnic Minorities” (with Reza Hasmath – authors in alphabetical order) in Carrillo, B., Hood, J., Kadetz, P., eds. (2017) Handbook of Welfare in China. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
“Discrimination in Ethnic Minority Earnings? Evidence from Urban China” (with Reza Hasmath – authors in alphabetical order), in Gustafsson, B., Hasmath, R. and Sai, D., eds. (2017) Ethnicity and Inequality in China. New York and Oxford: Routledge.
Other Work
“Squeezing the Same Old Stone” (with John W. Givens – authors in alphabetical order) in (2018) China Currents, vol. 17, no. 2
Book review: “Inclusive Growth, Development and Welfare Policy: A Critical Assessment, Edited by Reza Hasmath,” The Journal of Development Studies vol. 52, no. 3 (2016)
Working Projects
Working book project: “The Digital Dissent: Behind the Great Firewall” (with Jason Gainous, Rongbin Han, and Kevin Wagner) – in preparation for submission at OUP’s Digital Politics book section
Working paper: “Does China Care About Rule of Law and Good Governance? Administrative Litigation and Elite Promotion in the PRC” (with Eun Kyong Choi and John Givens) – in preparation for submission to Journal of Contemporary China
Working paper: “Economic Basis of Legitimacy in China” (with Reza Hasmath and Christoph Steinhardt)
Selected Conference Publications & Invited Talks
“The Impact of Internet Use on Political Attitudes: New Survey Data from China,” Symposium, The Everyday Politics of Digital Life in China at the University of Pittsburgh, October 2016
“Beyond Special Privileges: The Discretionary Treatment of Ethnic Minorities in China’s Welfare System,” American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, September 2016
“Strength and Stability of Ideological Preferences in China” Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Meeting, Chicago IL, April 2016
“Bread and Circuses: Sports as Rational Propaganda” Harvard-MIT-BU Chinese Politics Research Workshop invited talk, Fairbank Center at Harvard University, November 2015
“Responsive Authoritarianism: China after 2000” Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Meeting, Chicago IL, April 2015
“Internet as a Space for Mobilization” American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting, Washington DC, September 2014
“Assessing Local Governance China” Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Meeting, Chicago IL, April 2014
“The Internet with Chinese Characteristics: Democratizing Discourse but not Politics” American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting, Chicago IL, August 2013
“Squeezing the Same Old Stone: Evidence from Administrative Courts Explain Tax Reforms, Land Seizures and Protest in Rural China” Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Meeting, Chicago IL, March 2013
“Urban Bias Revisited: Evidence from China’s Fiscal Policy Reforms” Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Annual Meeting, Toronto, March 2012
Teaching
S 2020: Chinese Politics (seminar),
Duke Kunshan University
F 2020: Political Economy of Inequality (seminar), Statistics 101 (lecture)
Duke Kunshan University
S 2019: Political Economy of Inequality (seminar), Statistics 101 (lecture)
Duke Kunshan University
F 2018: Statistics 101 (lecture)
Duke Kunshan University
S 2017: Instructor, Introduction to Comparative Politics
Department of Political Science, University of Louisville
F 2016: Instructor, Global Economic Relations
Department of Political Science, University of Louisville
2011-2012: Tutor, International Political Economy, Game Theory, Politics of Ethnic Violence
Department of Politics, University of Oxford
2011-2012: Instructor, Comparative Government Core Seminar
Department of Politics, University of Oxford
2006-2007: Teaching Assistant, Politics of China
Political Science Department, University of California, Los Angeles
Honors, Awards, and Fellowships
2015: University of Louisville Center for Asian Democracy Research Fund Grantee
2009: Oxford Modern China Centre Fellow
2007: Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellow
2005: Freeman-Asia Foundation Study & Work Abroad Grantee
2003: Stanford Japan Center Full Tuition Fellow
2001: ASES Study and Work Abroad Grantee (Japan)
Professional Service & Additional Training
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Reviewer for Routledge, Journal of Post-Communist Studies
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Panel organizer for “The Behavior of the New Welfare State in China,” American Political Science
Association (APSA) 2016 Fall Meeting
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Inter-University Program (IUP) Mandarin training, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 2011, 2015
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UCLA methods coursework term completed, 2010
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Columbia University advanced summer Mandarin, Beijing, Summer 2008
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Stanford University advanced summer Mandarin, Summer 2004
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Stanford University regular Chinese language track, 2003-2005
Related Experience
MacroDigest, Managing Editor London, England September 2013 – November 2014
American Chamber of Commerce, Analyst Beijing, China September 2005 - September 2006
Skills & Interests
Language: English, Advanced Chinese (advanced reading/writing, conversational speaking)
Technical: Familiar with STATA and R statistical packages, Excel, Python
Github: https://github.com/andrewmacd/releasecode