Education
University of Oxford, Oxford, England
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Politics, 2015
Degree: Master of Philosophy in Politics, 2009
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
Degree: Master of Arts in East Asian Studies, 2006
Degree: Bachelor of Arts in History, 2002
Professional Experience
Jan 2018 – Present: Assistant Professor, Duke Kunshan University
Jan 2015 – May 2017: Postdoctoral Associate, University of Louisville – Center for Asian Democracy
Academic Publications & Working Papers
Peer Reviewed Publications
Directed Digital Dissidence in Autocracies: How China Wins Online Despite Cracks in the Great Firewall (with Jason Gainous, Rongbin Han, and Kevin Wagner – authors in alphabetical order), Oxford University Press 2023.
“Dreading big brother or dreading big profit?: Privacy concerns toward the state and companies in China” (with Christoph Steinhardt and Lukas Holzschuh – author order Steinhardt, Holzschuh, MacDonald) First Monday, in December 2022, vol. 27, issue 15.
“From Power Balancing to a Dominant Faction in Xi Jinping’s China” (with Eun Kyong Choi and John Givens – authors in alphabetical order) The China Quarterly, in December 2021, vol. 248, issue 1.
“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 Political and Economic Consequences of COVID-19 for China” in Miller, James ed (2020) The Coronavirus: Human, Social and Political Implications. Palgrave Macmillan: Singapore
“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
“How citizens order their political mind: contemporary ideology in China” (with Reza Hasmath – authors in alphabetical order) – (2020) available at SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3670668
“Does Ideology Matter for the Citizenry in China? Public Attitudes and Preferences for Economic Policies” (with Reza Hasmath – authors in alphabetical order) – (2018) available at SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3422060
“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 Papers
Working paper: “Economic Basis of Legitimacy in China” (with Reza Hasmath and Christoph Steinhardt)
Working paper: “The Meaning or the Message: Measuring the Effectiveness of Government Propaganda” (with Yuchen Cao)
Selected Conference Publications & Invited Talks
“How Chinese citizens order their political mind: modern ideology in China,” American Political Science Association (APSA)) Annual Meeting, Montreal Canada, September 2022
“How Chinese citizens order their political mind: modern ideology in China,” Southern Political Science Association (SPSA) Annual Meeting, San Juan PR, January 2020
“Managing Information Wars in Autocracies: China’s Winning Digital Strategy,” American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting, San Francisco CA, September 2017
“Where’s the Beef?: Is Ideology or Performance More Relevant to Chinese Citizens?,” Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Meeting, Chicago IL, April 2017
“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
Teaching
S 2023 Statistics 101 (lecture), Freshman Seminar (seminar)
Duke Kunshan University
S 2022 Statistics 101 (lecture), Chinese Politics (seminar)
Duke Kunshan University
F 2021 Statistics 101 (lecture), Senior Seminar (seminar)
Duke Kunshan University
S 2021 Statistics 101 (lecture), Chinese Politics (seminar)
Duke Kunshan University
F 2020: Statistics 101 (lecture)
Duke Kunshan University
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
F 2017: American Politics (section leader)
Government Section, US Coast Guard Academy
S 2017: Introduction to Comparative Politics (lecture)
Department of Political Science, University of Louisville
F 2016: Global Economic Relations (lecture)
Department of Political Science, University of Louisville
Honors, Awards, and Fellowships
2020: Teacher of the Year Nominee, Duke Kunshan University
2019: Academic Advisor of the Year Nominee, Duke Kunshan University
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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Methods workshops attended at GESIS Leibnitz-Institute for the Social Sciences: Applied Multiple Imputation,
Questionnaire Design, Applied Data Visualisation, Total Survey Error
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Reviewer for Routledge, Journal of Post-Communist Studies, International Journal of Communication,
Journal of Information Technology & Politics
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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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Columbia University advanced summer Mandarin, Beijing, Summer 2008
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UCLA econometric methods coursework year completed, 2007
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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
Languages: English, Chinese (advanced reading/writing, conversational speaking)
Technical: Familiar with STATA and R statistical packages, Excel, Python
Github: https://github.com/andrewmacd/releasecode