Director of the Center for China-U.S. Cooperation

Email: szhao@du.edu

Phone: 303-871-2401

Office: 170 Sie Cheou Kang Center
Ben M. Cherrington Hall
Josef Korbel School of International Studies
University of Denver
2201 South Gaylord Street
Denver, CO 80208

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Education

• PhD, University of California, San Diego
• MA, University of Missouri, Kansas City
• MA, Peking University
• BA, Peking University

Research and Expertise

Chinese politics, Chinese nationalism, Chinese foreign policy, East Asian international relations and Asian regionalism

Professional Profile

• Professor, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver (2005-present); Executive Director of the Center for China-US Cooperation (2001-present); Recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award (201)
• A founding editor of the Journal of Contemporary China
• Member of the Board of Governors of the US Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific
• Member of the National Committee on US-China Relations
• Research Associate at the Fairbanks Center for East Asian Research in Harvard University (1997-present)
• Honorary jianzhi professor at Beijing University, Renmin University, China University of International Relations, Fudan University and Shanghai foreign Studies University
• A Campbell National Fellow at Hoover Institution of Stanford University (1999-2000)
• Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Washington College in Maryland (2000-2001)
• Associate Professor of Government and East Asian Politics at Colby College in Maine (1993-1998)
• Visiting assistant professor at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS) at University of California-San Diego (1992-1993)

Recent Publications

Zhao, S. (Ed.). (2008). China-U.S. Relations Transformed: Perspectives & Strategic Interactions. New York: Routledge.

Zhao, S. (2008). China's global search for energy: Cooperation and competition in the Asia-Pacific. Journal of Contemporary China, 17(55).

Courses

• INTS 4460: Chinese Politics and Political Development
• INTS 4447: Chinese Foreign Policy
• INTS 4440: East Asian Security
• INTS 3340: China: The Rise And Reform Of Communism