September, 2015 University of Rhode Island Phone: 401-874-4053 130 Washburn Hall 80 Upper College Road Fax: 401-874-4072 Kingston, RI 02881-0817 Email: pingxu@uri.edu ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Rhode Island, August 2012-present EDUCATION Ph.D., Political Science, Louisiana State University, August 2012 M.Sc., Public Administration, University of Leiden (The Netherlands), January 2007 (With Honors) B.Sc., Business Administration, Wuhan University (China), July 2005 (With Honors) PUBLICATIONS Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles James Garand, and Belinda Davis. Immigration Attitudes and Support for the Welfare State in the American Mass Public, American Journal of Political Science, forthcoming (accepted on April 25 2015, waiting for page proofs)., James Garand and Ling Zhu. Imported Inequality? Immigration and Income Inequality in the American States, State Politics and Policy Quarterly, forthcoming (page proofs finished) Ling Zhu and. 2015. The Politics of Welfare Exclusion: Immigration and Disparity in Medicaid Coverage Policy Studies Journal, published online before print April 28, 2015. and Brian Krueger. 2015. Trade Exposure and the Polarization of Government Spending in the American States, American Politics Research, published online before print March 23, 2015, doi: 10.1177/1532673X15572251 Xi Chen and. 2011. From Resistance to Advocacy: Political Representation for Disabled People in China, The China Quarterly, 207, September 2011, pp649-667 and James Garand. 2010. Economic Contexts and Americans Attitudes toward Income Inequality, Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 91(5), pp.1220-1241 Jiajun Xu and. 2008. Perceptions and Misperceptions of Chinese Earthquake Response by International Media, Journal of Crisis Management, Vol. 44(5), pp.8-14 (In Chinese). 2004. An Analysis of the 2004 Price Increase based on the Price Theory, Prices Monthly, Vol. 320(1), p41 (In Chinese) Book Chapters James C. Garand and. Bureaucrats, Policy Attitudes, and Political Behavior: A Reappraisal, in Daniel Rubenson and Peter Loewen (ed.), Duty and Choice: Participation and Preferences in Democratic Elections, Toronto: University of Toronto, forthcoming., Xiaoli Li, Xi Zuo, and Huang Zhang. 2014. China after the Wenchuan Earthquake in 2008, in
2 Naim Kapucu and Kuotsai Tom Liou (ed.), Disaster & Development: Examining Global Issues and Cases, New York: Springer International Publishing, pp 427-447. James Garand, Justin Ulrich and. 2013. Fiscal Policy in the American States, in Donald Haider-Markel (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of State and Local Government Politics, a volume of Oxford Handbooks of American Politics, New York: Oxford University Press. Qiang Zhang, Dongming Wang, Huan Zhang, and. 2008. Sichuan Red Cross and Its Management of Donation in the Aftermath of Wenchuan Earthquake, in Council of Earthquake Rescue and Disaster Relief Advisors (ed.), Research Colloquium on Social Management and Policy in the Aftermath of Wenchuan Earthquake, Beijing: Science Press. (In Chinese) and Kaibin Zhong. 2008. Evacuation and Relocation of Elderly Evacuees in 5.12 Wenchuan Earthquake, in Council of Earthquake Rescue and Disaster Relief Advisors (ed.), Research Colloquium on Social Management and Policy in the Aftermath of Wenchuan Earthquake, Beijing: Science Press. (In Chinese) Policy Briefs and Media Engagement and Brian Krueger. Conservative controlled states cut infrastructure and welfare spending in response to increased exposure to global trade. The London School of Economics and Political Science, USAPP American Politics and Policy Blog, May 4, 2015.. Evacuation, Relocation and Care-taking of Elderly People in 5.12 Wenchuan Earthquake, policy delivery to Central Chinese governmental agencies, May 28, 2008 (In Chinese) WORK UNDER REVIEW AND IN PROGRESS. Compensation or Retrenchment? The Paradox of Immigration and Public Welfare Spending in the American States, revise and resubmit at State Politics and Policy Quarterly. Brian Krueger and. Race to the Bottom: Has Economic Globalization Reduced Citizen Control over Public Policy? under review at Politics & Policy and Ling Zhu. Immigration, Welfare Exclusion, and State-Level Inequality in TANF Participation, under review at Journal of Public Policy.. Immigration and Support for the Welfare State in OECD countries, under review at Journal of International Migration and Integration.. Has Globalization Fostered an Unequal Democracy? --An Empirical Study in the American States, under review at Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies., Yinjiao Ye and Mingxin Zhang. Social Media, Public Discourse and Civic Engagement in Modern China, under review at Telematics and Informatics. Kristin Johnson and. Disentangling the Political Participation Puzzle in China, Manuscript in preparation. Marc L. Hutchison and. Trust in China? The Impact of Economic Progress and Political Violence on Political Trust across China s Provinces, 2001-2012, Manuscript in preparation.
3, James Garand and Belinda Davis. Diversity, Threat, or Prejudice? Immigration and Americans Support for the Welfare State, Manuscript in preparation.. Globalization, Immigration and Income Inequality in 20 OECD Countries, 1970-2008, work under progress. James Garand, Nick Davis and. A Comparative Test of Bureau Voting Theory, Manuscript in preparation. HONORS, AWARDS, AND NOTABLE ACTIVITIES LSU Dissertation Fellowship, Louisiana State University, 2011-2012 Scholarship to attend the Ninth NSF-EITM institute, National Science Foundation, 2011 Travel Award to attend Bayesian Analysis Workshop, Texas A&M University, 2011 National Committee on US-China Relations Foreign Policy Colloquium, Washington DC, 2011 Warren E. Miller Scholarship to participate in ICPSR, University of Michigan, 2010 Honors Degree for Distinguished Master Thesis, Leiden University, 2007 Leiden University Excellence Scholarship, Leiden University, 2005-2007 Degree of University Excellence for Undergraduate Study, 2005 Top Award of People s Scholarship for all four years, Wuhan University, 2001-2005 INIVTED PRESENTATIONS Research colloquium, Diversity, Threat, or Prejudice? Immigration and Americans Support for the Welfare State, Tsinghua University, June 2014, Beijing, China Panel speaker, China-Korean-Japan Relations, International Association of Intercultural Communication Studies (IAICS) conference, August 2 2014, Rhode Island Panel speaker, Out of Diversity: We Speak, Diversity Week at URI, 2012 & 2013 Panel speaker, Gender Gap in China, International Women s Day Panel Discussion with Dacia Maraini, March 1, 2013, Rhode Island CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS American Political Science Association Annual Conferences: 2009; 2011; 2012; 2014; 2015 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conferences: 2009-2015 Southern Political Science Association Annual Conferences: 2010-2012; 2014 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management International Conference: 2014 The Fifth Ethnography Conference at Stony Brook University: 2008 COURSES TAUGHT University of Rhode Island PSC 310: Introduction to Political Science Research (Spring 2014) GWS 150: Introduction to Gender and Women s Studies (Fall 2014) PSC 377: Politics of China (Fall 2012, Spring &Fall 2013, Fall 2014) GWS 325: International Women s Issues (Fall 2013) Louisiana State University POLI 7964: Laboratory course for Seminar in Quantitative Analysis (2011, 2010, 2009) POLI 2053: Introduction to Comparative Politics (2009)
4 UNIVERSITY SERVICE Department Service Pi Sigma Alpha Director, 2014-present MPA comprehensive exam review committee, 2013-present Undergraduate faculty advisor, 2013-present College and University Service Sponsor, Invited talk How do Americans View the Rising China, International Education Week, URI Organizer and sponsor, The China Series Events in fall 2015, URI Adviser for the 2016 Inequality and American Dream Honors Colloquium at URI Dean s Advisory Council, College of Arts and Sciences, URI, 2013-present Public Relations Committee Chair, Chinese Culture Club, URI, 2012-present Ph.D. Committees Karen Shea, 2015 (Member) PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIP Manuscript reviewer for American Journal of Political Science, American Politics Research, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, Political Behavior Discussant, Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meetings 2014 Chair, Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meetings 2010; 2011; 2014 Chair, Southern Political Science Association Annual Meetings 2011 Member, Midwest Political Science Association, 2008-present Member, American Political Science Association, 2009-present Member, Southern Political Science Association, 2009-present COMMUNITY SERVICE Chair, Public Relations Committee, Chinese Culture Club at URI, 2012-current President, International Culture Center of Louisiana State University, 2009-2010 President, International Student Association, Louisiana State University, 2009-2010 Chair, Public Relations Committee, International Culture Center, Louisiana State University, 2008-2009 Member, Louisiana Volunteers in Action (LAVA), 2008-2011 Volunteered in disaster shelters during Hurricane Gustav in September 2008 Volunteered in the aftermath of China 5.12 Earthquake in 2008 Volunteered in hosting the Mandarin radio programs at Chinese Radio Amsterdam (CRA) in the Netherlands, 2005-2007 METHODOLOGY TRAINING AND SKILLS Advanced Methodology Workshop, Bayesian Analysis for Social Science, Texas A&M University, January 12-16, 2011. Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM), National Science Foundation & Washington University, June 2011 Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan, June-July 2010 Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan, June-July 2009 Computer: Stata, SPSS, R, Endnote, Excel, ACESS, LaTex
Languages: Chinese (Native), English (Fluent) 5