DACHANG CONG The American Studies Program, The School of Interdisciplinary Studies The University of Texas at Dallas 800 West Campbell Road, Mail Station HH 30, Richardson, Texas 75080-3021 (972) 883-2297 dccong@utdallas.edu Educational History Diploma (BA equiv.): July 28, 1976; Shaanxi Supreme Normal Univ.; Xian, the People s Republic of China; English. M.Phi.: Dec. 6, 1986; Yale Univ.; New Haven, Connecticut; anthropology. Ph.D.: May 27, 1991; Yale Univ.; New Haven, Connecticut; anthropology. Dissertation Title: Livelihood, Tradition and Survival in the Modern World: A Study of an Old Order Amish Settlement in Indiana, U.S. A. Professional Experience Director, the American Studies Program (1992 - present), UT Dallas, Richardson, TX. Senior lecturer II (2001 - Present), UT Dallas, Richardson, TX. Senior lecturer I (1999-2001), UT Dallas, Richardson, TX. Assistant professor (1991-1999), UT Dallas, Richardson, TX. Research Interests A long-term exploration of how the shock waves of global capitalism and digital technology have transformed cultures and economies of China, Japan, and the United States. A long-term study of China's identity crisis, which examines how the post-deng leaders harness an array of political, economic, and sociocultural forces. Professional Memberships Global Awareness Society International Southwest Conference on Asian Studies Honors and other Recognitions Teacher of the Year, 2000, the School of Interdisciplinary Studies, UT Dallas. Excellent Faculty Member, 2006, the School of Interdisciplinary Studies, UT Dallas. Distinguished Teacher in Diversity and Multicultural Education Award, 2011, UT Dallas
Achievements in Original Achievement, Investigation, and Research Books, authored or co-authored When Heroes Pass Away: The Invention of A Chinese communist Pantheon Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America (1997) 197 p. Journal articles Refereed Amish Factionalism and Technological Change: A Case Study of Kerosene Refrigerators and Conservatism Dachang cong Ethnology 31 (3, 1992) 205-218 Roots of Amish Popularity in Contemporary U.S.A. Journal of American Culture 17 (1, 1994)) 59-66 Articles appearing as chapters in edited volumes, book chapters Single Women in Amish Society Sects, Cults, and Spiritual Communities, ed. by William Zellner and Mark Petrowsky Westport, CT: Praeger (1998) 131-139 Invited talks/presentations Non-refereed Doing Business in Greater China and Japan Cox School of Business, SMU, Dallas, TX (Feb. 6, 2001) Social Impacts of Information Technology American Association of Chinese Professionals/Texas A&M Winter Conference, College Station, TX (Nov. 18, 2000) Success in the Digital Economy Dept. of Computer Science, Texas A&M, College Station, TX (Nov. 22, 1999) Doing Business in Greater China with a Telecom Focus
Nortel Wireless, Richardson, TX (Dec.3, 1998) Doing Business with a High-Tech Focus in Japan, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan IC2 Institute, UT Austin, Austin, TX (June 1, 1998) Papers presented at professional meetings Nixon and Table Tennis: The Twin Harbingers of China s Economic Reforms in the 1970s The 2010 annual conference of the Southwest Conference on Asian Studies, Fort Worth, TX (September 24 25, 2010) Nixon, Ping Pong, and the Beginning of China s Global Age The 18 th annual conference of the Global Awareness Society International Washington, DC (May 21 24, 2009) Amish Youth: A Tarnished Image and a Strong Orientation towards Church The 1998 annual meeting of the Association for Scientific Studies of Religion, Dallas, TX (March 14 15, 1998) Single Women in Amish Society The 1996 annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Religion, Dallas, TX (March 16-17, 1996) The Shock Waves of American Culture and China's Reforms in the early 1970s The 1995 annual meeting of the American Studies Association of Texas, Austin, TX (Nov. 16-18, 1995). The Making of a Chinese Communist Trinity The 75th Anniversary Meetings of the Southwestern Social Science Association, Dallas, TX (March 22-25, 1995) The Tree Stealers in Central Shaanxi During the Cultural Revolution The 1995 annual meeting of Association for Asian Studies, April 2-5, Washington, D.C. (April 2-5, 1995) Zhou Enlai and the Political Culture of Contemporary China
The 1994 annual meeting of American Association for Chinese Studies, San Antonio, TX (Nov. 11 13, 1994) Zhou Enlai's Struggle with Mao Zedong, Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, 1970-1976 The 1994 Southwest Conference on Asian Studies, October 28-29, College Station, TX (Oct. 28 29, 1994) The Worship of the Dragon in the Year of the Chicken: Mao's Centennial and New Trends in China's Political Culture The 1994 annual meeting of Association for Asian Studies, Boston, MA (March 24-27, 1994). The Emperor Never Returned: Mao and the Forgotten People in Northern Shaanxi The 1993 annual meeting of American Association for Chinese Studies, Columbia, SC (Oct. 15-17, 1993) The Redeification of Mao: A New Development in China The 1993 annual meeting of Association for Asian Studies, Los Angeles, CA (March 25-28, 1993) Wheat-Flour Noodles and Cornmeal Mush: Food and Peasant Life in Central Shaanxi During the Cultural Revolution The 1992 annual meeting of the Southwest Conference on Asian Studies, October 1-4, Shreveport, LA (Oct. 1-4, 1992) Amish Popularity and Two Different Images The 1992 annual meeting of Society for Cross-Cultural Research, Santa Fe, NM (Feb. 26 March 1, 1992) Works in progress Tsunami of Globalization: China, Japan, and the US in the 21 st Century A book-writing project
Professional and University Citizenship Departmental activities and committees Director, the American Studies Program, the School of Interdisciplinary Studies School activities and committees Graduate Admissions Committee Scholarship Committee Courses and other curricula developed AMS 3302 American Cultures AMS 3321/22 American Ethnic Experience AMS 3326 The U.S. in the 21 st Century AMS 3374 Entrepreneurs in America IMS 7350 Area Studies: Far East IMS 7359 Doing Business in Greater China MAIS 5300 Managing the Digital Economy CS 3385 Ethics, Law, Society, and Computing ISIS 4303 Business, Law, and Culture ISIS 3335 U.S. and East Asia ISSS 3336 Culture Regions: China ISIS 4309 Diversity and Globalization ISEC 4395 Computer in Society University activities and committees Executive Committee member, the Confucius Institute SACS Academic Assessment Committee member