| Panel #5: Wen Ho Lee Part II
Katherine Ma
Edward Gerjuoy
Panel #1: HISTORY OF TAIWAN
Frank Chiang
Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law
in New York City, New York
Listed in the Who's Who in American Law 1998-2000
Professor Chiang teaches Civil Law System, Commercial Transactions,
Commercial Paper, Commercial Finance, Far Eastern Contract and Commercial
Law International Business and Trade, Trade with Japan/China at
Fordham since 1972. From 1967-1972, he was the Assistant Professor
of Law at the University of Georgia. Professor Chiang received his
LL.B. from National Taiwan University, LL.M. from Northwestern,
and J.D. from the University of Chicago. A prominent speaker among
the Taiwanese community, he has given speeches and seminars on international
law regarding cross-strait relations, such as "A Historical Review
of the Sovereignty over Taiwan."
C. Pat Giersch
Assistant Professor of History at Wellesley College
Professor Giersch earned his B.A. at Dartmouth College and his
Ph.D. at Yale University. He teachers the following classes at Wellesley:
History 277 "Chinese Civilizations," History 278 "Reform and Revolution
in China, 1800-2000," History 280 "The City in Modern China," History
371 Seminar "The Chinese Frontier Experience, 1600-1990." Professor
Giersch is willing to discuss 17th and 18th century Taiwanese history--the
migration from Fujian/Guangdong and the settlement on Taiwan.
Panel #2: TAIWAN ECONOMY AND THE ASIAN CRISIS
David C. Kang
Associate Professor of Government of Dartmouth College
and Adjunct Associate Professor of Tuck School of Business
His research interests include comparative political economy,
Asian politics and business, international relations and political
economy and third-world security. Professor Kang received his M.A.
and Ph. D in Political Science from University of California, Berkeley
and his A.B. in Anthropology and International Relations from Stanford
University with Honors. Some of his many publications include: Crony
Capitalism: Corruption and Development in South Korea and the Philippines,
"Culture, hierarchy, and the historical pattern of Asian international
relations," "Globalization gone awry: a case study of US and Asian
firms in the wake of the 1997 financial crisis," "Institutions and
Economic Growth in Korea and Taiwan: the bureaucracy," "South Korean
and Taiwanese Development and the New Institutional Economics,"
"Culture and Hierarchy: the Chinese System and Stability in Asia,"
"Asian Nations Bandwagon," "Chaebols, Conglomerates, and Family
Linkages," and "Institutions and Economic Growth in Asia."
Paul D. McNelis
2001-2001 Thomas Gasson S.J. University Professor in Economics at
Boston College
Professor of Economics at Georgetown University
Professor McNelis has been a consultant for various central banks
and organizations such as the Central Bank of Ireland, the Reserve
Bank of Australia, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, the Bank of
Japan, the Bank of Indonesia, and the European Central Bank. His
research interests primarily lie in macroeconomics and international
finance of Latin America and Asia. He received his B.A. from Boston
College in Economics and Philosophy and Ph.D. in Economics from
Johns Hopkins University. In addition to teaching at Georgetown
Boston College, Professor McNelis has had academic positions at
Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain; University of Sao
Paulo in Sao Paulo, Brazil; University of Bocconi in Milan, Italy;
Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland; Getulio Vargas Foundation in
Rio de Janeiro; University of Notre Dame, and University of Scranton.
Some of his articles include "A Macrodynamic Simulation Analysis
of Currency Substitution and Inflationary Adjustment in Latin America,"
"Monetary Stabilization with Interest Rate Instruments in Japan:
A Linear Quadratic Control Analysis," "The Effect of the Nikkei
and the S&P on the All Ordinaries: A Comparison of Three Models,"
"Monetary Policy and Asset-Price Dynamics in Emerging Markets: The
Cases of Indonesia and Korea," "Money, Demand, Uncertainty, and
Seigniorage-Maximizing Inflation in Latin America."
Panel #3: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
Robert Ross
Professor of Political Science at Boston College
His interest is in international politics, especially in the Asia
region. As a former visiting professor in Beijing, China, his research
focuses mainly on China and it's domestic politics and relations
with the United States government. He has written many books and
articles on the China-Taiwan conflict and also on the China-Taiwan-United
States triangular interactions.
Joseph Bosco
Lecturer of Asian Studies at Georgetown University,
School of Foreign Service
Mr. Bosco has practiced international law in Washington, D.C. for
over twenty years after serving in the federal government and Massachusetts
state government. In 1998, he earned the master of laws degree in
international and comparative law from the Georgetown and has delivered
presentations on the international law implications of the 1996
missile crisis in the Taiwan Strait.
Mr. Bosco served as one of the international observers of Taiwan's
presidential election last year. He has organized several conferences
at Georgetown on the China-Taiwan-U.S. relationships: Whither the
"One China" Policy and the Corollary Doctrine of "Strategic Ambiguity"
(December 1999); The Future of China-U.S. Security Relations (December2000);
and The Military Balance Across the Taiwan Strait and U.S. Arms
Sales to Taiwan (April 2001). He was among the group of American
academics who met with President Chen Shui-bian during his transit
visit to the United States. Mr. Bosco is currently conducting research
on Taiwan's status under international law and is organizing a fall
conference on China-U.S. relations prior to President Bush's trip
to China for the APEC meeting in October.
Panel #4: ASIAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Peter Kiang
Director of the Asian American Studies Program at University
of Massachusetts-Boston
An advocate for Asian American issues and community development,
Dr. Kiang established the program at UMass-Boston and teaches Asian
American Studies course, "Boston's Asian American Communities."
Among his many articles are "Writing from the Past," "Writing
for the Future: Healing Effects of Asian American Studies in the
Curriculum," which is featured in Transformations: A Resource
for Curriculum Transformation and Scholarship, "Curricular Connections
and Reflections for the Pacific Century," in Intersections: A
Professional Development Project in Multicultural and Global Education,
and "No Passing Zone: The Artistic and Discursive Voices of Asian-descent
Multiracials."
Jean Wu
Senior Lecturer in American Studies at Tufts University
Ms. Wu has won the 2001 Arts and Sciences Faculty/Staff Multicultural
Service Award at Tufts. In addition, her anthology Asian American
Studies: A Reader (Rutgers 2000) won the Significant University
Press Titles Award in Choice Magazine, 2001. Jean was recently part
of a panel for the 18th Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian
American Studies in Toronto called "Educational Boundaries: Thresholds
of Pedagogy and Policy in Asian American Studies." Her presentation
was entitled "From Margin to Center: The Political and Pedagogical
Implications of Shifting Asian American Studies from 'Elective'
to 'Required' Status." Between April 6th and 8th, Jean will be a
panelist for the Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education (APAHE)
2001 Conference. She will give a speech entitled "Toward an APA
National Agenda in Higher Education." In June, Jean was the graduation
speaker for the Chapel Hill Chauncy Hall School in Waltham, MA.
Panel #5:WEN HO LEE PART II
Glenn Omatsu
Senior Lecturer in Asian-American Studies at California State University-Northridge
Glenn Omatsu is a graduate of East Los Angeles College and University
of California, Santa Cruz. Mr. Omatsu is co-editor for Asian
Americans: The Movement and the Moment, a book published by
UCLA's Asian American Studies Center, that details the history of
social activism among Asian Americans. He teaches Asian American
Studies 345, "Contemporary Experience of Asian Americans" during
Fall Semester. During this past summer, he taught an introductory
Asian American class and a developmental reading and writing class
for the CSUN Summer Bridge Program, which for the past ten years
has assisted more than 2,000 entering freshman of color to succeed
at CSUN. This summer marked the first year that Asian American students
were recruited for the program.
Glenn is also a staff member of the UCLA Asian American Studies
Center and is active with campus, community and labor groups and
solidarity networks. At UCLA, he serves as associate editor of Amerasian
Journal, research publication in Asian American Studies, and editor
of Cross Currents, newsmagazine of the UCLA Asian American Studies
Center. He also teaches classes on investigative journalism and
Asian American Social Movements.
Edward Gerjuoy
Professor of Physics Emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh
Professor Gerjuoy obtained a law degree not long before he retired
from the Department of Physics and Astronomy in 1982, at which time
he became a member of the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board,
a six year gubernatorial appointment. Since completing his term
he has been serving as an environmental law consultant to a number
of Pittsburgh law firms. Although no longer an active researcher
in atomic physics theory, the area of physics in which he had specialized,
he has maintained his contacts with the physics community. In particular,
in 1992-95 he was a member of the APS Panel on Public Affairs; in
1994-97 he was an officer (chair in 1996-97) of the APS Forum on
Physics and Society; presently he is beginning a three year term
(ending 2002) as a member of the APS Council and is serving on several
special APS Committees, e.g., the Committee on Constitution and
Bylaws. He also has continued to publish articles that rely suitably
on his special expertise, in legal as well as physics journals.
Professor Gerjuoy is actively involved in the preparation of Dr.
Wen Ho Lee's defense
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