Name: Jonathan Schwartz
Title: Director Asian Studies
Academic Rank: Associate Professor
Department: Political Science
Expertise Keywords: Asia, China, Pandemics, Political Science, public health policy
Available For: interviews, essays, speaking
Expertise: Ph.D. in political Science
Currrent Research: China Environmental Policy, Comparative Pandemic response. Taiwan, China, S. Korea.
Contact Information
Office Phone: 845-257-2627
E-mail Address: schwartj@newpaltz.edu
Communication & Marketing: 845-257-3245
Personal Web Site: http://www.newpaltz.edu/~schwartj
Education
| Colleges/ Universities Attended |
Dates Attended |
Degree Conferred |
Year Conferred |
Major Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel | 1988-1992 | BA | 1993 | International Relations and East |
| University of Toronto | 1995-2001 | Ph.D. | 2001 | Political Science |
| University of Toronto | 1994-1995 | MA | 1995 | Political Science |
| National Taiwan Normal Univ. | 1992-1994 | Language Proficiency certificate | 1994 | Mandarin Chinese |
Awards/Grants/Honors
Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan Fellow (Summer 2012 and 2013). Pandemic research in Taiwan and China.
National Asia Research Program, National Bureau of Asian Research and the Woodrow
Wilson Center, Research Associate (2010-11). Pandemic research USA and China.
William J. Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, Fulbright-Hayes scholar, India (winter
2009-2010).
East Asia Institute (Seoul, South Korea) Fellowship in Peace, Governance and
Development in East Asia (2008-9).
William J. Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, Fulbright scholar, China (2007-8). Pandemic research.
The Korea Society, Fellowship in Korean Studies (2006).
SUNY New Paltz, Research and Creative Awards (2002-3, 2006-7, 2012).
SUNY New Paltz , Faculty Research Support/Student Assistant Initiative Award (Fall
2006, Spring 2009, Fall 2010).
Centers for Disease Control Grant for research in collaboration with The Institute for
Bio-Security, St. Louis University (2004-5).
SUNY New Paltz Grant, Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program (2004,
2006).
China and Inner Asia Council Grant, the Association of Asian Studies Small Grants
Award, (2003).
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLES
“Compensating for the Authoritarian Advantage in Crisis Response: A comparative case study
of SARS pandemic responses in China and Taiwan,” Journal of Chinese Political
Science Vol. 17(3) (19 July 2012, online; fall 2012, print).
With Rachel D. Schwartz, “Confronting Global Pandemics: Lessons from China and the United
States,” Global Health Governance Vol. 3(2) (Spring 2010): 1-21.
First Author, with R. Gregory Evans, “Causes of Effective Policy Implementation: China's
Public Health Response to SARS,” Journal of Contemporary China Vol. 16(51) (May,
2007): 195-213.
First Author, with R. Gregory Evans and Sarah Greenberg. “Evolution of Health Provision in
Pre-SARS China: The Changing Nature of Disease Prevention,” The China Review Vol.
7(1) (Spring 2007): 81-108.
"Environmental NGOs in China: Roles and Limits," Pacific Affairs Vol. 77(1) (Spring
2004): 28-49.
"The Impact of State Capacity on Enforcement of Environmental Policies: The Case of China,"
Journal of Environment and Development Vol. 12(1) (March 2003): 50-81.
"Canada's Role in Chinese Environmental Protection," Journal of Canadian Foreign Policy
Vol. 10(2) (Winter 2003): 129-144.
“Conducting Research in China: Impediments and Some Options,” Issues and Studies, Vol.
37(6) (November/December 2001): 107-127.
“Understanding Enforcement: Environment and State Capacity in China,” Sinosphere Vol. 3(4)
(Fall 2000): 5-18.
"Environmental Protection in China: Issues of Enforcement,” Oxford International Review Vol.
10(1) (Spring 2000): 31-40.
BOOK CHAPTERS AND WORKING PAPERS
First author with Rachel D. Schwartz, “Effectively Responding to Pandemics: Adapting
Responses to Differing Institutional Circumstances in the United States and China.” In
Robert Hathaway and Michael Wills (eds.) Managing New Security Challenges in Asia
(Woodrow Wilson Center Press, forthcoming spring 2013).
“Pandemic Responses in the Asia-Pacific: Risk and Opportunity in PRC’s International
Relations,” in Guoguang Wu (ed.) China’s Challenges to Human Security: Foreign
Relations and Global Implications (London: Routledge, 2012).
With Shawn Shieh, “State and Society Responses to China’s Social Welfare Needs: An
Introduction to the Debate,” in J. Schwartz and S. Shieh (eds.) State and Society
Responses to Social Welfare Needs in China: Serving the People (Routledge, Hardcover,
June 2009; Paperback, August 2010): 3-21.
First author with Shawn Shieh, “Serving the People? The Changing Roles of the State and Social Organizations in Social Service Provision,” in J. Schwartz and S. Shieh (eds.)
State and Society Responses to Social Welfare Needs in China: Serving the People
(Routledge, June 2009):177-188.
“The Impact of Crises on Social Service Provision in China: The State and Society Respond to
SARS,” in J. Schwartz and S. Shieh (eds.) State and Society Responses to Social Welfare
Needs in China: Serving the People (Routledge, June 2009):135-155.
“Effectively Controlling Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Comparing Taiwanese and Chinese
Responses to SARS,” East Asia Institute Fellows Program Working Paper Series No. 17
(May 2009).
“Between Conflict and Cooperation: China’s Environmental Civil Society and the
Transitioning State,” in Andre Laliberte and Marc Lanteigne (eds.), The Chinese Party-
State in the 21st Century: Adaptation and the Reinvention of Legitimacy (Routledge
Press, 2008): 58-77.
