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Name: Jonathan Schwartz
Title: Director Asian Studies
Academic Rank: Professor
Department: Political Science

Expertise Keywords: Asia, China, Pandemics, Political Science, public health policy & crisis response.

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
Personal Web Site: http://www.newpaltz.edu/~schwartj

Education

Colleges/
Universities
Attended
Dates
Attended
Degree
Conferred
Year
Conferred
Major
Subject
University of Toronto 1994-1995 MA 1995 Political Science
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 1988-1992 BA 1993 International Relations and East
University of Toronto 1995-2001 Ph.D. 2001 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
First Author with Muh-Yong Yen, “Towards a collaborative model of pandemic preparedness and response: Taiwan’s changing approach to pandemics,” Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection Vol. 50(2) (2017) (First available online December 2016): 125-132.

“Achieving Effective Pandemic Response in Taiwan through State-Civil Society Cooperation: The Role of the Li Zhang,” Asian Survey Vol. 54(6) (November/December 2014): 1136-1157.

With Muh-Yong Yen et. al., “From SARS in 2003 to H1N1 in 2009: Lessons Learned from Taipei, Taiwan in preparation for the Next Pandemic,” Journal of Hospital Infection Vol. 87(4) (August 2014): 185-193.

“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.

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, spring 2013): 144-170.

“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.