Current Position

Director, Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics, August 2008- present, University of Southern California (USC)

Education

University of Southern California, Ph.D., School of International Relations, 2005

Vanderbilt University, M.A. student, Department of Religion: Ethics and Society, 1992-1993

Furman University, B.A., Comparative Religion, 1986

The Hague Academy of International Law,  Summer Program in Public Law, 2004                 

Mershon Center for International Security, Institute in Political Psychology, Ohio State University, 2001

Visiting Scholar, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, International Politics, 1999

London School of Economics, International Summer Program, Macroeconomics and the Use of Force in IR, Summer 1995

Teaching Experience

School of International Relations, USC       

Order and Disorder in Global Affairs: Sustainable Tourism Cairo, Egypt, Summer 2010

Managing New Global Challenges, Fall 2006 and Fall 2007

Comparative Foreign Policy, Fall 2007

Case Studies in US Foreign Policy, Spring 2008

Teaching Assistant, 1999-2004 ‘Introduction to International Relations’, ‘The United States in World Affairs’, ‘Leadership and Diplomacy’, ‘Global Environmental Studies’, ‘International Relations of the Pacific Rim’, ‘Latin America and Hemispheric Problems’

USC Annenberg School for Communication

Issues in International Journalism (graduate) 2005-2008

Faculty director, summer program, Cape Town, SAR 2007

Faculty director, summer program, Hong Kong, China 2006

Occidental College

Lecturer in Diplomacy and World Affairs Department, Occidental College

Global Governance: Issues in Social Justice, Spring 2006

Mahkota College

Lecturer in American Studies, Mahkota College (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) US Foreign Policy (undergraduate) 1996

Publications

Strategic Moral Diplomacy: Understanding the Enemy’s Moral Universe (Kumarian Press, March 2011).

"Talking to Strangers: Engaging Disagreement," USC College Magazine, Fall 2010.

"Strategies for Survival and Outreach in Tough Economic Times," Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Publication, Summer 2010.

 'Collision with China: Conceptual Metaphor Analysis, Somatic Marking and the EP3 Incident,’ co- authors Edward Slingerland and Eric Blanchard, International Studies Quarterly, March 2007.

‘Strategic Moral Diplomacy: Mandela, Qaddafi, and the Lockerbie Negotiations,’ Foreign Policy Analysis, Blackwell Publishing, Volume 1/1, 2005, 73-98.

 Paul Keal, European Conquest and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: The Moral Backwardness of International Society (Cambridge University Press: 2003), book review essay, Leiden Journal of International Law, Cambridge University Press, Volume 18/1, 2005.

‘A Medal of Good Hope: Mandela, Qaddafi, and the Lockerbie Negotiations,’ Pew Case Studies in International Affairs, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (Georgetown University) and Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, 2004.

‘A King’s Exile: The Shah of Iran and Moral Considerations in US Foreign Policy,’ Pew Case Studies in International Affairs, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (Georgetown University) and Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, 2000.

‘Cuban Revolutionary Photography: The Political and Artistic Legacy of Raoul Corrales and Alberto Korda,’ exhibition publication, January 2006.

Window (Hong Kong’s Weekly magazine) ‘Boundary Street Still Divider of Sorts’ (July 1996), ‘A Breather in Bangkok’ (December 1995), ‘A Trail Too Winding: MacLehose guide has its ups and downs’ (November 1995) ‘Down from the Shelf: Urban Council puts sparkle into the system’ (October 1995), ‘Hongkong A to Z’ (October 1995)

Papers, Lectures, and Panels

Chair, "The Role of Justice in Post-Conflict Societies," International Conference on Global Justice, USC, April 7, 2011.

Roundtable Member (Chair of Women’s Caucus), “Women Don’t Ask, Women Don’t Say No,” International Studies Association, March 17, 2011.

“Just Claims and Avoidable Losses: Zimbabwe’s Land Redistribution,” Association of Practical And Professional Ethics, March 4, 2011.

Chair, "Global Commitments to Human Rights in Light of State Sovereignty," ISA-West, Sept 24, 2010.

“Justice Claims and Avoidable Losses: Zimbabwe’s Land Seizures.” Perspectives on Morality, Justice, and Peacebuilding, ISA-West, Sept 24, 2010.

Moderator, Rwanda:Confronting a Painful Past, September 2, 2010, USC. Sponsored by USC Shoah Foundation Institute.

Conference Co-Chair, The Ethics of State Involvement in Women’s Health, Monday, April 5, 2010, Davidson Conference Center, USC.

Roundtable Member, Ethics Centers Director’s Colloquium, The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, March 4, 2010.

Chair, ‘Facts on the Line: Why Good Journalism Still Matters in the Age of Information,’ The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, March 6, 2010.

Chair, ‘Old Solutions for New Problems: Ethics in the 21st Century,’ ISA-West, October 2009. Roundtable Member, ‘Ethics and Public Diplomacy,’ ISA-West, October 2009.

‘Rogue States, Terrorists, and Other Evil Guys,’ Panel on Teaching Ethics, International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, March 2007.

Chair, ‘Innovations in IR Theory: Norms, Psychology, and Discourse,’ International Studies Association- West, Las Vegas, NV, September 2006.

Lecture, ‘Strategic Moral Diplomacy,’ US Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, March 2006. Chair and discussant, ‘Values and Religion in US Foreign Policy,’ International Studies Association, San Diego, CA, March 2006.

Discussant, ‘Reframing Human Security,’ International Studies Association, San Diego, CA, March 2006.

‘Not Covering North Korea: Consequences of Diplomatic Isolation for Media Coverage and Image of the Enemy’ (co-author Michael Parks), International Studies Association, Honolulu, March 2005.

‘Lost in Translation: Haiti’s Generals and the Perils of Democratic Change’, International Studies Association, Honolulu, March 2005.

‘Collision with China: Conceptual Metaphor Analysis, Somatic Marking and the EP3 Incident’, with Edward Slingerland (PI) and Eric Blanchard, American Political Science Association, Washington DC, September 2005. (An earlier version was presented at the USC Center for International Relations, Discourse Analysis Series, March 2005.)

‘Strategic Moral Negotiation: Mandela, Qaddafi, and the Lockerbie Negotiations’, Center for International Studies, CIS dissertation fellow presentation, April 2004.

Roundtable, ‘Moral Foundations for International Law: Problems with the Current Debate,’ International Studies Association-West, Las Vegas, October 2004.

‘An Unconscious Collusion: How US Newspapers Frame the Enemy,’ International Society of Political Psychology (ISSP): Political Leadership in Divided Societies and a Dangerous World, Boston, July 2003.

‘Moral Enemies: Strategic Moral Negotiation in International Relations,’ International Political Science Association (IPSA) World Congress: Democracy, Tolerance, Justice: Challenges for Political Change, Durban, South Africa, June 2003.

‘Taiwan after Elections 2000: Potential Scenarios of State Behavior,’ RAND paper for internal distribution, 1999.

‘Religious Human Rights, Why Aren't They Women's Rights? Foundations for a Truce,’ Carter Center of Emory University paper for internal distribution in preparation for the UN Women's Conference, Beijing, 1995.

Workshops

Conference Co-Chair, The Ethics of State Involvement in Women’s Health Colloquium, Monday, April 5, 2010 Davidson Conference Center, USC.

Contested International Values and Moral Reasoning, Faculty Development Workshop, Cosponsored by Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs and Vanderbilt University, June 5-10, 2004.

Global Governance: The Problem of Violence, sponsored by the USC Center for International Studies, February 6, 2004.

Professional Activities

Judge, National Ethics Bowl, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 2010. March 2011.

Chair, Women’s Caucus, International Studies Association, 2010-2011.

Executive Council, International Studies Association-West, 2007-2009

Reviewer, Foreign Policy Analysis, Ethics and International Affairs

Contributing Editor, Journal of Public and International Affairs, Spring 2001

Contributor to Dow Jones Guide to the Stock Market 1997

University Fellow, Center on Public Diplomacy, 2009 -Present

Phi Kappa Phi, All-University Honor Society, University of Southern California

Previous Work Experience

RAND (Santa Monica, CA) Consultant, Summer 1999, National Security Research Division Advisors: Drs. Jonathan Pollack and Michael Swaine. Department of State project on cross-strait relations between Taiwan and China and implications for U.S. policy. Prepared internal RAND report, ‘Taiwan after Elections 2000: Potential Scenarios of State Behavior.’ Offered a second summer consultancy (2000) in RAND’s Washington, DC office. (Declined for summer at Mershon Institute)

Editor, journalist, researcher (Hong Kong, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur) 1995 – 1999.

Contracts included:

• The Honourable Elizabeth Wong, Independent Legislative Counsellor (Hong Kong). Research Advisor responsible for two articles per month on civil and political rights in Hong Kong post 1997. (e.g., freedom of expression, regional immigration policies, legal concerns)
• Dow Jones News Services (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Reporter contributing stock market commentary and feature-length articles on political and economic issues for Dow Jones international wire service.
• Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) Editor, Disney Time weekly newspaper supplement. Guided implementation of original publishing idea. Disney Time is published weekly in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines with a cumulative circulation of over 3 million households.
• World Wide Fund for Nature Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Consultant. Conducted a three-month assessment of Malaysian timber companies felling timber overseas. Analysed corporate incentives and disincentives, trade issues, African and South American concession policies, and certification possibilities.
• Window magazine (Hong Kong) Contributor of lifestyle, travel, business and historical articles.
• Asia Times monthly magazine (Bangkok, Thailand) Contributor of business personality profiles.

The Carter Center of Emory University (Atlanta, GA) Graduate Research Intern, Human Rights Program, August 1994-May 1995. Drafted background memoranda detailing specific cases of political dissidence for former U.S. President Carter’s possible intervention. Analysed problems of religious human rights and democracy with an emphasis on women within integrated religio-political systems.

United States Embassy Office Berlin (Germany) Project member, Berlin Document Center/Third Reich Archives, June 1993-June 1994 Worked with Wermacht and SS personnel files, immigration files, and Third Reich legal records. Organized legal data for director’s project on the Czechoslovakian resistance to the Nazi regime.