Title
Professor of Politics
Politics
Expertise
Comparative politics. East Asia. China. Comparative revolutions. Comparative democratic movements.
Degrees
University of Wisconsin, Ph.D.
Florida State University, M.A.
Florida State University, B.A.
Contact
| Email: | thaxton@brandeis.edu |
| Phone: | 781-736-2767 |
| Office: | Golding Judaica Center, 116 |
Awards and Honors
Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholoarly Exchange Senior Scholar Grant (2010)
Three Year National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research Fellowship (2009)
Senior Research Grant United States Institute of Peace, 2007-08 (2007)
Offer of a Chair in Modern Chinese History and Politics, University of Vienna (2006)
Theodore and Jane Normal Fund for Faculty Research and Creative Projects (2006)
Fellow and Member, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science, Princeton, N.J. (2002)
Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange, Senior Scholar Research Grant (2001)
Whiting Foundation Fellowship (2000 - 2001)
National Endowment for Humanities Fellowship (1999)
National Endowment for Humanities Fellowship (1997)
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (1995)
American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship (1992)
National Endowment for Humanities Fellowship (1992)
Senior Fellow, CSCPRC/Academy of Sciences Program for Scholarly Exchange with People's Republic of China (1992)
National Endowment Travel to Collections Award (1989)
National Endowment for Humanities Summer Stipend (1989)
Genevieve Gorst Hereford Award for outstanding resesarch in social sciences (Univ. WI) (1984)
National Endowment for the Humanities Grant (1982)
Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Fellowship (1980 - 1981)
National Endowment for Humanities Fellowship (1979 - 1980)
Best Ph.D. Disseration of Year (University of Wisconsin) (1975)
Courses Taught
| POL | 128a | The Politics of Revolution: State Violence and Popular Insurgency in the Third World |
| POL | 147a | The Government and Politics of China |
| POL | 147b | Seminar: The Modern Chinese Revolution |
| POL | 148a | Seminar: Contemporary Chinese Politics |
| POL | 167a | United States and China in World Politics |
| POL | 179a | China's Global Rise: The Challenge to Democratic Order |
Scholarship