Chengli Wang

Curriculum Vitae
Last updated: Jun 28, 2018

CONTACT INFORMATION
School of Public Economics and Administration
Phoenix Building, Office
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
1111 Wuchuan, Yangpu District
Shanghai, China 200433
Email: zhuangzi_wcl@hotmail.com
Web: https://wangchengli.weebly.com

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Information Manipulation, Political Rumors, Chinese Foreign Policy, and Computational Methods

EMPLOYMENTS
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Assistant Professor, School of Public Economics and Administration, September 2018-

EDUCATION
University of Nevada, Reno
Ph.D. Political Science, May 2018

Southwest University of Political Science & Law, China

M.A. Law, June 2010

Beijing Normal University, China

B.A. Public Administration, June 2007

PUBLICATIONS
Xiaoyu Pu and Chengli Wang. “Rethinking China’s Rise: Chinese Scholars Debate Strategic Overstretch.”
(Forthcoming at International Affairs)

WORKING PAPERS
Chengli Wang and Jiangnan Zhu. “Let the Rumors Fly: A Hidden Strategy of Public Opinion Preparation
in an Authoritarian Country.” (Under Review)
Alex Yu-Ting Lin and Chengli Wang. “Beyond Buying Stability: How China’s Partnership Creates
Equilibrium in the Asia-Pacific.” (Under Review)
Chengli Wang. “Flying a Kite: How the Government Uses Rumors to Test Public Opinion in China.”
Chengli Wang and Jeffrey A. Griffin. “Political Rumors, Social Violence, and the Role of the Media: An
Examination of the West African Ebola Outbreak (2013-15).”
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Chengli Wang and Nataliia Kasianenko. “Propaganda Strategies and Their Influence on Public Attitudes
Toward Aggressive Foreign Policy: Comparing China, Russia, and the United States.”
Chengli Wang and Zhu Zhang. “Friends indeed? Relationality and China’s Network of Friends in the
South China Sea Dispute.”
Chengli Wang. “When Rumors Become Facts: How Rumor Rebuttals Shape Popular Perception of
Anti-corruption in China?”

SELECTED CHINESE PUBLICATIONS

Chengli Wang. “Survey on Residents’ Recreation and Urban Public Space in Chengdu,”
[公园生活：对当代成都市民生活与公共空间的一个微观考察] Journal of Postgraduates of Southwest
University of Political Science and Law [法论：西南政法大学研究生学报] 24 (2010): 127-157.

AWARDS, GRANTS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2017-18. The Graduate Dean’s Merit Scholarship, University of Nevada, Reno.
2017. Center for the Study of Contemporary China Research Grant, U Penn.
2017. PolNet-OSU Summer Study Grant, Ohio State University.
2016. IPSA-NUS Summer Study Grant, National University of Singapore.
2016. Travel Grant, University of Hong Kong.
2015-2017. Travel Grant, University of Nevada, Reno.
2013-2018. Graduate Assistantship, University of Nevada, Reno: Tuition waver/stipend.

INVITED PRESENTATION AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

Invited Presentations:
Chengli Wang. 2017. “Beyond Buying Stability: How China’s Partnership Creates Equilibrium in the
Asia-Pacific.” Third Annual China and International Relations Graduate Research Workshop, University
of Pennsylvania’s Center for the Study of Contemporary China (CSCC), Philadelphia, PA, November.
Chengli Wang. 2013. “Distraction: a history of pursuing and contending for what truly matters.” An
online presentation which was included in Professor Kuriyama’s presentation at Edwin O. Reischauer
Lectures, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University, March.

Conference Papers:
Chengli Wang and Yu-Ting Lin. 2018 (Scheduled). “Beyond Buying Friends: How China’s Network of
Partnerships Creates Equilibrium in the Asia-Pacific.” International Studies Association, San Francisco,
CA, April.
Chengli Wang and Zhu Zhang. 2018 (Scheduled). “Friends Indeed? Relationality and China’s “Network
of Partnership” in the South China Sea Dispute.” International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA,
April.
Chengli Wang and Xiaoyu Pu. 2017. “Implausible Mistake? Chinese Scholars Debate Strategic
Overstretch.” American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, August.
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Chengli Wang and Yu-Ting Lin. 2017. “Beyond Buying Stability: How China’s Network of Partnership
Creates Equilibrium in the Asia-Pacific.” International Studies Association-West, Pasadena, CA,
September.
Chengli Wang and Zhu Zhang. 2017. “Circle of Friends: A Network Analysis of the South China Sea
Arbitration.” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April.
Chengli Wang. 2016. “Rumors from the Government: The Information War during Anti-Corruption
Campaigns in China.” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April.
Chengli Wang and Jiangnan Zhu. 2016. “Break the Breaking News: How the Government Uses Political
Rumors to Prepare Public Anticipation in China.” The Fourth Cross-Strait Conference on Governance,
Taipei, Taiwan, October.
Chengli Wang. 2015. “When Rumors Become Facts: How Rumor Rebuttals Shape Popular Perception of
Government Corruption in Mainland China?” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April.
Chengli Wang. 2015. “Who Surfs? Political Trust and Internet Activism in East Asia.” Midwest Political
Science Association, Chicago, IL, April.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of Nevada, Reno:

Fall 2017, Instructor, PSC 407F, Political System of China
Spring 2017, Instructor, PSC 407F, Political System of China
Fall 2016, Instructor, PSC 231, Introduction to International Relations
Spring 2016, Instructor, PSC 231, Introduction to International Relations
Fall 2015, Instructor, PSC 231, Introduction to International Relations
Spring 2015, Instructor, PSC 231, Introduction to International Relations
Fall 2014, Instructor, PSC 231, Introduction to International Relations
Spring 2014, Teaching Fellow, PSC 211-Introduction to Comparative Politics
Fall 2013, Teaching Fellow, PSC 231-Introduction to International Relations

METHODOLOGICAL TRAINING

2017. PolNet-OSU Network Research Summer School, Ohio State University, Columbus: Network
Analysis.
2016. IPSA-NUS Summer School, National University of Singapore, Singapore: Quantitative Text
Analysis.
2013. Tsinghua University Summer School for Social Science Research Methods, Beijing: Advanced Game
Theory and Counter-factual Analysis.
2013. University of Nevada, Reno: Process-tracing, Q-Sort Interview, Elite Interview, Case Study Analysis,
and Comparative Historical Analysis.
2012. University of Nevada, Reno: Quantitative Research Methods and Statistics, Qualitative Research
Methods, and Advanced Quantitative Research Methods and Statistics.

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RESEARCH PROGRAMMING

STATA, R, Python, ArcGIS, LIWC

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Political Science Association (APSA)

Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)
International Study Association (ISA)

LANGUAGES

Chinese (Native)
English (Fluent written and spoken)
Japanese (Beginner)

ACADEMIC REFERENCES

Robert Ostergard (dissertation committee chair)

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
University of Nevada, Reno
Email: orobert@unr.edu
Phone: 775.682.7767

Jiangnan Zhu (dissertation committee member)

Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration
University of Hong Kong
Email: zhujn@hku.hk
Phone: 39172278

Xiaoyu Pu (dissertation committee member)

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
University of Nevada, Reno
Email: xpu@unr.edu
Phone: 775.682.775