Dr. Mao Lin
Associate Professor of History (2014).
B.A. M.A., Peking University, 1999, 2002; M.A., Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2004, 2010.
Teaching and Research Interests:
American Foreign Relations; American Presidency; U.S.-China Relations; Modern China; World History
Upper Division Courses:
- HIST 3135 US Foreign Relations I
- HIST 3136 US Foreign Relations II
- HIST 4133 The Cold War
Contact:
Department of History
Georgia Southern University
P. O. Box 8054
Statesboro, GA 30460-8054
Office: #3098, Interdisciplinary Academic Building
Tel: 912-478-0243
Email: mlin@georgiasouthern.edu
Selected Publications:
- “Between Tradition and Modernity: Wuzhen and China’s Soft Power in the 21st Century.” Journal of Literature and Art Studies, Vol. 7, No. 11, (November 2017).
- “Traders as Diplomats: Trade and Sino-American Rapprochement, 1971-78,” International Journal of Social Science Studies, Vol. 5, No. 10, (October 2017).
- “More than a Tacit Alliance: Trade, Soft Power, and U.S.-Chinese Rapprochement Reconsidered,” Journal of American-East Asian Relations, Vol. 24, No.1, (April 2017).
- “‘To See is to Believe?’—Modernization and U.S.-China Exchanges in the 1970s,” Chinese Historical Review, 23:1 (May 2016).
“Doing Business with China: Trade and Sino-American Relations, 1966-1974,” American Review of China Studies, Vol. 13: 2 (Fall, 2012). - “China and the Escalation of the Vietnam War: The First Years of the Johnson Administration,” Journal of Cold War Studies, 11:2 (Spring 2009).
Professional Activities, Awards, and Honors:
- Director of Study Abroad in China
Current Research:
- Book Project: U.S.-China Relations and the Diplomacy of Modernization, 1966-1979.
Last updated: 3/30/2022