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The department is extremely pleased to
be able to welcome Dr. Schroeder back for the 2009-10
Academic Year. His office will be Mather House 317.
Paul brings a remarkable blend of practical experience,
academic training, and wisdom into the classroom. He
earned his Ph.D. from Ohio State in Chinese Politics in
1987, writing his dissertation on regional power in the
Chinese political system. Before embarking on his Ph.D.
studies, he was a journalist covering police, city,
county and state government for several Ohio newspapers.
While doing his dissertation research, Paul represented
the State of Ohio Department of Development in Wuhan,
China. He then joined the staff of the National
Committee on U.S. – China Relations in New York,
managing programs in law and economics.
From 1995-2007, Dr. Schroeder was managing director of
East-West Trade Development, Ltd., a firm that assisted
American businesses with international trade
opportunities, especially with China. He also co-founded
Families of the Fallen for Change, a lobby group
advocating a political solution to the Iraq war, and as
part of that has worked with senior members of Congress
to develop policy alternatives. Paul has taught a series
of courses at CWRU in recent years, including SAGES
courses on China and the Environment; POSC 368 on The
Peoples Republic of China; POSC 370C, The United States
and Asia; and POSC 374, Politics of Development in the
Global South. He brings to our classroom remarkable
experience in teaching, scholarship, working within
China and within the foreign policy process of the
United States.
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