Department of Political Science
Iowa State University
503 Ross Hall
Ames IA 50010 USA
email: jhhassid@iastate.edu
US Citizen, Australian Citizen
Iowa State University
• Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
o Jul 2018-
• Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
o Jan 2015-Jul 2018
University of Technology, Sydney
• Postoctoral Research Fellow (5 year position), China Research Centre
o July 2010—October 2014
University of California, Berkeley
• Ph.D., Political Science (May 2010)
o Dissertation: Pressing Back—The Struggle for Control Over China’s Journalists
o Committee: Kevin J. O’Brien (chair), Lowell Dittmer, Todd LaPorte, Tom Gold
o Fields: Comparative Politics, East Asian Politics, Public Administration
• M.A., Political Science (2004)
o Master’s project: Power for Sale—The Political Rationale and Consequences of the PLA’s Business Empire, 1978-1998
Amherst College
• B.A., Asian Languages and Civilizations (2002)
o Magna Cum Laude, China Concentration
- "Why Chinese Print Journalists Embrace the Internet" with Maria Repnikova. (2016). Vol. 17, No. 7. Journalism.
- "China's Responsiveness to Internet Opinion: A Double-edged Sword". (2015). Vol. 44, No. 2. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs.
• "Doing Good or Doing Nothing? Celebrity, Media and Philanthropy in China” with Elaine Jeffreys. (2015). Vol. 35, No. 10. Third World Quarterly.
• "Scandals, Media and Government Responsivenes in China and Kenya” with Jennifer N. Brass. (2014). Journal of Asian and African Studies.
• "State of Mind: Power, Time Zones and Symbolic State Centralization” with Bartholomew Watson. (2014). Vol. 23, No. 2. (Jul.), 167-194 Time and Society.
• “Amplifying Silence: Uncertainty and Control Parables in Contemporary China” with Rachel E. Stern (2012). Comparative Political Studies. Vol. 45, No. 10 (Oct.), 212-230.
• “Safety Valve or Pressure Cooker? Blogs in Chinese Political Life,” (2012). Journal of Communication. Vol. 62 (Apr.), 212-230.
• “Four Models of the Fourth Estate: A Typology of Contemporary Chinese Journalists,” (2011). China Quarterly. No. 208 (Dec.), 813-32.
• “China’s Contentious Journalists: Reconceptualizing the Media,” (2008). Problems of Post-Communism. Vol. 55, No. 4, (July/Aug.), 52-61.
• “Controlling the Chinese Media: An Uncertain Business,” (2008). Asian Survey. Vol. 48, No. 3, (May/June), 414-30.
• “Comparing Subnational Identity in China and the USA"
o Presented at the Asian Studies Association of Australia's biennial meeting, Sydney, AUS (Jul, 2018)
• “China's Everyday State: How National Symbols Can Build and Maintain State Power"
o Poster presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (Sep, 2013)
• Keynote address “Shuzi Shidaihua Zhongguo Zhimei Hangye De Shouhui Xianxiang (Chinese Newspaper Industry Corruption in the Digital Age)", presented in Mandarin Chinese
o Presented at Zhongguo Baoye Yu Ronghe Tiaozhan Guoji Yanjiuhui (The Chinese Newspaper Industry and its Mixed Challenges, Media International Research Conference), Hong Kong, CHINA (Jun, 2017)
• “Corruption, Censorship, the Media and the Market in China"
o Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL (Mar, 2013)
• “China's Everyday State: How National Symbols Can Build and Maintain State Power"
o Poster presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (Sep, 2013)
• “The Hidden Dangers of China's State Responsiveness to Internet Opinion"
o Presented at the Association for Asian Studies annual meeting, Chicago, IL (Mar, 2015)
• “Place Names, Symbolic Power, and the Chinese State”
o Presented at the workshop on Chinese Symbolic Power in Comparative Perspective, Sydney (Aug. 2013)
• “The Politics of China's Emerging Micro-blogs: Something New or More of the Same?”
o Was to have been presented at the (subsequently canceled) American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans LA (Fall, 2012)
• “Frenemy: How Chinese Print Journalists Perceive and Use the Internet,” with Maria Repnikova
o Under review. Presented at the 10th Annual China Internet Research Conference, Los Angeles CA (May, 2012)
• “Chinese Government Responsiveness to Internet Opinion: Promising but Dangerous”
o Under review
• 2017-2020: Lucken Faculty Fellowship, Iowa State University
• 2013-2014: Early Career Researcher Grant, University of Technology, Sydney
• 2011-2012: Research Development Award, University of Technology, Sydney
• Fall 2009: China Times Cultural Foundation Young Scholar Award
• Spring 2009: Shung Ye Taiwanese Aboriginal Studies Fellowship (with Ray I. Orr)
• Spring 2008: Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowship (China)
• Spring 2006: Berkeley Graduate Division Academic Progress Award
• 2005-07: Amherst College John Woodruff Simpson Fellowship
• Summer 2005: Center for Chinese Studies Summer Grant
• Summer 2005: Berkeley Graduate Division Summer Grant
• 2003-05: Berkeley Graduate Division Fellowship
• 2004-05: Amherst College Memorial Fellowship
• 2004: Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Summer Grant
• 2003-04:
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Academic Year Grant
• Comparative Politics
o Introduction to Comparative Politics
o Asian Politics
o Chinese Politics
o Thinking about the State
o Power
o Symbolic Politics
• Political Communication
o Comparative Media Politics
o The Media under Authoritarianism
• Public Administration
o Organization Theory
o Governance Theory
• International Relations
o Introduction to International Relations
o International Relations in Asia
• Spring 2015: Instructor, Chinese Politics and Introduction to International Studies.
• Fall 2013: Course Co-Coordinator at UTS (with Prof. Andrew Jakubowicz), Transnational Media.
• Spring 2009: Graduate Student Instructor, Political Science 140e, Extreme Encounters with Power. Prof: Kevin J. O’Brien
• Spring 2007: Graduate Student Instructor, Political Science 143c, Chinese Politics. Prof: Kevin J. O’Brien
• Fall 2005: Graduate Student Instructor, Political Science 124c, Ethics and Justice in International Affairs. Prof: Amy Gurowitz
• Spring 2005: Graduate Student Instructor, Political Science 2, Introduction to Comparative Politics. Prof: Andrew Janos
• Fall 2004: Graduate Student Instructor, Political Science 120, Introduction to International Relations. Prof: Amy Gurowitz
Academic Affiliations
Peking University (Beijing, China)
• Visiting Scholar, Media and Communications Research Institute (2007-2008
• Exchange student, language training (Spring 2001)
Qinghua University (Beijing, China)
• IUP Summer Abroad Program (Summer 2004)
• 2010-Present: Manuscript Reviewer
o Journal of Communication
o American Sociological Review
o The China Journal
o International Journal of Press/Politics
o Asian Survey
o Pacific Journalism Review
o Communication, Politics and Culture
o And others
• Languages:
o English
o Mandarin Chinese
Available on request.