Academic & Public Service  

Service at USNA

• Founder and director of US Naval Academy Asia Forum 2008--
• Member of the Naval Academy Civilian Faculty Teaching Excellence Committee, 2008--
• Co-chair of the Naval Academy Civilian Faculty Teaching Excellence Committee, 2008
• Member of the Naval Academy Military Faculty Teaching Excellence Committee, 2008--
• Member of the Naval Academy Research Council Committee, 2008-2011
• Member of Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum Committee, 2008-2011
• Elected Senator representing the History Department at the Naval Academy Faculty Senate, 2006-2008
• Chair, US Naval Academy Faculty Senate Committee on Information, Technology and Library, 2007-2008
• Member of the International Program Supervising Committee (the Disher committee), 2006--
• Member of the yard-wide NARC committee representing the Faculty Senate, 2006-2008
• Chair, Hiring Committee for a Naval/Military Historian, 2008
• Director, Naval History Symposium, 2007
• Chair of the Naval History Symposium Committee, 2005-2007
• Member of the History Honors Program, 2005-2007
• Chair for the History Honors Class of 2007
• Member of the History Department’s Hiring Committee in search of successful candidates for South Asia, Japan/Southeast Asia positions
• Alternate Senator for the History Department, 2007
• Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Information and Library
• Member of the Superintendent’s Task Force for the Library of the Future, 2005-2006
• Special guest of the Language Studies Department for its hiring of three full-time Chinese language professors, 2005/2006 and 2000/2001.
• Elected to the Pay and Award Committee, 2005-2006
• Member of the History Department Curriculum Review Committee, 2005-2006
• Member of the Superintendent's Ad Hoc Committee on Dean’s Survey, Spring 2005, 2004-2005
• Elected to the Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2004-2005
• Member of the Departmental Hiring Committee for an African historian, 2004-2005
• Midshipman Chinese-American Club, consultant, 1994-2005
• Member of the Institutional Research Committee and Naval Academy Research Council (NARC) Committee, 2003-2004
• Member of Naval and Military History Committee, 2003-2004
• Member of the Research and Sabbatical Committee, 2002-2003
• Faculty Advisor to Omega Kappa Chapter (USNA) of Phi Alpha Theta, 1996-2001
• Elected to the Pay and Award Committee, 1999-2000
• Chair for the History Honors Class of 1999
• Member of the History Honors Program, 1997-1999
• Facilitator for Integrity Development Seminar (IDS), 1998-1999
• Faculty Adviser to USNA Midshipmen East Asian Studies Club, 1996-1998
• Member of the History Majors committee, 1995-1996
• Member of the History Department’s Research and Sabbatical Committee, 1994-1995
• Coordinator, Combined Federal Campaign, 1994-1995

Civic Participation

• board member and/or consultant of various national, international and governmental agencies and organizations, 1996--
• President of the Riva Woods (Annapolis) Home Owners Association, in charge of community covenant enforcement, liaison with county bureaucrats, 2006-2007
• Member of Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen’s Association (MSSA), involving in membership-related legislative initiatives at the Maryland State Assembly, 1999-2006
• Member of Boat Owners Association of the United States (BoatU.S.), 1999-2006