Mercer University Asian Studies Lecture Series
Presented by Dr. Hongmei Li and Dr. Penelope Prime
- Dr. Penelope Prime, Georgia State University & The China Research Center
“China Reforms Again: Implications for Growth and Business”
Dr. Prime’s experience includes directing study abroad programs, taking over 300 students to China; conducting field research in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong; traveling across most of China and living in Nanjing and Beijing for extended periods of time; analyzing China’s economy for the Center for International Research at the U.S. Bureau of the Census from 1991-1998; and working with companies on China strategy, business environment, negotiations and cultural understanding. Dr. Prime’s research focuses on China’s economy and business environment, including topics such as China’s foreign trade and investment, industrial and technological progress, and provincial development, as well as applied business and economics cases on China and Asia. Her most recent books are Global Giant: Is China Changing the Rules of the Game? (co-edited with Eva Paus and Jon Western, Palgrave McMillan, 2009) and Taiwan’s Democracy: Economic and Political Challenges, (co-edited with Robert Ash and John W. Garver, Routledge, 2011). She serves on the editorial boards of China Economic Review, Eurasia Geography & Economics and the Indian Journal of Economics and Business, and has received numerous grants, including from the American Council of Learned Societies, the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Scholarly Communications with the PRC, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
- Dr. Hongmei Li, Georgia State University
“The Commercialization of Media and Development of Consumer Culture in China”
Dr. Li is currently an assistant professor of Communication at Georgia State University where she teaches courses on global communication and media studies. She obtained her PH.D in communication from University of Southern California. She completed a two-year George Gerbner Postdoctoral fellowship at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. She has conducted research on interdisciplinary research on global communication, Chinese media, culture and society. She has published widely in a number of peer-reviewed journals, including Communication Theory, International Journal of Communication, Critical Studies in Media Communication, and Public Relations Review.
A U.S. Department of Education Title VI Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL) grant event.
