About WCI

 

Structure | Contact | Faculty Steering Committee | Advisory Board

 

Recognizing the importance of China to the economic and political future of Wisconsin and the United States, the Division of International Studies is convening an exceptional group of faculty, alumni, and leaders in business and government to bolster research and teaching about China, to create new partnerships between Chinese higher education institutions and the UW-Madison, and to develop plans for strategic engagements between China and the State of Wisconsin. The goals of the China Initiative are to:

      Integrate the study of China across the curriculum to promote global competence and to advance internationalization

       

      Improve resources at the university to facilitate the development of new teaching strategies and research about China

       

      Coordinate activity related to China to create dynamic synergies and a clear point of contact for the campus and state communities

       

      Disseminate knowledge about China to benefit Wisconsin citizens and business

       

      Create partnerships between educational, governmental, and corporate institutions in China and Wisconsin

UWCI Structure

 

 

 

Contact Information

 

General information: wichinainitiative@gmail.com

 

John Ohnesorge (Law), Co-Chair
jkohnesorge@wisc.edu (608) 263-7603

 

Leyuan Shi (ISyE), Co-Chair
leyuan@engr.wisc.edu (608) 265-5969

 

Nicole Huang (EALL), Ex-Officio Co-Chair
nhuang@facstaff.wisc.edu (608) 262-9876

 

Richard Miller (CEAS), Project Administrator
eaassocdirector@eastasia.wisc.edu (608) 265-6568

Pauline Chow (Law), Project Assistant
wichinainitiative@gmail.com

 

Faculty Steering Committee:

 

John W. Eichenseher (Business School) jeichen@Bus.wisc.edu 

 

Edward Friedman (Political Science) efriedm1@facstaff.wisc.edu

 

Suzan Huber-Miller (CIBER) shubermiller@bus.wisc.edu

 

Mark Meulenbeld (EALL) meulenbeld@wisc.edu

 

Ken Kushner (Family Medicine) kenneth.kushner@fammed.wisc.edu

Guido A Podesta (Division of Int. Studies) gpodesta@wisc.edu

 

Thomas Popkewitz (Education) tspopkew@facstaff.wisc.edu

Ken Shapiro (CALS, WI Int. Trade Council) kshapiro@cals.wisc.edu

Anjali Sridharan (Chancellor's Office) anjali@ocr.wisc.edu

 

Cynthia Williams (External Relations) cwilliam@facstaff.wisc.edu

 

China Initiative Advisory Board:

 

Cynthia Bachmann

Vice President – Engineering Kohler Co.
Kohler, WI

 

Dr. Albert Bak-Wei Wong

Zigen Pharmaceutical Ltd.
Hong Kong

 

Joseph Coffey

Abbott Diagnostics
Abbott Park, IL

 

Eric Etchart

President – Cranes
Manitowoc, WI

 

Wade Fetzer

Goldman Sachs and Company
Chicago, IL

 

Mr. Ed Gargan

Asia Bureau Chief – Newsday
Beijing, P. R. China

 

Frank Jesse Jr.

Gray Plant Mooty Mooty and Bennett P A
Minneapolis, MN

 

Robert Kraft

Chairman and CEO – PSA North America
Milwaukee, WI 53202

 

Dr. Nicholas Lardy

Institute for International Economics
Washington, DC

 

Dr. Connie Li

CEO – TrafficCast International, Inc.
Madison, WI

 

Dr. Kening Li

Potomac, MD

 

Mary Linton

Madison, WI

 

Dr. Alan Y Lu

Taipei, Taiwan ROC

 

Bruno Maier

EVP New Business Development – Pacific Cycle, Inc.
Madison, WI

 

Ms. Mary Regel

WI Department of Commerce
Madison, WI

 

Tom Sternberg

SKCG Group
White Plains, NY

 

Scott Williams

McDermott Will and Emory LLP
Chicago, IL

 

Dr. John On-Fat Wong

Madison, WI

 

Dr. Levin Zhu

CEO – China International Capital Corporation Ltd.
Beijing, P.R. China