The 2010 EAI fellow Mary Alice Haddad gave a presentation on November 23, 2010. Providing her insight into the civil participation in Environmental Politics, Professor Haddad led an intense debate over the interplay between politics and the environment in South Korea. The discussion topic for the expert seminar was “Teaching States to Listen: Environmental Politics in East Asia.”

Mary Alice Haddad is an assistant professor of government at Wesleyan University, where she teaches government and East Asian studies. She has received awards from numerous institutions including the Harvard Academy, Mellon Foundation, Fulbright, National Endowment for the Humanities, East Asia Institute, and Japan Foundation. Her publications include a book, Politics and Volunteering in Japan: A Global Perspective (Cambridge 2007), and articles in journals such as Comparative Political Studies, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, and Journal of Asian Studies. She is currently completing a manuscript on Japanese democratization. Haddad received her PhD and MA in political science from the University of Washington and her BA from Amherst College.

Lecturer

Mary Alice Haddad, Wesleyan University

Moderator

Esook Yoon, Kwangwoon University

Designated Discussant Panel

Myng Rae Cho, Dankook University

Jae-woo Choo, Kyunghee University

Suk-Ki Kong, Seoul National University

Jeong-Woo Koo, Sungkyunkwan University

Tae Joon Lah, Yonsei University

Soonjin Yoon, Seoul National University