Education: BA, Political Science and History, Williams College 1984; MIA, International Affairs, Columbia University 1988; PhD, Columbia University, 2000

Career: Prior to joining the Indiana State University faculty in 2000, Michael Chambers was Assistant Professor and Instructor of Political Science at St Olaf College in Minnesota 1996–2000 and was also Tutor in the Paracollege from 1996–98. In addition, he taught history at Delbarton School in Morristown, NJ from 1984–86. In 1992 he was Adjunct Lecturer at Hunter College, City University of New York. From 1993 until 1994 he was Teaching Fellow at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University. Since coming to Indiana State, Michael Chambers has been Assistant Professor of Political Science from 2000 until 2005 and Associate Professor since 2005. He has been Interim Chairman of the Department since July 2006. Professor Chambers teaches courses in International Relations, Comparative Politics, and Asian politics, and introductory courses to the discipline. He has been an Associate Member of the East Asian Studies Center at Indiana University at Bloomington since 2005 and of the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign since 2006. From 2003–04 he was Visiting Scholar at the John K. Fairbank Center for East Asian Research at Harvard University. Professor Chambers is a specialist in International Relations and Comparative Politics who concentrates on Asian affairs. He has conducted field research in Beijing, Hong Kong, and Bangkok. His research agenda emphasizes regional security issues in Asia. He has also worked with the National Bureau of Asian Research on several research projects, including the 2006–07 edition of Strategic Asia. Professor Chambers served as the Managing Editor of the journal Asian Security (see url below) for 2004–06, and currently serves as co-editor of that journal.

Honours and awards: SYLFF Joint Research and Exchange Program Grant, Sasakawa Peace Foundation 1994–95, Russell O. Ellingson Grant for Faculty Development, St Olaf College 1998–99, University Research Grant, Indiana State University 2001, Smith Richardson Foundation Grant to conduct research at Harvard University 2003–04, Promising Scholar Grant, Indiana State University 2006–

Publications include: numerous conference papers, book chapters and articles in journals such as Current History, The Journal of Contemporary China and The Journal of East Asian Studies

Contact details: Address: Holmstedt Hall 312, Department of Political Science, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809, USA; Tel: +1 812-237-2515; Fax: +1 812-237-3445; Email: mchambers3@indstate.edu ; Website: http://www.indstate.edu/polisci/ ; Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14799855.asp/ .