Peter Christopher Tierney

3910 Yuma Drive

Madison, WI, 53711

(608) 698-3910

Education

The Ohio State University

  • Masters in Chinese – May 2011
  • Focus in Government Corruption

University of Wisconsin–Madison

  • Bachelor of Arts in Political Science – May 2008
  • Bachelor of Arts in International Studies – May 2008
  • Bachelor of Arts in Chinese – May 2008
  • Bachelor of Arts in East Asian Studies – May 2008

Nankai University – Tianjin, China Academic organizations

  • Certificate of Completion of Intensive Language Program – August 2007

Academic Experience

Academic organizations

  • Phi Beta Kappa Society – February 2008
  • Golden Key International Honor Society – May 2007

Areas of specialization

  • Chinese politics, language and culture studies
  • International political theory, globalization, democratization theory, revolutionary theory

Study abroad in Tianjin, China, May – August 2007

  • Awarded Chou Kuo Ping scholarship for Merit
  • Week-long field research project, with paper and presentation in Chinese on the effects of the increasing presence of tourism on the environment and minority cultures of Yunnan province

Work Experience

The Ohio State University: National East Asian Language Resource Center (NEALRC)

From April 2010 to June 2010 I received a Graduate Assistantship to work for NEALRC Assistant Director Minru Li. Duties Include:

  • Compiled and edited documents to be submitted to the U.S. Department of Education for the 2010 – 2014 grant
  • Helped coordinate The Sixth International Conference and Workshops on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching in the 21st century (TCLT6), held in Columbus, OH.
  • Redesigned NEALRC project websites

Wispolitics.com: A locally-ran website that reports daily news of Madison and Wisconsin politics

From May 2008 to December 2008 I worked as a press release intern. Duties include:

  • Post news concerning state and local government on wispolitics.com
  • Update state and local events on wispolitics.com
  • During November 2008, assisted in state and local election coverage

The University of Wisconsin Press: A publisher of books and journals specializing in anthropology, literature, rhetoric, African studies, film studies, history, political science, and women's studies

From October 2007 through May 2008 I worked as Outreach Assistant to the Press Director Sheila M. Leary. Duties included:

  • Grants and gifts writer for scholarly publications
  • Updated Filemaker Pro and Excel databases
  • Coordinated book distribution of Wisconsin Votes: An Electoral History by R. Booth Fowler to public libraries in Wisconsin
  • Wrote press release for this project to be published in South Central Library System’s quarterly newsletter

Languages

  • Mandarin Chinese level: Advanced /Superior
  • Fluent in English

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