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Pete Suttmeier, Mentor
Political Science

April Snell, McNair Scholar

Richard P. Suttmeier, Professor of Political Science, received his Ph.D. from Indiana University in 1970, and has been with the University of Oregon since 1990. He is a member of the Department of Commerce Civil Industrial Technology Coordinating Committee for relations with the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, and has served as a Senior Analyst at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, as a consultant to the World Bank and the UNDP, and as the Director of the Beijing Office of the Committee for Scholarly Communication with China. Suttmeier’s current research includes a study of China’s scientific community (with Cao Cong), and a longer term study of Chinese approaches to the management of technological and environmental risks entitled, Is It Safe to be Modern?. Recent publications include: “China Faces the New Industrial Revolution: Research and Innovation Strategies for the 21st Century,” (with Cao Cong) Asian Perspective (1999); and “Leadership and Elitism in Chinese Science and Engineering: The Making of China’s ‘Brain Bank?’” (with Cao Cong), Asian Survey (1999).