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Hoontaek Seo
Associate Professor
Niagara University · United States
Dr. Hoontaek Seo serves as Associate Professor of Finance and Chair of the Department of Accounting, Economics, and Finance at Niagara University's Holzschuh College of Business Administration, where he has been faculty since fall 2010. His office is located in Bisgrove Hall Room 354F with office hours Tuesdays and Thursdays 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and Wednesdays 1:30-3:30 p.m. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance from Michigan State University (2009), forming the foundation of his academic expertise. Research focuses on empirical corporate finance mechanisms, particularly security offerings dynamics, corporate governance structures, control systems, and divestiture strategies. His work examines how these elements influence corporate financial decision-making and market valuation processes within empirical frameworks.
Joel Andreas
Professor
Johns Hopkins University · United States
Joel Andreas is a Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University since 2003, serving as Program Director of the East Asian Studies Program. His research focuses on political contention, social inequality, and social change in contemporary China. He holds a PhD in Sociology from UCLA and teaches social theory, political sociology, and courses on Chinese society. He has held visiting positions at universities including the University of Sydney, Hong Kong University, and Ningxia University. His work examines labor movements, rural land policies, and class dynamics in China. Recent research includes analyses of staff-worker congresses, rural land dispossession, and the persistence of militarism in U.S. policy. He critiques market reforms and explores the legacy of the Cultural Revolution. Andreas has contributed to debates on China’s transition to capitalism and the decline of socialist systems. His publications span topics from urbanization to state coercion in rural development. He maintains an active role in academic exchanges and policy-relevant research on China’s socio-political landscape.
Michael Lucey
Professor
University of California, Berkeley · United States
Michael Lucey is the Sidney and Margaret Ancker Chair and Distinguished Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. His work bridges French literature from the 19th to 21st centuries with social theory, sexuality studies, and linguistic anthropology. He has authored the critically acclaimed What Proust Heard: Novels and the Ethnography of Talk (2022) and Thinking about Sexuality with Novels (forthcoming). As founding director of the Center for the Study of Sexual Culture , he has shaped interdisciplinary research in queer theory and gender studies. Current research focuses on novels as ethnographic tools Specializes in Proust, Balzac, Woolf, and contemporary French fiction Translation work includes Didier Eribon and Édouard Louis His recent articles explore phonetics in narrative, readability frameworks, and sociological implications of literary form. He actively engages with comparative methodologies and critical theory, while his teaching spans British and American literature’s intersections with French modernism. Lucey’s academic leadership includes directing Berkeley’s Center for the Study of Sexual Culture, which supports global discourse through fellowships and conferences. His office hours are held in Dwinelle Hall and via Zoom. Contact: mlucey@berkeley.edu
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