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Brian Woodall
Professor
Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
Georgia Institute of Technology
EARNED DEGREES
Doctor of Philosophy, 1990. University of California at Berkeley. Field: Political Science (subfields: Comparative Politics, Public Administration, and East Asia Regional Studies).
Master of Arts, 1983. University of Utah. Field: Political Science.
Bachelor of Arts (with a Certificate in International Relations), 1981. University of Utah. Field: Political Science.
Bachelor of Arts, 1979. University of Utah. Field: History.
EMPLOYMENT
Adjunct Professor, School of Transdiciplinary Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2016.
Visiting Professor, School of Law, Tōhoku University, 2015.
Professor. Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, (promoted from Assistant and Associate Professor) 1994 to present.
Fulbright Research Fellow, School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2014-2015.
TiROP Visiting Scholar, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2014.
Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo, 1993-1994.
Assistant Professor. Department of Government, Harvard University, 1991-1994.
Assistant Professor. Department of Politics and Society, University of California at Irvine, 1990- 1991.
Lecturer. Department of Political Science, University of California at Berkeley, 1990.
Research Associate. Berkeley-Hong Kong Project, University of California at Berkeley, 1989-1990.
Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo, 1987-1988.
Graduate Student Instructor. Department of Political Science, University of California at Berkeley, 1986-1987.
Research Assistant. Center for Japanese Studies, University of California at Berkeley, 1984-1986.
Research Assistant. Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy, University of California at Berkeley, 1983-1984.
TEACHING
Courses Taught
Summer 2016. Introduction to Global Development (Tokyo Tech).
Summer 2016. Energy, Environment, and Policy (Tokyo Tech).
Spring 2016. Introduction to Comparative Politics (INTA 3203). 41 students.
Fall 2015. Introduction to Comparative Politics (3203/8803). 49 students.
Fall 2015. Government and Politics of Japan (INTA 3231). 21 students.
Summer 2015. Environmental Politics (INTA 4040 / Oxford Program), 25 students.
Summer 2015. Introduction to Comparative Politics (INTA 3203 / Oxford Program), 25 students.
Spring 2015. Japanese Government and Politics (School of Law, Tohoku University), 34 students.
Spring 2015. Principles of International Co-existence (co-taught; Tokyo Institute of Technology). 25 students.
Spring 2014. Seminar in Comparative Politics (INTA 6202). 13 students.
Spring 2014. Introduction to Comparative Politics (INTA 3203). 43 students.
Spring 2014. Ph.D. Proseminar in International Affairs, Science and Technology. 3 students.
Fall 2013. Seminar in Comparative Politics (INTA 6202). 13 students.
Fall 2013. Orientation to International Affairs (INTA 2001). 57 students.
Spring 2013. Government and Politics of Japan (INTA 3231 / INTA 8803-BW). 33 students (4 graduate students).
Fall 2012. Orientation to International Affairs (INTA 2001), 75 students.
Fall, 2012. Comparative Politics (INTA 6202). 5 students.
Fall 2012. Ph.D. Proseminar (INTA 8010). 2 students.
Spring 2012. Comparative Politics (INTA 3203), 15 students.
Fall 2011. Seminar in Comparative Politics (INTA 6202), 11 students.
Fall 2011. Orientation to International Affairs (INTA 2001), 73 students.
Fall 2011. Ph.D. Proseminar (INTA 8010). 1 student.
Spring 2011. Seminar in Comparative Politics (INTA 6202), 22 students.
Fall 2010. Government and Politics of Japan (INTA 3231 / INTA 8803-BW). 27 students (6 graduate students).
Fall 2010. Ph.D. Proseminar (INTA 8010). 2 students.
Fall 2010. Orientation to International Affairs (co-taught) (INTA 1001). 95 students.
Fall 2009. Orientation to International Affairs (co-taught) (INTA 1001). 78 students.
Fall 2009. Ph.D. Proseminar (INTA 7010). 5 students.
Spring 2009. Seminar in Comparative Politics (INTA 6202). 11 students.3
Fall 2008. Orientation to International Affairs (co-taught) (INTA 1001). 92 students.
Fall 2008. Ph.D. Proseminar (INTA 7010). 5 students.
Spring 2008. The Japanese Economy (INTA-4803-BW, and INTA-8803-BW, JAPN-4813- B, and ECON-4813-E). 19 students.
Fall 2007. Government and Politics of East Asia (INTA 2230-A). 33 students.
Fall 2007. Orientation to International Affairs (INTA 1001) 151 students.
Spring 2007. Seminar in Comparative Politics (INTA 6202). 27 students. Fall 2006. Orientation to International Affairs (INTA 1001).
Fall 2006. Language-Across-the-Curriculum: Japanese Society and Politics (INTA 4803/8803 / JAPN 4813). 15 students.
Spring 2006. Government and Politics of Japan (INTA 3231). 28 students
Fall 2005. Seminar in Comparative Politics (INTA 6202). 25 students.
Fall 2005. Orientation to International Affairs (INTA 1001).
Fall 2004. Seminar in Comparative Politics (INTA 6202). 20 students.
Fall 2004. Language-Across-the-Curriculum: Japanese Society and Politics (INTA 4803/8803 / JAPN 4813). 10 students.
Fall 2004. Orientation to International Affairs (INTA 1001).
Spring 2004. Seminar in Comparative Politics (INTA 6202). 25 students.
Fall 2003. Government and Politics of Japan (INTA 3231). 51 students.
Fall 2003. Orientation to International Affairs (INTA 1001).
Spring 2003. Seminar in Comparative Politics (INTA 6202). 26 students.
Spring 2003. Language-Across-the-Curriculum: Japanese Society and Politics (INTA 4803/8803 / JAPN 4813). 10 students (approximate).
Fall 2002. Orientation to International Affairs (INTA 1001).
Spring 2002. Government and Politics of Japan (INTA 3231). 45 students. Teaching effectiveness: course in progress (5.0 maximum).
Fall 2001. American Government in Comparative Perspective (INTA 1200B). 212 students. Teaching effectiveness: 4.4 (5.0 maximum).
Spring 2001. Political Economy of Japan (INTA 3331/8803D). 14 students. Teaching effectiveness: 5.0 (5.0 maximum).
Fall 2000. Senior Seminar in International Strategy and Policy (INTA 4400). 14 students. Teaching effectiveness: 4.9 (5.0 maximum).
Spring 2000. Graduate Seminar in Comparative Politics (INTA 6100). 17 students. Teaching effectiveness: 4.5 (5.0 maximum).
Fall 1999. American Government in Comparative Perspective (INTA 1200A). 220 students. Teaching effectiveness: 4.5 (5.0 maximum).
Spring 1999. Political Economy of Japan (INTA 4876A). 15 students. Teaching effectiveness: 5.0 (5.0 maximum).
Spring 1999. Senior Seminar in International Strategy and Policy II (INTA 4582A). 16 students. Teaching effectiveness: N/A (5.0 maximum).
Winter 1999. Senior Seminar in International Strategy and Policy I (INTA 4581A). 17 students. Teaching effectiveness: 4.9 (5.0 maximum).
Winter 1998. Graduate Seminar in Comparative Politics (INTA 6100). 14 students. Teaching effectiveness: 4.8 (5.0 maximum).
Winter 1998. Senior Seminar in International Strategy And Policy II (INTA 4582A). 14 students. Teaching effectiveness: 5.0 (5.0 maximum).
Winter 1998. Political Economy of Japan (INTA 4586). 18 students. Teaching effectiveness: 4.9 (5.0 maximum).
Fall 1997. Introduction to Comparative Politics (INTA 1100). 108 students. Teaching effectiveness: 4.6 (5.0 maximum).
Fall 1997. Senior Seminar in International Strategy And Policy I (INTA 4581A). 14 students. Teaching effectiveness: N/A.
Spring 1997. Cross-Cultural Industry and Society (INTA 8403H). 6 students. Teaching effectiveness: N/A. Winter 1997. Political Economy of Japan (INTA 4586). 9 students. Teaching effectiveness: 4.9 (5.0 maximum).
Fall, 1996. Introduction to Comparative Politics (INTA 1100). 46 students. Teaching effectiveness: 4.7 (5.0 maximum).
Fall, 1996. Government and Politics of Japan (INTA 3450). 8 students. Teaching effectiveness: 4.9 (5.0 maximum).
Spring, 1996. Political Economy of Japan (INTA 4876A). 8 students. Teaching effectiveness: 4.9 (5.0 maximum).
Winter, 1996. Political Economy of Japan (INTA 4876A). 5 students. Teaching effectiveness: N/A.
Winter, 1996. Government and Politics of Japan (INTA 3450). 17 students. Teaching effectiveness: 4.8 (5.0 maximum).
Fall, 1995. Japanese Management Practices (INTA 4875A). New course. 4 students. Teaching effectiveness: N/A.
Spring, 1995. U.S.-Japan Economic Relations (INTA 4877A). New course. 11 students. Teaching effectiveness: 4.3 (5.0 maximum).
Spring, 1995. Political Economy of Japan (INTA 4876A). 8 students. Teaching effectiveness: N/A.
Winter, 1994. Political Economy of Japan (INTA 4876A). 10 students. Teaching effectiveness: 4.8 (5.0 maximum). Winter, 1994. Japan in the World Political Economy (INTA 4876B). 3 students. Teaching effectiveness: N/A.
Individual Student Guidance
Ph.D. Students Supervised
Raymond Christensen (Department of Government, Harvard University) Graduation Date: 1993 Dissertation Title: “The Significance of Opposition in Japanese Politics: The Case of Electoral Coalitions in Japan” Present Position: Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Brigham Young University
Shelley Rigger (Department of Government, Harvard University) Graduation Date: 1993 Dissertation Title: “Electoral Clientelism and Political Reform in the Republic of China of Taiwan” Present Position: Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Davidson College
Master’s Theses Supervised
Joseph (Vince) Pedicino (International Affairs, Georgia Tech), 2007
Violetta Ravagnoli (International Affairs, Georgia Tech), 2007
Nadja Marinova (International Affairs, Georgia Tech), 2003
Robert Pekkanen (Regional Studies/East Asia, Harvard University), 1993
Kim Reimann (Regional Studies/East Asia, Harvard University), 1993
Kaye Yoshino (Regional Studies/East Asia, Harvard University), 1993
Job Lawrence (Regional Studies/East Asia, Harvard University), 1993
Jeffrey Neuman (Regional Studies/East Asia, Harvard University), 1992
Renee Gau (Regional Studies/East Asia, Harvard University), 1992
Graduate Student Independent Study Projects Supervised (Georgia Tech)
Kate D’Addamio, 2013
Tiffany Schoenfeld Wood, 2013
Kim, You Jeong, 2012
Brown, Tucker, 2011
Burkhard, Caroline, 2010
Jen, Melissa, 2009
Saddler, Latham, 2009
Simpson, Jarrod, 2008
Saddler, Latham, 2008
Jones, Phillip, 2007
Jones, Matthew, 2007
Harmon, Amy, 2007
Brooks, Robbin, 2007
Azizi, Banafsheh, 2007
Kevin Davis, 2006
Rashidah Harwick, 2006
Warren Page, 2005
Kara Manry, 2005
Eun Young Cho, 2005
Warren Page, 2004
Eun Young Cho, 2004
Eun Young Cho, 2003
Frank Fuller, 2001
Yukihiko Osaka, 2000
Ananya Lively, 2000
Yukihiho Osaka, 1999
Undergraduate Student Independent Study Projects Supervised (Georgia Tech)
Han, Siqi, 2013 (PURA)
Williams, Sean, 2012 (PURA)
Choi, Jeehoon, 2011 (PURA)
Windsor, Andrew, 2009
Niecamp, Allison, 2008
Meghan Clem, 2008
Niecamp, Allison, 2008
Shimamura, Keiichi, 2008
Brock, Allen, 2008
Meghan Clem, 2007
Christopher Prichard, 2005 (PURA)
Benjamin C. Bryan, 2001
Ross Keller Mitchell, 2001
John C. Bennett, 2001
Amanda Gard, 2001
Brandy Mitcham, 2001
Amber Robinson, 2001
Ross Keller Mitchell, 2000
John C. Bennett, 2000
Christopher Young, 2000
Mary Bronson, 2000
Michelle MacAnder, 2000
Megan Winn, 2000
Carrie Schuler, 1999
Ryan Fussell, 1999
Katherine Grove, 1999
Christopher Dillon, 1999
Ryan Cobb, 1998
Chris Tang, 1998
Christina Sampanes, 1998
John Grantham, 1998
Felipe Flores, 1998
Erica Colberg, 1998
Undergraduate Senior Honors Theses Supervised
Chiaki Jin (Regional Studies/East Asia, Harvard University), 1993
Saori Horkawa (Department of Government, Harvard University), 1992
Tomoharu Nishino (Regional Studies/East Asia, Harvard University), 1992
Kyoko Takahashi (Regional Studies/East Asia, Harvard University), 1992
Nelson Wang (Social Studies, Harvard University), 1992
Jeremy Dann (Regional Studies/East Asia, Harvard University), 1991
Robert Weiner (Regional Studies/East Asia, Harvard University), 1991
Curriculum Development
Environmental Politics. This course employs analytic tools of comparative politics and international relations theory to make sense of the politics of environmental policy across a range of issue areas in various national and supranational settings. The course includes a group-based module in which students the interconnectedness of environmental and energy policies in a simulation exercise focusing on particular country cases.
Ph.D. Proseminar: This course provides an overview of resources and practices of doctoral research in science, technology, and international affairs. It is a required course for students in the Doctorate in International Affairs, Science and Technology program.
The Japanese Economy: developed and co-taught (with Masato Kikuchi and James Hoadley) in spring 2008. This course is taught in Japanese as a capstone experience for students in the Global Economics and Modern Languages major.
Government and Politics of East Asia (INTA 2230): Provides an introduction to the major issues and aspects of the politics, societies, and cultures of East Asia. Utilizing multimedia materials, the course surveys Greater China (the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan), Japan, and the two Koreas (the Republic of Korea and the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea).
Japanese Society and Politics (INTA / Modern Languages Special Topics Course): Surveys key aspects of modern Japan’s society and political system using Japanese-language readings, films, and other instructional materials. Co-developed and co-taught with Dr. Masato Kikuchi, School of Modern Languages.
American Government in Comparative Perspective (INTA 1200): Examines American government in relation to other political and economic systems in countries around the world. This course satisfies Georgia Tech’s U.S. Constitution/Georgia Constitution core requirement.
Cross-National Society and Industry (INTA Special Topics Course): A survey of the cross-national differences and similarities in government-business relations among advanced industrialized countries (United States, Japan, Germany and France), newly industrialized countries (South Korea), and large emerging markets (China).
Japanese Management Practices (INTA Special Topics Course): An introduction to important aspects of management and business in contemporary Japan. The course examines the internal characteristics of the Japanese firm (including personnel policies, labor-management relations, organization and leadership, financing), inter-firm relations, and government-business-relations.
Comparative Trade and Industrial Policy (INTA Special Topics Course): An introduction to the nature and implications of trade and industrial policies in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan. The course focuses on political and economic factors that influence the process whereby trade and industrial policies are initiated, enacted, and implemented in advanced industrialized countries.
U.S.-Japan Economic Relations (INTA Special Topics Course): An overview and analysis of the sources of conflict and cooperation in history’s richest transoceanic trade nexus. The case study 8 method is used to highlight important aspects of bilateral trade, foreign direct investment, exchange rate fluctuations, etc.
SCHOLARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Published Books and Parts of Books
Woodall, Brian. “Changing of the Guard in Nuclear Policymaking: Energy Security, Economic Development, and US-ROK Relations,” (working title), book chapter in Beyond Acrimony: The Future of U.S.-ROK Nuclear Cooperation (Adam N. Stulberg and Man-Sung Yim, editors), forthcoming 2015.
Woodall, Brian. “The Development of Japan’s Developmental State: Stages of Growth and the Social Costs of Energy and Export Promotion Policies,” book chapter in East Asian Development Model: 21st Century Perspectives (Shiping Hua and Ruihua Hu, Editors). London: Routledge, 2014. Pp. 101-120.
Woodall, Brian, “Japanese Political Finance and Its Dark Side,” book chapter in Parties and Politics in Contemporary Japan: Political Chaos and Stalemate in the 21st Century (Ronald J. Hrebenar and Akira Nakamura, Editors). London: Routledge, 2014. Pp. 56-79.
Woodall, Brian, Growing Democracy in Japan: The Parliamentary Cabinet System Since 1868. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 2014.
Woodall, Brian, “Japan: Energy Efficiency Paragon, Green Growth Laggard,” book chapter in Can Green Sustain Growth? From the Religion to the Reality of Sustainable Prosperity (John Zysman and Mark Huberty, Editors). Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2013. Pp. 150-169.
Woodall, Brian, “Ministry of Construction,” in Encyclopedia of Japanese Business and Management, Allan Bird, ed.; London: Routledge, 2000.
Woodall, Brian, “Dango” (Price-fixing), in Encyclopedia of Japanese Business and Management, Allan Bird, ed.; London: Routledge, 2000.
Woodall, Brian, “The Politics of Reform in Japan’s Lower House Electoral System,” Elections and Campaigning in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan (Bernard Grofman, Sung-Chull Lee, Edwin Winckler, and Brian Woodall, Eds.), Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press (1999).
Woodall, Brian, Grofman, Bernard, Lee, Sung-Chull, and Winckler, Edwin, “Introduction,” Elections and Campaigning in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan (Bernard Grofman, Sung-Chull Lee, Edwin Winckler, and Brian Woodall, Eds.), Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press (1999).
Woodall, Brian, Grofman, Bernard, Lee, Sung-Chull, and Winckler, Edwin (Eds.), Elections and Campaigning in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press (1999).
Woodall, Brian and Lee, Hiro, “Political Feasibility and Empirical Assessments of a Pacific Free Trade Area,” Economic Development and Cooperation in the Pacific Basin (David Roland-Holst and Hiro Lee, Eds.), London: Cambridge University Press (1998).
Woodall, Brian, Japan Under Construction: Corruption, Politics, and Public Works, Berkeley: University of California Press (1996).
Woodall, Brian, “Japan’s Double Standards: Technical Standards and U.S.-Japan Economic Relations” in Japan’s Technical Standards: Implications for Global Trade and Competitiveness (John R. McIntyre, Ed.), Westport, CT: Quorum Books (1996).
Woodall, Brian, Japan’s Changing World Role: Emerging Leader or Perpetual Follower?, New York: The Japan Society (1993).
Woodall, Brian, “The Politics of Land in Japan’s Dual Political Economy” in Land Issues in Japan: A Policy Failure? (John O. Haley and Kozo Yamamura, Eds.), Seattle: The Society for Japanese Studies (1992).
Refereed Journal Articles
Woodall, B., and Duffield, J. “Japan’s New Basic Energy Plan,” Energy Policy 39 (June 2011), pp. 3741–3749.
Woodall, Brian, and Aki Yoshikawa, “Japan’s Failure in Pharmaceuticals: The Toxic Effects of Price Controls,” Japan Studies Review, vol. 3, Fall 1999.
Woodall, Brian, “Career Concerns and Reform in Japan’s Lower House Electoral System,” Japan Studies Review, vol. 1, pg. 15-30, May 1997.
Woodall, Brian, “The Logic of Collusive Action: The Political Roots of Japan’s Dango System,” Comparative Politics, vol. 25, pg. 297-312, April 1993.
Woodall, Brian, and Yoshikawa, Akihiro, “The Venture Boom and Japanese Industrial Policy: Promoting the Neglected Winners,” Asian Survey, vol. 25, pg. 692-714, June 1985.
Theses
Other Publications
Published Papers (non-refereed)
Woodall, Brian, and Siqi Han, “The Development of China’s Developmental State: Environmental Challenges and Stages of Growth,” China Currents, vol. 13 (no. 1), May 2014 (on-line at: /www.chinacenter.net/the-development-of-chinas-developmental-state-environmental-challengesand-stages-of-growth/).
Woodall, Brian, “Ministry of Construction,” in Encyclopedia of Japanese Business and Management, Allan Bird, ed.; London: Routledge, 2000.
Woodall, Brian, contributed six essays on various aspects of “Globalization and Democracy” to publisher W.W. Norton for incorporation in new edition of American Government: Freedom and Power (authors: Theodore J. Lowi and Benjamin Ginsberg), 2000.
Woodall, Brian, “Kokumin no rieki o daihyo shienai ‘burando seijika’” [Democracy in America and Japan: Voter Apathy and Brand-Name Politicians], Kensetsu Gyokai, vol. 47, pg. 42-43, January, 1999.
Woodall, Brian, “Yanda nihon keizai no chiryo ho” [A Remedy for Japan’s Ailing Economy], Kensetsu Gyokai, vol. 47, pg. 32-33, July, 1998.
Woodall, Brian, “Dou chigau? Nichibei seijika: seiji-teki eikyouryoku to koukyou jigyou” [Public Works and Political Influence in the United States and Japan], Kensetsu Gyokai, vol. 47, pg. 52-53, January, 1998.
Woodall, Brian, “Kisei kanwaron no ni-mensei” [The Logic of Regulated Deregulation], Kensetsu Gyokai, vol. 46, pg. 40-41, July, 1997.
Woodall, Brian, and Yoshikawa, Aki, “Japanese Drugs and the Unholy Trivumvirate,” Osaka Hoken-i Zasshi, vol. 25, pp. 24-27, June 1997.
Woodall, Brian, and Yoshikawa, Aki, “Japan’s Failure in Pharmaceuticals: Why is the World Saying ‘No” to Japanese Drugs?” The Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education and Research Working Paper 96-027, 1997.
Woodall, Brian, “Korekara no nichibei kankei” [U.S.-Japan Relations in the Wake of the Elections], Kensetsu Gyokai, vol. 44, pg. 62-63, January, 1997.
Woodall, Brian and Lee, Hiro, “Political Feasibility and Empirical Assessments of a Pacific Free Trade Area,” The Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education and Research Working Paper 96-024, 1996.
Woodall, Brian, “Atoranta gorin to shakai shihon seibi” [Technical Standards and the Atlanta Olympics], Kensetsu Gyokai, vol. 45, pg. 50-51, July 1996.
Woodall, Brian, “America’s Economic Policies in Asia,” Current Issues: U.S. and Asian Business Conference (Proceedings of a Forum Presented by the Center for Asian Studies and the Samuel J. Silberman College of Business Administration, Fairleigh Dickinson University), no. 1, pg. 6-9, April 1996.
Woodall, Brian, “Seiji kaikaku wa sanryu seiji o shuen saseru ka” [Political Reform and the End of Japan’s Third-Rate Politics?], Kensetsu Gyokai, vol. 45, pg. 46-47, January 1996.
Woodall, Brian, “A Call for Wisdom in Trade Negotiations: Exploring the Efficacy of ‘Super 301’ in U.S.-Japan Economic Relations,” The Economic Review, vol. 10, pg. 101-105, 1995-1996.
Woodall, Brian, “Cho endaka jidai no kirinukesaku” [Coping in the Era of the Ultra-Strong Yen], Kensetsu Gyokai, vol. 44, pg. 30-31, July 1995.
Woodall, Brian, “Japan’s Double Standards: Technical Standards and U.S.-Japan Economic Relations?” The Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education and Research Working Paper, 1995.
Woodall, Brian, “U.S.-Japan Trade and the Ultra-Strong Yen,” Yutori, vol. 6, pg. 3, May 1995.
Woodall, Brian, “Amerika no ‘nyu sausu’ kara mita nihon” [A View of Japan from America’s “New South”], Kensetsu Gyokai, vol. 44, pg. 42-43, March 1995.
Woodall, Brian, “Nihon no seiji ni taisuru gaiatsu koka” [Foreign Pressure and Japanese Politics: Lessons from U.S.-Japan Construction Friction], Kensetsu Gyokai, vol. 43, pg. 28-31, July 1994.
Woodall, Brian, “Seiji kaikakugeki no yukue” [Japan’s Political Reform Drama], Kensetsu Gyokai, vol. 43, pg. 64-68, January 1994.
Woodall, Brian, “A Mercantilist Triangle? Japanese Aid, Investment, and Trade in Asia,” Inside Japan: Harvard’s Japan Journal, vol. 3, pg. 10-11, Winter 1992/1993.
“Pork Barrel Politics in Japan: Trade Friction, Public Works, and the Triadic Syndicate, 1955-1988.” June 1990. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Political Science, University of California at Berkeley. Advisors: Chalmers Johnson, Robert A. Scalapino, Thomas Smith.
Woodall, Brian, and Hiwatari, Nobuhiro, “Inside Japan’s Leviathan: Decision-Making in the Government Bureaucracy,” Institute of Governmental Studies Working Paper 88-19, University of California at Berkeley, July 1988.
Woodall, Brian, “Response to the Japanese Challenge,” Asia Pacific Community, vol. 27, pg. 63-80, Winter 1985.
Woodall, Brian. “Japan’s Textbook Revision Controversy: An Attempt at Interpretation.” June 1983. M.A. Thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Utah. Advisor: L.K. Kimball.
Presentations (partial listing)
Woodall, Brian. “Energy Security, Environmental Angst, and Japan’s Devolving Developmental State,” presented at the Government and International Relations Colloquium Series, University of Sydney, March 2016.
Woodall, Brian. “Energy Security, Environmental Angst, and Japan’s Evolving Developmental State,” presented at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, October 2015.
Woodall, Brian. “Energy Security and South Korea’s Developmental State: Nuclear Policies in Comparative Perspective,” presented at the Workshop on Nuclear Energy Cooperation: Lessons, Challenges, and Opportunities Presented by the US-ROK Relationship,” Seoul, March 2015.
Woodall, Brian. “The Development of Japan’s Developmental State: Stages of Growth and the Social Costs of Energy Policies,” presented at the Contemporary Japan Series, University of Tokyo, January 2015.
Woodall, Brian. “The Development of Japan’s Developmental State: Stages of Growth and the Social Costs of Energy Policies,” presented at event sponsored by the Faculty of International Development Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, January 2015.
Woodall, Brian. “The Fukushima Crisis and Japanese Energy Policy: Critical Juncture or Business as Usual?” International Conference on Humanitarian Responses to Crisis, Kennesaw State University, March 2014.
Woodall, Brian and Siqi Han. “The Development of the Developmental State: Stages of Growth in Japan, South Korea, and China,” presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, January 2014.
Woodall, Brian. “Energy Efficiency Paragon, Green Laggard: The Politics of Japanese ‘Green Energy’ Policy,” selected for presentation as a “competitive paper” at the conference of the Academy of International Business – Southeast, Atlanta, Georgia, October 2013.
Woodall, Brian, “Japan’s Approach to Energy Security,” Korea’s Energy Security in a Regional Context: Confronting a Changing Landscape, Georgia Institute of Technology, November 2010.
Woodall, Brian, “Campaign Finance on Steroids: The Roots of Change, Inertia, and Corruption in Japanese Political Funding,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, September 2007.
Woodall, Brian, “The Institutionalization of Parliamentary Democracy in Japan: The Case of the Cabinet System” Association for Asian Studies / Southeastern Conference, Atlanta, 22 January 2006.
Woodall, Brian, “Japan’s Foreign Relations in the Post-Perry World,” Southern Japan Seminar, Miami, March 2005.
Woodall, Brian, “The Changing Contours of Japan’s Cabinet Elite,” Southern Japan Seminar, Atlanta, March 2002.
Woodall, Brian, “The Institutionalization of Japan’s Cabinet System, 1885-2000,” Annual Meeting of the Georgia Political Science Association, Hilton Head, South Carolina, February 2001.
Woodall, Brian. “The Japanese Business and Economic Environment,” Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education and Research’s Global Forum, March 2001.
Woodall, Brian, “Japan’s Failure in Pharmaceuticals: The Toxic Effects of Price Controls,” Southern Japan Seminar, Atlanta, May 1998.
Woodall, Brian, “Restructuring the Japanese Political Economy in the 1990s: Opportunities and Forecast,” Fourth Georgia Tech Business Forum: Competing in the Japanese Technology Market in the 21st Century, Atlanta, October 1997.
Woodall, Brian, “The Role of Area Studies in Political Science,” International Conference on ‘The Asia-Pacific Area on the Cusp of the 21st Century, Seoul, Korea, October 1997.
Woodall, Brian, and Yoshikawa, Aki, “Japan’s Failure in Pharmaceuticals: Why is the World Saying ‘No” to Japanese Drugs?” Asian Issues Lecture Series, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, April 1997.
Woodall, Brian, and Yoshikawa, Aki, “Prescription for Japan’s Ailing Drug Industry: A Dose of Regulation and Deregulation,” Japanese Deregulation Forum, Washington, D.C., April 1997.
Woodall, Brian, “The Political Feasibility of a Yen Bloc,” Southern Japan Seminar, Atlanta, May 1996.
Woodall, Brian, “Japan Under Construction: Corruption, Politics, and Public Works,” Conference on Japan’s Political Economy, New York, April 1996.
Woodall, Brian, “Pork Barrel Politics and Political Corruption in Japan,” Asian Issues Lecture Series,” Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, January 1996.
Woodall, Brian, “Japanese Technical Standards and International Trade,” Japanese Standards Systems Seminar, Atlanta, June 1995.
Woodall, Brian, “The Politics of Reform in Japan: The Lower House Electoral System,” Southern Japan Seminar, Atlanta, April 1995.
Woodall, Brian, “Japan’s Role in the United Nations,” Nikkei Business Forum, Tokyo, February 1994.
Woodall, Brian, “The Calculus of Collusion: Domestic and International Sources of Collusive Action in Japanese Public Works,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, September 1992.
Woodall, Brian, “The Transformation of Japan’s Political Elite, 1955-1992,” New England Japan Seminar, Wellsley College, May 1992.
Woodall, Brian, “Japan’s Changing Parliamentary Elite,” Japan Forum of the Reischauer Institute, Harvard University, April 1992.
Woodall, Brian, “Making Collusion Rational: Japan’s Dango System,” Northeast Asia-Japan Forum on International Policy, Stanford University, April 1991.
Woodall, Brian, “Japan’s Relations with China: Future Scenarios,” International Symposium on Comparative Japanese and American Views on the Future of China,” University of California at San Diego, November 1990.
Woodall, Brian, “Pork Barrel Politics in Japan,” Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Chicago, March 1990.
Woodall, Brian, “The Liberal Democratic Party and the Politics of Policymaking in Japan,” International Forum of the Tokai Bank Foundation, Tokyo, March 1988.
Editorial Boards
Member, Editorial Board, Routledge Handbook of Politics in Asia
Member, Editorial Board, Routledge Studies on Comparative Asian Politics
Member, Editorial Board, Southeastern Review of Asian Studies (1999-2015)
Member, Editorial Board, Japan Studies Review (1997-2015)
Invited Lectures (partial listing)
University of Sydney
University of Washington
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Tokyo University
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Mercer University
University of Louisville
Shorter University
Oglethorpe University
Seoul National University
Hanyang University
Fairley Dickinson University
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of Maryland
Cornell University
University of British Columbia
Harvard University
Yale University
University of California at Irvine
McGill University
University of California at Los Angeles
Middlebury College
University of Washington
University of California at San Diego
Purdue University
University of California at Berkeley
Sacramento State University
Other Scholarly Accomplishments
Ivan Allen College Faculty Research Grant, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011.
Travel Award, Center for International Business Education and Research Grant, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011.
Georgia Tech Foundation Grant, 2011.
Travel Award, Center for International Business Education and Research Grant, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2000.
Georgia Tech Foundation Grant, 2009.
Georgia Tech Foundation Grant, 1999
Georgia Tech Foundation Grant, 1998.
Travel Award, Center for International Business Education and Research Grant, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996.
Research Award, Center for International Business Education and Research Grant, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995.
Abe Fellowship (Social Science Research Council), 1993-1994.
Faculty Research Fellowship, 1991-1992. University of California at Irvine
Chancellor’s Dissertation Fellowship, 1989-1990. University of California at Berkeley.
Japan Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, 1987-1988.
Fulbright-Hayes Dissertation Fellowship, 1987-1988 (declined).
Ministry of Education (Japan) Dissertation Fellowship, 1987-1988 (declined).
Bennett Prize in Political Science, 1980. University of Utah.
SERVICE
Professional Contributions
Peer Reviewer, Routledge, 2014
Peer Reviewer, Journal of Global Initiatives, 2014
Peer Reviewer, Party Politics (Sage Publication)
Peer Reviewer, Global Corruption Report, Transparency International, 2009
Executive Committee, Southern Japan Seminar, 1999-present.
Chair, Southern Regional Japan Seminar (180-member association of Japan-related scholars in the Southeastern United States), 1997-1999.
Facilitator, “Japan-U.S. Relations: Implications for the 21st Century,” The Japan America Society of Georgia, Atlanta, October 1995.
Discussant, “Social and Political Problems in an Aging Society,” Southern Japan Seminar, Panama City Beach, October 1995.
Speaker, “Current Political Change in Japan and Its Effect on the Business Climate Seminar on Business Negotiations with the Japanese, Atlanta, June 1995.
Speaker, “Japanese Economic Policy,” Conference Sponsored by the Center for War, Peace, and the News Media, Atlanta, April 1995.
Speaker, “Evaluating Japan’s Economy,” Asia-Pacific Seminar of the Southern Center for International Studies, Atlanta, April 1995.
Chair, Panel on Environment and Health Issues, Conference on Challenges to Growth in Asia, Atlanta, March 1995.
Speaker, “The Japanese Business Climate,” Conference on Competing in Technology-Intensive Products in Japan,” Atlanta, February 1995.
Discussant, “Gaiatsu and Japanese Policymaking,” Abe Fellows’ Autumn Colloquium, Tokyo, December 1993.
Discussant, “Informal Politics of Leadership Recruitment in East Asia,” Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Washington, D.C., March 1992.
Discussant, Conference on U.S.-Japan Relations, Claremont McKenna College, March 1991.
Discussant, Conference on Pacific Security Issues, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, Berkeley, March 1987.
Campus Contributions
Chair, Assessment Committee, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, 2015 to present.
Member, Faculty Search Committee, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014-2015.
Faculty Affiliate, Georgia Tech Strategic Energy Institute, 2013 to present.
Discussant, “Japanese Politics and Policy in the 21st Century,” panel discussion presented by The Sasakawa Peace Foundation and Social Science Research Council Young Japanese Specialists US-Visit Program, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, March 2014.
Presented “Georgia Tech – Expanding the Global Footprint of the Technological Research University” at the Kobe University United States-Japan Collaboration Fair 2014, Kobe, Japan, March 2014.
Contributed discussion post on Japanese Prime Minister Abe’s meeting with President Obama on “The Amplifier,” Georgia Tech’s “blog” for Expert on Current Issues, 22 February 2013.
Presented “Georgia Tech’s Student Mobility Programs” at Tokyo Institute of Technology International Education and Research Program (TIER) Symposium, “Cultivating Global Leaders through World-Class University Collaborations,” Tokyo, 17 January 2013.
Member, Faculty Search Committee, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012-2013.
Organized and publicized Nunn School co-sponsored showing of “3/11 in the Moment,” 8 November 2012.
Organized campus-wide information session for the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 7 November 2012.
Presented “The Evolution of Japan’s Parliamentary Cabinet System” as part of the International Affairs Graduate Student Organization’s Brown Bag Speaker Series, 20 September 2012.
Prepared “Georgia Tech’s Direct Linkages in Japan,” a memo for Governor Nathan Deal, 4 September 2012.
Member, Globalization Task Force Committee, Georgia Institute of Technology, August 2011 to December 2011.
Organizer and Moderator, “Focus on Japan – Crisis and Response: A Georgia Tech Expert Forum” (brought together experts on earthquake engineering, nuclear engineering, humanitarian logistics, international economics, and Japanese politics), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, April 2011.
Associate Chair, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001 to present.
Director of Graduate Programs, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001 to 2009, 2011 to present.
Acting Chair, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009 to 2010.
Member, Search Committee for Vice Provost for Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007.
Member, Institute for Leadership & Entrepreneurship’s Leadership Roundtable, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-present
Member, Institute Review Committee, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2002-2005.
Chair, Hiring Committee, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001-2002.
Chair, Graduate Committee, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001 to present.
Director of Undergraduate Programs, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997-2001.
Chair, Undergraduate Programs Committee, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996-2001.
Member Search Committee for the Dean of the Ivan Allen College, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997-1998. Resulted in hiring of Sue Rosser.
Chair, Methods/International Relations Search Committee, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997-1998. Resulted in hiring of Jesus Felipe.
Chair, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997-1999.
Chair, Latin American Politics Search Committee, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997-1998. Resulted in hiring of Kirk Bowman.
Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997-1999.
Member, Science and Technology Policy Search Committee, School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996. Resulted in hiring of Adam Stulberg.
Coordinator, East Asian Caucus, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996-1997.
Webmaster, The Japan Project at Georgia Tech (designed and constructed web site), 1996-present.
Member, Undergraduate Recruitment Committee, Ivan Allen College, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995-present.
Member, Graduate Affairs Committee, School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995-present.
Member, Global Innovation Curriculum Committee, Ivan Allen College, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995-1996.
Member, Western European Politics Search Committee, School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995. Resulted in hiring of Mark Hallerberg.
Core Faculty Member, Center for International Business Education and Research, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994-present.
Member, Middle East Politics Search Committee, Department of Government, Harvard University, 1992-1993. Resulted in hiring of Eva Bellin.
Member, Board of Senior Tutors, Department of Government, Harvard University, 1992-1993.
Member, Prizes Committee, Department of Government, Harvard University, 1991-1992.
Member, Executive Committee of the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University, 1991-1993.
Other Contributions
Books Reviewed in Professional Journals
Review of Vlado Vivoda, Energy Security in Japan: Challenges After Fukushima in Pacific Affairs, June 2015, Vol. 88, No. 2.
Review of Koji Nakakita, Jimintō seiji no hen’yō [The Transformation of LDP Politics] in Social Science Japan, Winter 2015, Vol. 18, No. 1.
Review of Aurelia George Mulgan, Power and Pork: A Japanese Political Life in Pacific Affairs, Fall 2007: Vol. 80, No. 3.
Review of Roger W. Bowen, Japan’s Dysfunctional Democracy: The Liberal Democratic Party and Structural Corruption in Pacific Affairs, vol. 78 (January 2005).
Review of Albrecht Rothacher, The Japanese Power Elite in Journal of Asian Studies, vol. 55, pg. 223-224 (May 1995).
Review of Kent E. Calder, Crisis and Compensation in Pacific Affairs, vol. 63, pg. 106-107 (Spring 1990).
Review of Daniel I. Okimoto, Between MITI and the Market in Venture Japan, vol. 2, pg. 83-85 2 (1989).
Review of Takeshi Ishida and Ellis S. Krauss (eds.), Democracy in Japan and Karel G. van Wolferen, The Enigma of Japanese Power in San Francisco Review of Books (Fall 1989), pp. 37-42.
Community Contributions (recent)
Volunteer Conversational English Teacher, Machida Area Boy Scouts (Japan), March to June, 2015.
Member of the International Co-operative Advisory Board, Academy for Co-Creative Education of Environment and Energy Science, 2014 to present.
Panel Co-chair and Presenter, Third International Educational Forum of the Academy for CoCreative Education of Environment and Energy Science, Perth (Australia), December 2014.
Invited speech, Fulbright Japan (Tokyo), September 2014
Interviewer for Japan Exchange and Teaching Program, Consulate General of Japan in Atlanta, 18 February 2014.
Research Partner, Center for Research in Energy Systems Transformation (CREST), Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California at Berkeley, 2011 to present.
Interviewer for Japan Exchange and Teaching Program, Consulate General of Japan in Atlanta, 18 February 2013.
Invited lecture, “Japanese History and Politics,” Georgia Council on Economic Education Workshop, 29 January 2013.
Interviewed on CNN International concerning the Sino-Japanese territorial conflict over the Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands, 26 September 2012.
Member, National Corporate Advisory Board, Who’s Who in the Asian American Communities, 2012 to 2014.
Invited lecture, “Global Perspectives Forum — Embracing Japan: The Impact of the March 11th Triple Disasters,” Shorter University (Rome, Georgia), 21 September 2011 and 16 November 2011.
Interviewed and quoted as a “Japanese energy policy expert” in the August 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (http://accjjournal.com/theeconomics-of-conservation/).
Interviewed and quoted in “Crisis in Japan,” Bloomberg BusinessWeek, March 24, 2011 (www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_14/b4222012984187.htm).
Invited lecture, “Japan’s Energy and Environmental Policies,” University of Missouri-St. Louis, 5 September 2008.
Panelist, Legacy of Honor: The Impact of Eagle Scouts, Georgia Tech Business Network, 24 April 2008.
“Triumph Amidst Tribulation: The Story of Asian Americans in the Southeastern United States,” essay prepared for the 2007 Who’s Who in Asian American Communities Awards Ceremony, Atlanta, July 2007. Text of essay formed basis of the basis of a video produced for the Who’s Who in Asian American Communities Gala.
Invited lecture, “The Evolution of Japan’s Parliamentary Cabinet System, 1885-2007,” Institute for Japanese Studies, Seoul National University, May 2007.
Member, Board of Advisors, Who’s Who in the Asian American Community of Georgia, 2005 to 2012.
Consulting Activities (partial listing)
Numerous business briefings on Japan, Korea, and East Asia.
Expert witness, 2006-2007.
“Japanese Corruption and Its Future,” paper prepared for Booz Allen Hamilton, October 2006.
Reviewer for grant proposals, Japan Foundation for Global Partnership, 2005-2006.
Expert witness, 1997-1998.
“Doing Business in Japan,” briefing presented to Project Team from Americord, Inc., 1997.
“Management Challenges in the American Business Climate,” briefing presented to Japanese executives organized by the Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance, 1996.
“Doing Business with a Japanese Company: The Essentials for Success,” briefing presented to Project Team from Simons Engineering, Inc., 1995.
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
As Principal Investigator
2014-2015 Fulbright U.S. Scholar, Japan (Principal Investigator) Result: recommended through two-levels of peer review; selected by the J. William Foreign Fulbright Scholarship Board
Japan Foundation (Principal Investigator) Amount Requested: $290,093 Result: not funded
Coca Cola Foundation (Co-Principal Investigator) Amount Requested: $1,270,000 Result: $1,130,000 (1 October 2012)
Southern Japan Regional Seminar American Council of Learned Societies Amount Requested: $13,000 Result: $13,000 granted, 1999
Southern Japan Regional Seminar American Council of Learned Societies Amount Requested: $13,000 Result: $13,000 granted, 1998
Japan’s Health Care Policy (Co-Principal Investigator) All-Japan Bankers Foundation Research Amount Requested: $10,000 Result: $10,000 granted, January 1996
Deregulating Japan’s Health Care and Pension Systems Japan-United States Friendship Commission Amount Requested: $78,591, July 1995 Result: $70,541 granted, September 1995
Conference on Elections and Campaigns in Japan Korea, and Taiwan (Co-Principal Investigator) Pacific Rim Research Program, University of California Amount Requested: $N/A Result: granted
As Contributor
“The Potential Impact of the Formation of a Pacific Rim Free Trade Area” Pacific Rim Research Program, University of California Amount Requested: $N/A Result: granted Served as Consultant/Collaborator
“Economic and Political Implications of a Yen Bloc” Matsushita International Foundation Research Grant Amount Requested: $N/A Result: granted Served as Consultant/Collaborator
HONORS AND AWARDS
Professor of the Year, International Affairs Graduate Organization, 2013.
Professor of the Year, International Affairs Student Organization, 2000.
Member, Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society, 1999.
Nominated for the Gabriel Almond Dissertation Prize in Comparative Politics of the American Political Science Association, 1991.
Chancellor’s Dissertation-Year Fellowship, University of California at Berkeley, 1989-1990.
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, Department of Political Science, University of California at Berkeley, 1987.
Ministry of Education Fellowship (Japan), 1979-1980.
Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society, inducted 1981.
Eagle Scout, 1970.