Julie Chernov-Hwang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science

Teaching interests: Politics of the Pacific Rim, Middle East Politics, Islam and Politics, Politics in Nation-States, Religion and Politics in Asia, Ethnic Politics

Research interests: Religion and politics, ethnic politics, political Islam, Islamist political parties and participation, Islamic education, radical Islamist movements, revolutions, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Turkey, Iran

Brief biography: I received my M.A. and my PhD from the University of Colorado-Boulder and my BA from George Washington University in Washington DC. Prior to coming to California State University-Fullerton, I served as a Research Fellow at the Center for Civilizational Dialogue at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and at the Freedom Institute for Democracy, Nationalism and Market Studies in Jakarta, Indonesia. My article, “Plural Society Revisited: Chinese-Indigenous Relations in Malaysia and the Philippines,” was published in Summer 2003 in Nationalism and Ethnic Politics. My book chapter, “Education and Social Cohesion in Malaysia and Indonesia,” published in Religious Diversity and Civil Society: A Comparative Analysis, will be forthcoming in 2007.