[liberationtech] Reminder TOMORROW 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM: Liberation technology Talk: Scott Rozelle on Information Technology and Education in China

[Adam Tolnay]

Dear Liberation Technologies Seminar Members,

As per our previous announcement, we are pleased to remind you that in our continuing series on showcasing projects at Stanford that use technologies for social, political, or other forms of technology will take place tomorrow when Scott Rozelle  will present a talk entitled:

Information Technology and Education in China: Can We Use Experiments to Evaluate Programs and Assess Technologies?

The talk will take place at:

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Richard and Rhoda Goldman Conference Room
Encina Hall E409 (fourth floor)
616 Serra St.
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305

The URL for the talk invitation is: 
http://cddrl.stanford.edu/events/information_technology_and_education_in_china_can_we_use_experiments_to__evaluate_programs_and_assess_technologies/

Scott Rozelle is the Helen F. Farnsworth Senior Fellow in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. Dr. Rozelle received his BS from the University of California, Berkeley; and his MS and PhD from Cornell University. Before arriving at Stanford, Rozelle was a professor at the University of California, Davis (1998-2000) and an assistant professor in the Food Research Institute and Department of Economics at Stanford University (1990-98). Currently, he is a member of the American Economics Association, the American Agricultural Economics Association, the International Association for Agricultural Economists, the Asian Studies Association, and the Association of Comparative Economics. He also serves on the editorial board of Economic Development and Cultural Change, Agricultural Economics, Contemporary Economic Policy, China Journal, and the China Economic Review.

Dr. Rozelle's research focuses almost exclusively on China and is concerned with three general themes: a) agricultural policy, including the supply, demand, and trade in agricultural projects; b) the emergence and evolution of markets and other economic institutions in the transition process and their implications for equity and efficiency; and c) the economics of poverty and inequality.

In the past several years, Dr. Rozelle's papers have been published in top academic journals, including Science, Nature, American Economic Review, and the Journal of Economic Literature. He is fluent in Chinese and has established a research program in which he has close working ties with several Chinese collaborators and policymakers. He is the chair of the International Advisory Board of the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy; a co-director of the Agricultural Issues Center (University of California); and a member of Stanford's new Food, Security, and the Environment Program.

Hope to see you there!

Sincerely, Adam