Support Staff:

John Paden
Co-Director

Yuen Liu
Co-Director

Cheryl Choy
Associate Director

Carol Lee Hamrin
Research faculty

In the mid-1990s, as it became clear that George Mason University (GMU) needed to strengthen its attention to the impact of economic changes in Asia (and in the global economy), faculty in anthropology, economics, education, law, nursing, public and international affairs, history, religion and philosophy, international commerce, conflict resolution, information technology, business and even mathematics, came together to form a Center for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (CAPEC). The center was officially established by the Board of Visitors in fall of 1996, directly under the Office of the Provost, but with close ties to the (now) School of Public Policy.

To encourage cross-disciplinary dialogue at GMU, several major substantive clusters were identified, with liaison faculty to facilitate communication :

• Health and Education
  (Yuen Liu)
  
• Law and Trade
  (Stuart Malawer)
• Science and Technology
  (J.E. Lin, Larry Kershberg, Don Kash)
• Politics and International Relations
  (Ming Wan, Nguyen Hung)
• Conflict Analysis and Resolution
  (Sara Cobb, Ho-won Jeong, Carol Lee Hamrin, Hyunsik Kim)
• Religion and Culture
  (Young-chan Ro, Coung Nguyen,
  Robert DeCaroli, Larry Butler, Min Park)
• Social Sciences and History
  (David Wong, Michael Chang, Brian Platt, J. E. Lin)
• Languages and Communication
  (Jeff Chamberlain, Karl Zhang, Julie Christensen)
• Public Policy
  (Kingsley Haynes, Roger Stough, Thys Van Shaik)
• Management
  (Richard Klimoski, Jim Harvey, Taeha Kim, Hun Lee)
• Library and Information Resources
  (John Walsh, Joy Hughes)