Profile

Tao Peng teaches courses in world history, East Asian history and culture, the history of U.S.-East Asian relations, and the Vietnam War. He researches and writes on post-World War II U.S.-East Asian relations, particularly on China’s evolving relations with the U.S.-Japan security alliance.

Education

• Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2002

Fields of Study

• East Asian International Politics (US-East Asian Relations, US Diplomacy, and East Asian Politics and Diplomacy)
• East Asian History
• World History

Courses taught

• History 160: Introduction to Traditional East Asian Civilizations
• History 171: World Civilizations since 1500
• History 302: World History: An Overview
• History 434/534: East Asian History, 1800-1945
• History 435/535: East Asian History, 1945-Present
• History 436/536: History of East Asian Relations with the United States
• History 478/578: America in Vietnam
• History 495:  Senior Seminar:  Cold War, East Asia

Representative Publications

• “China’s Changing Japan Policy in the Late 1960s and Early 1970s and the Impact on Relations with the United States.” The Journal of American-East Asian Relations 15 (2008): 147-171.
• "The Qingdao Pattern and the Sino-American Crisis Management -- The KMT, the CCP, and the U.S. Marines in Qingdao during the Chinese Civil War (1945-1949)" The Journal of Cold War Studies (forthcoming).