Spring 1975 - Lecturer, University of Santa Clara
1975-78 - Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh
Winter 1976 - Lecturer, Chatham College
1978-81 - Assistant Director, Asian Studies Program and Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
1981-86 - Associate Director, Asian Studies Program and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh
1985-86 - Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan
1986-88 - Assistant Professor, Politics and Society, University of California, Irvine
Summer 1987 - Visiting Assistant Professor in course on "China After Mao," U.C. San Diego.
1988-91 - Associate Professor, Politics and Society, University of California, Irvine
1989-90 - Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Stanford University
1991 - Professor, Politics and Society, University of California, Irvine
1992-2008 - Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
2004-2006 - Co-Director, Center for Asian Studies
Autumn 2014 - Selected as Distinguished Visiting Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong.