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PAULA S. HARRELL
7007 Delaware Street
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
(tel) 301-980-7748
(e-mail) [email protected]
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
University of Maryland, College Park – 2004 - 2007
Adjunct Faculty, History Department, modern Japan/modern China
Graduate student adviser
Dickinson College – 2003
Adjunct Faculty, History Department, modern Japan
Independent Researcher – 1997- present
Writing book-length study, Asia for the Asians: Japanese Advisers in
China, 1900-1930, and associated articles. Presented papers on Chinese-Japanese
relations at conferences/seminars, Columbia University and University of
California.
World Bank (short-term contracts) – 1995-1997
 Consultant, Economic Development Institute, 1996, 1997
 Consultant, Operations Evaluation Department, Infrastructure and Energy
Division. Member of a study team investigating the economic and environmental
impacts of Bank-financed large dams, 1995
University of Maryland – 1992-1994
Instructor, History Department. Taught undergraduate courses on the history and
culture of China and East Asia and supervised M.A. and Ph.D. candidates.
World Bank 1981-1991
Consultant, Environment, Human Resources and Urban Development Operations
Division, China Department, 1991
 Conducted field survey of socio-economic conditions in Yunnan and Guangxi
as member of World Bank poverty study team mission to China, April, 1991.
 Prepared review of poverty alleviation policies, programs and institutions for
Bank report: China: Strategies for Reducing Poverty in the 1990s.
Management Specialist, Agriculture Operations Division, China Department
1984-1989
 Participated in the preparation, appraisal, negotiation, and supervision of twelve
agricultural projects, some national in scope—e.g., projects to strengthen rural
credit facilities, expand specialized product sub-sectors such as fisheries, and
improve agricultural research—others regional in focus, providing a package of
assistance to reclaim land, build irrigation systems, expand agro-processing
enterprises, and commercialize farming.
 Worked with Chinese agencies to create/staff local management units capable
of handling the complex technical/financial aspects of project implementation.
 Prepared analyses of China’s provincial/local economic policies, governing
institutions, and land tenure, marketing and extension systems.
 Conducted market and price surveys of agricultural and forestry products.
Consultant, Education Division, East Asia/Pacific Projects Department, 19811984. Appraised institutional development needs/policies in the education sector
for projects in China and Indonesia.
USAID Mission/Jordan – 1978-1981
Project Analyst, Office of Technical Projects. Designed and implemented
vocational training and community college development projects.
Institute of International Education – 1977
Program Officer. Organized U.S. study tours for grantees sponsored by the
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
University of Maryland – 1972-1975
Instructor in Chinese and Japanese history, Far East Division, Bangkok, Thailand
ACADEMIC TRAINING
Ph.D., History, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures,
Columbia University – 1970
M.A. and East Asian Institute Certificate, Columbia University – 1964
B.A., Russian Studies (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) Smith College – 1961
Language proficiency: Chinese and Japanese; some French and Russian
PUBLICATIONS
Harrell, Paula. Sowing the Seeds of Change: Chinese Students, Japanese
Teachers, 1895-1905. Stanford University Press, 1992.
Bruce, John W. and Paula Harrell. “Land Reform in the People’s Republic
of China, 1978-1988.” 70 pp. LTC Research Paper No. 100. Land Tenure
Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison: December, 1989.
Contributor to China: Strategies for Reducing Poverty in the 1990s. 155
pp. The World Bank: Washington, D.C., 1993.
Harrell, Paula. “Guiding Hand: Hattori Unokichi in Beijing,” SinoJapanese Studies (Santa Barbara), vol. 11, no. 1 (October 1998), 13-20.
Harrell, Paula. “The Meiji ‘New Woman’ and China.” In Late Qing China
and Meiji Japan: Political and Cultural Aspects, ed. Joshua Fogel. Norwalk, CT:
EastBridge Press, 2004.
Harrell, Paula. “Hattori Unokichi in Beijing.” In Crossing the Yellow Sea:
Sino-Japanese Cultural Contacts, 1600-1950, ed. Joshua Fogel. Norwalk, CT:
EastBridge Press, 2007.
PERSONAL
Residence in Burma, Japan, Thailand, Jordan. Twenty trips to China including
visits to rural communities in 25 of China’s provinces and municipalities.