L. SHELTON WOODS
Professor of East/Southeast Asian History
Department of History
Boise State University
1910 University Drive
Boise, ID 83725
(208) 426-3349
e-mail (swoods@boisestate.edu)
fax: (208) 426-4318

Right: The Banaue Rice Terraces, not far from where I spent my first eighteen years

Education:

Ph.D., Southeast Asian History  University of California, Los Angeles December 1993 
M.A., Chinese History  California State University of Northridge December 1987
B.A., Pre-Theology, Los Angeles Baptist College December 1985 
High School  Brent School, Baguio Philippines

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

2006-2007       American Council on Education Fellow, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis
2005-Present   Associate Dean, Professor
2004-2005       Interim Director, School of Social Work; Associate Dean; Professor
2003-2004       Associate Dean, Associate Professor 
2001-2003       Interim Associate Dean, Associate Professor
1999-2001       Associate Professor, Director of History Graduate Program
1994-1999       Assistant Professor, Boise State University
1993-1994       Visiting Lecturer, University of California, Los Angeles

PUBLICATIONS:

Books

Japan: An Illustrated History (New York: Hippocrene Books, 2004) ISBN: 0781809894

Vietnam: A Global Studies Handbook (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2002) ISBN: 1576074161

A Broken Mirror: Protestant Fundamentalism in the Philippines (Quezon City: New Day Publishers, 2002) ISBN: 9711010828

Valley County Idaho:  Prehistory to 1920  Editor, (Donnelly, Idaho: Action Publishing Company, 2002) ISBN: 0971667101

Vietnam: An Illustrated History (New York: Hippocrene Books, 2001) ISBN:  078180910X

Encyclopedia Articles

“U.S. – Philippine Relations” in Encyclopedia of Global Perspectives on the United States David Levinson and Karen Christensen, Editors (Washington D.C., CQ Press) forthcoming

“U.S. – Malaysia Relations” in Encyclopedia of Global Perspectives on the United States David Levinson and Karen Christensen, Editors (Washington D.C., CQ Press) forthcoming

“Chinese Influence in East Asia” in Encyclopedia of Modern Asia David Levinson, Karen Christensen, Editors (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2002) Volume II: 36-40

“Protestant Fundamentalism in Southeast Asia” in Encyclopedia of Modern Asia David Levinson, Karen Christensen, Editors (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2002) Volume V: 13-15

“Chinese Influence in Southeast Asia” in Encyclopedia of Modern Asia David Levinson, Karen Christensen, Editors (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2002) Volume II: 40-43

“Southeast Asia” Encyclopedia of Fundamentalism Brenda A. Brasher, Editor, (New York: Routledge, 2001): 460-464

Chapters in Edited Books

“Woodrow Wilson and America’s Colonial Policy in the Philippines” in Essays in Honor of D. R. SarDesai (University of California Press) forthcoming

“Identification of Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Asia: A Look at the Philippines and Vietnam” co-author C. Christopher Baughn, et. al. in John E. Butler, Editor Opportunity Identification and Entrepreneurial Behavior (New York: Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2004) pp. 191-218

“The Myth of Cambodia's Recovery” Cambodia Sorpong Peou, Editor (Japan: Ashgate, 2000): 359-372

“Expatriate Global Investment and Squatter Displacement in Manila” City Space, and Globalization  Hemalata Dandekar, Editor (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1998) 171-177

 

Journal Articles

“ASEAN’s Power and U.S. Relations” Southwest Association of Asian Studies Selected Papers  (Fall 1998): 38-45

“The Disciples of Christ in the Philippines” Discipliana, 58(1998):13-21

“The First Americans in Ilocos"  Philippine Studies, Third Quarter 1997: 303-328

“Patents, Piracy, and the Public Good: IPR Protection in Japan and the United States” co-authors C. Christopher Baugn and Michael Bixby, Business Horizons, July-August 1997: 59-65

“The Myth of Cambodia’s Recovery” Contemporary Southeast Asia, March 1997: 417-429

“Ilocano Immigration" Filipino American National Historical Society Journal 4(1996): 19-28

“Ilocanos and the Philippine Revolution” Saint Louis Journal of History June 1996: 176-199
 

“Folk Christianity in an Ilocano Town”  Selected Papers: Southwest Conference on Asian Studies October 1995: 73-84

“China's Future Role in Southeast Asia" ASPAC Selected Papers, June 1995: 1-22

"Persecution of the Cham Muslims" Epoche, 18(1993), 1-19
 

GRANTS AND AWARDS:

 

American Council on Education Fellow (2006-2007)
Honors Professor of the Year Nominee (2005-2006)
ASBSU Honored College Professor Nominee (2004-2005)
Top Ten Honored Faculty Member (2003-2004)
ASBSU Honored College Professor Nominee (2001-2002)
Faculty Research Associate (1999-2000)
Top Ten Honored Faculty Member (1999-2000)
Association for Asian Studies (1999)
Idaho Humanities Council (1999)
Council of Conferences (1999)
National Endowment for the Humanities (1998)
Center for Southeast Asian Studies (1998)
Faculty Service Profession  (1998)
SSPA Faculty Recognition (1998)
U.S. Institute of Peace (1997)
SSPA Faculty Research Award (1997)
Faculty Research Associate (1995)
Center for Southeast Asian Studies (1996)
SSPA Research Award (1996 )
Philippine Government Research Grant (1996)
University of Hawai’i Research Grant (1996)
International Exchange Conference Grant (1995)
University Faculty Research Grant (1995)

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE INVOLVEMENT:

“Sino Ditoy nga Purow?” November 18, 2005 Second National Cordillera Studies Conference, University of the Philippines

“Mabiki: Controversy Surrounding Japan’s Eighteenth Century Population Control” October 1, 2005 Western Conference Association of Asian Studies, University of Colorado, Denver

“John Early and the Idaho/Philippine Connection” October 10, 2003 Western Conference Association of Asian Studies, Arizona State University

“The Paradox of American Rule: John Early and the Philippine Experience” June 7, 2003 Society of American Foreign Relations, George Washington University

 Program Chair. Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies.  September 17-19, 1999. Boise State University

“Fundamentalism and Conversion in a Filipino Community” Presented at the Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, September 17, 1999 (Boise State University).

“Hopes, Dreams, and Disasters:  U.S. Foreign Policy in Southeast Asia”  Panel Chair for the Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, September 17, 1999 (Boise State University).

“The Job Market in Academe”  Panel Chair for the Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, September 18, 1999 (Boise State University).

“John Early and the Philippine Experience” Presented at the Joint Meeting of the Southwest Conference on Asian Studies and the Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, October 16, 1998 (University of Texas, El Paso)

“Expatriate Global Investment and Squatter Displacement in Manila” Presented at City, Space, and Globalization International Symposium, February 28, 1998 (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

“ASEAN’s Power and U.S. Relations” Presented at the Southwest Conference on Asian Studies, October 17, 1997 (The University of Texas at San Antonio)

“Conflict and the State in Southeast Asia” Panel Chair for the Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, October 25, 1997 (University of Colorado at Boulder)

“Ethnic Divisions in a Unified State” Presented at the Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, October 25, 1997 (University of Colorado at Boulder)

“The United States and Vietnam:  The Home Front” Panel Chair for Phi Alpha Theta Northwest Regional Conference, April 4, 1997 (Boise State University)

“Ilocano Birth and Death Rituals” Presented at the Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, October 25, 1996 (Weber State University)

“Monks, Martyrs and Mistakes:  The Vietnam War” Panel Chair for the Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, October 26, 1996 (Weber State University)

“Past and Present Realities in the Philippines” Panel Chair for the Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, October 25, 1996 (Weber State University)

“Round Table:  The Job Market in Academe” Panel Chair for the Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, October 25, 1996 (Weber State University)

“The Myth of Cambodia’s Recovery” Presented at the Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, October 26, 1996 (Weber State University)

“Doing Business in Malaysia” Presented at the Silver Anniversary Meeting of the Southwest Conference of Asian Studies, October 19, 1996 (Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas)

“Educators and Education in Vietnam” Keynote speech for NAFSA:  Association of International Educators Bi-Regional Conference—Regions 1 & 2, October 16, 1996 (The Red Lion Inn Riverside, Boise, Idaho)

“Vietnam Today and the Role of Educational Exchange” Presented at NAFSA:  Association of International Educators Bi-Regional Conference—Regions 1 & 2, October 16, 1996 (The Red Lion Inn Riverside, Boise, Idaho)

“Rizal on Society, Race, Religion and State” Panel Chair and Moderator for the International Conference on the Centennial of the 1896 Philippine Revolution, August 22, 1996 (Manila Hotel, Philippines)

“The Ilocano Response to the 1896 Revolution” Presented at the International Conference on the Centennial of the 1896 Philippine Revolution, August 21, 1996 (Manila Hotel, Philippines)

“The First Ten-Year Period of American Occupation: Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte” Presented at the Fifth International Philippines Studies Conference, April 15, 1996 (Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawai’i)

“The Philippine Dream: Middle Class Manila” Presented at the Thirteenth Annual Southeast Asia Conference, February 25, 1996 (University of California, Berkeley)

“Folk Christianity in an Ilocano Town” Presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Southwest Conference of Asian Studies, October 13, 1995 (Baylor University)

“Disciples of Christ or Disciples of America? Early American Missionaries Among the Ilocanos” Presented at the 34th Annual Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, September 28, 1996 (Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston, Idaho)

“Cultural Imperialism and the Religious Enterprise” Presented at the 15th Annual International Exchange Conference, September 27, 1995 (Lewiston, Idaho)

“Early Motives for Filipino Immigrants: The Missionary Factor” Presented at the Third Regional Filipino American National Historical Society Conference, June 24, 1995 (Royce Hotel, Romulus, Michigan)

“China’s Future Role in Southeast Asia” Presented at the Annual Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast Conference, June 16, 1995 (Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon)
 

SELECTED LOCAL PRESENTATIONS:

 “How to Be Successful in Asia—Cultural Considerations in Business” Presented at the Going Global Conference, Idaho Department of Commerce, June 3, 1999.
“The Asian Financial Crisis: What it Means for Idaho Businesses” Presented at the World Trade Day, May 22, 1998 (Grove West Coast Grand Hotel, Boise, Idaho)
“Democracy Asian Style: 1998 Elections in Cambodia and the Philippines” Presented for the Boise State University Phi Alpha Theta Club, February 20, 1998
“Ramifications of the Death of Deng Xiaoping: How it Could Affect Future Trade with China” Presented at the Idaho International Development Center Meeting, June 11, 1997 (Boise, Idaho)
“The Future of the East: China and Hong Kong Explored” Presented for the Student Programs Board, March 20, 1997 (Boise, Idaho)
“Hong Kong and China: The Summer of 1997" Presented for the University Honors and International Programs Luncheon Series, March 19, 1997 (Boise, Idaho)
“Asia in the Next Century” Presented for the Golden “K” Kiwanis Club, September 11, 1996 (Boise, Idaho)
“The Philippines and Malaysia in Economic Perspective” Presented at the Emerging Nations Conference, June 14, 1996 (Idaho Department of Commerce)
“The Myth of the Big Black Ships” Presented at the Japan Fair, March 15, 1996 (Boise State University)
“China in our Memory” Presented for the Golden “K” Kiwanis Club, September 27, 1995 (Boise, Idaho)
“China After Deng, Hong Kong after Britain” Presented at the Fettuccine Forum, April 10, 1995 (Boise, Idaho)

SELECTED BOOK REVIEWS:

 Village Inc.: Chinese Rural Society in the 1990 eds. Flemming Christiansen and Zhang Junzuo (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Pres) reviewed for Journal of Asian Business 16(2000):94-96

Indigenous Peoples of Asia, eds. R. H. Barnes, Andrew Gray and Benedict Kingsbury (Michigan: Association for Asian Studies, 1995 ) reviewed for Education About Asia 3(1998):73

Greater China and U.S. Foreign Policy: The Choice Between Confrontation and Mutual Respect, eds. Thomas A. Metzger and Ramon H. Myers (Stanford: Hoover Institution Press) reviewed for Education About Asia 2(1997):68-69
 

The Philippine Economy: East Asia’s Stray Cat? Structure, Finance and Adjustment, Bob Vos and Josef T. Yap (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1996) reviewed for Journal of Asian Business 13(1997):123-125

Educating the Women of Hainan: The Career of Margaret Moninger in China, 1915-1942, Kathleen Lodwick (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky) reviewed for H-Net Review
 (http:www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=2336874356962)

A Modern History of South East Asia:  Decolonization, Nationalism, and Separatism, Clive J. Christie (New York:  I. B. Tauris, 1996) reviewed for The Historian 59(1997):409-410

Great Policies:  Strategic Innovations in Asia and the Pacific Basin,  eds. John D. Montgomery and Dennis A. Rondinelli (London: Praeger, 1995) reviewed for Journal of Third World Studies 1(1997):163-165

Mindoro: A Social History of a Philippine Island in the 20th Century, Volker Schult (Manila: Divine Word Publications, 1991) reviewed for Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 2(1997):451-452

The Deng Xiaoping Era:  An Inquiry into the Fate of Chinese Socialism, Maurice Meisner (New York: Hill and Wang, 1996), reviewed for History Reviews On-Line
 
Urban Usurpation:  From Friar Estates to Industrial Estates in a Philippine Hinterland,  John P. McAndrew (Manila: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1994) reviewed for  Journal of  Asian Studies 55(1996):1069-1070

Thailand's Industrialization and its Consequences, ed. Medhi Krongkaew (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1995) reviewed for  Journal of Asian Business 11(1995):109-110

 Board Member of the Southwest Association of Asian Studies (1995-1998)
Board Member of the Western Association of Asian Studies (1995-1999)
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Asian Selected Papers (1997-2001)
Board Member, Foundations Academy (2003-2006)
Board Member, Frank Church Institute (2004-2006)
Board Member, Idaho Humanities Council (2005-2008)