Dr. Hans Stockton
Center for International Studies
 Associate Professor
Director of Study Abroad Program
Hans Stockton is Associate Professor in the Center for International Studies and Director of the Study Abroad Program at the University of St. Thomas. He received his Ph.D. in political science from Texas A&M University in 1998. Under his direction, the Study Abroad Program at UST has been consistently ranked in the top 20 programs in the United States among similar universities.
His areas of specialization are democratization and security in contemporary Asia Pacific, with concentration on Korea, China, and Taiwan. He has published in American, Taiwan, and Korean journals of political science, Asian studies, and public administration along with several book chapters related to national security, defense, and democratization in the region He has published two books with the Edwin Mellen Press dealing with political and economic development in South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam. In addition Professor Stockton has been interviewed by and/or published editorials on matters related to US-China-Taiwan relations and Chinese and Taiwan political affairs in the Washington Observer Weekly, Taipei Times, Taiwan Journal, Southern Daily News, World Journal, and Houston Chronicle.
Dr. Stockton has served as president of the Southwest Conference on Asian Studies (2003 and 2005), vice president of the Houston-Taipei Society (2005 – current), and as a board member of the Japan America Society of Houston. In 2007, Dr. Stockton served on a committee formed by the Houston City Mayor’s Office to increase inward bound tourism from China. His current research deals with electoral change, political parties and democratic consolidation in East Asia as well as ongoing examination of national identity and its implications for security in the region.
He is married to Sharon Wang-Stockton, whose company he has enjoyed for nineteen years, and they are blessed with two beautiful daughters. |
