Dirk Richard Morton has over 25 years of experience as a professor of history and political science, specializing in Asian studies. He has taught at multiple universities, and authored publications and presentations on topics related to China, Asia, and foreign relations. His PhD focused on China's territorial disputes in the South China Sea. He is currently preparing a manuscript on the same subject for publication.

1. Curriculum Vitae
Dirk Richard Morton, Ph.D.
WORK EXPERIENCE
August 1999 to
August 2015: Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia.
Department of Political Science and History
Assistant Professor
From Fall 1993 to
December 1998: Taught at Hampton University initially as Adjunct Professor, then full-
time position as Instructor (1994-1998).
Courses Taught: World Civilizations; Honors College World Civilizations; Pre-Modern East Asia;
Modern East Asia; Modern Southeast Asia; The Indian Subcontinent; Twentieth Century Europe;
Seminar in Comparative History (Asian Nationalism); and 400-level Independent Study.
• Honors College faculty.
• Member of department’s Library Committee.
• Chair, Faculty Liaison Committee to the President
• Managed departmental Web page.
• Serve as second reader for both history and political science senior theses.
• Frequent guest lecturer on Asian religions and cultures for the humanities courses.
• Served as technical advisor for the Oral History Research Center.
• Assisted department chair write a National Security Education Program (NSEP) grant proposal
submitted by Hampton University to the U.S. Department of Defense, Spring 1996.
• Assisted department chair plan and host National History Day at Hampton University, 1996.
• Academic Consultant for Houghton Mifflin World History publication, 2008.
• Assisted in writing International Curriculum Development and Enhancement Program grant
proposal, 2011.
• Submitted faculty research grant proposal to research possibility of establishing a Center for
Interdisciplinary and Global Studies, 2012.
• "Favorite Professor" Award, Student Support Services - TRIO, 2013.
• Participated in two departmental grant-writing committees, 2014-15.
• Assisted with Phi Alpha Theta Conference, Hampton University, 2015.
Spring – Summer 1999: Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.
Department of History
Adjunct Instructor
Courses Taught: Western Civilization; Asia in a World Setting.
Fall 1993 - Spring 1996; Thomas Nelson Community College, Hampton, Virginia.
Spring 1999: Adjunct Instructor
Courses Taught: Western Civilization I; Western Civilization II.
1989 to 1991: Orange County Marine Institute, Dana Point, California.
Senior Instructor
• Instructed/administrated a "hands on" Living History program serving schools in Southern
California, Arizona, and Utah (5th-12th grades). The program investigated local, regional, and
national American history during the first half of the 19th century with a more specific focus on
Richard Henry Dana's classic work of literature Two Years Before the Mast (1841) and U.S.

2. Maritime history. Instructors assumed character roles (Captain, 1st and 2nd Mates, and the
galley slave "Doc") for the 18-hour overnight program instructing and supervising groups of 15-
30 students learn about and experience life at sea during the 1840s.
1988 to 1989: Wuhan University, People's Republic of China.
English Testing Center
Adjunct Faculty
• Tutored/instructed English at graduate/professional level at the university's English Training
Center. Attended intensive Chinese language courses entire period.
EDUCATION
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.
Ph.D. in International Studies, August 2007.
Fields: Security Studies and American Foreign Policy
San Diego State University, San Diego, California.
M.A. in Asian History, May 1993.
Wuhan University, People’s Republic of China.
Academic Exchange Student, 1988-1989.
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Post-Baccalaureate Study, Chinese History and Language, 1985 - 1986.
Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia.
B.S. in History, May 1984.
CONFERENCES, ADDRESSES, RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
Present Preparing my manuscript, China; Good Neighbor or Not? Beijing’s Territorial Disputes
in the South China Sea, for publication.
March 2015 Phi Alpha Theta Conference, Hampton University, 2015.
May 2010 U.S.-Asia-Pacific Relations: Transitions In a New Era, East-West Center/US Asia
Pacific Council, 7th
Annual Washington Conference, Washington, D.C.
October 2009 Chair and Commentator, International Politics in Asia, International Studies
Association Conference – South, Nashville Tennessee.
April 2008 China In A Global Context Workshop, East-West Center-Xavier University, Cincinnati
Ohio.
August 2007 Doctoral Dissertation: Becoming A Good Neighbor In Southeast Asia: The Case of
China’s Territorial Disputes In the South China Sea, 1989 – 2006.
June 2007 Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) Annual Conference,
Chantilly, VA.
October 2006 The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the Asia Society Seminar, “The United
States and the Rise of China and India: Results of a 2006 Multination Survey of
Public Opinion,” Washington, D.C.
May 2006 Asia Institute, East-West Center, Washington, D.C.
March 2006 Phi Alpha Theta Conference, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington Virginia.
February 2005 Guest Speaker for the League of Women Voters Foreign Policy Association’s Great
Decisions Program 2005 – “China: Challenges Ahead,” Williamsburg, VA.
June-July 2004 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Institute on “Politics and
Religion in India,” East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawai’i.
Book Review of S. Frederick Starr, ed., Xinjiang: China’s Muslim Borderland (M.E.
Sharpe, 2004) published in Studies in Contemporary Islam, Vol.5 No. 1-2.
August 2001 Participant in National Defense University’s Joint Forces Staff College humanitarian
assistance/disaster relief exercise PURPLE HOPE, Joint and Combined Staff Officer
School, Norfolk, VA.

3. March 2000 Guest Speaker for the City of Newport News Mature Adult Program’s China: Culture
and Travel Fair, “China: A 21st
Century Superpower?”, Newport News, VA.
American Historical Association (AHA) National Conference, Washington, D.C.
October 1999 Guest Speaker for the United Nations Association of the United States of America,
“China’s Integration into the World Economic System and its Implications for
Chinese Workers,” Hampton University, Hampton, VA.
Spring 1998 Konrad Adenauer Foundation European Seminar; Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands.
Spring 1993 Master’s Thesis: The Paracel Islands Incident of 1974: Why Did the Chinese Attack?
1980 Abstract of "A Statistical Analysis of Building a Resistance to Saccharin in Drosophilia
melanogaster," published by the Westinghouse National Science Talent Search,
1980.
GRANTS
2004 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant recipient to attend East-West
Center’s Summer Institute on Politics and Religion in India, University of Hawai’i,
Honolulu.
1998 Travel grant recipient from Hampton University, Konrad Adenauer European Seminar,
March 1998.
PERSONAL
Languages French, Mandarin Chinese; Knowledge of Spanish, Dutch, and German.
Travel Europe, Mexico, Costa Rica, Dutch Antilles, People's Republic of China, Hong
Kong, Macao, Thailand.
Affiliations International Studies Association
Association of Asian Studies
East-West Center
International Institute for Asian Studies
Asian Studies Association, San Diego State University
Phi Alpha Theta International Honor Society in History
Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars