Name: Shexin Liu
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Han
Native place: Xinshao, Hunan Province
Education: Ph.D. (graduate)
Title/Position: Level-3 Professor, Doctoral Supervisor
Research fields:
- Synergetic mechanism of ideological and political education
- Cultural Soft Power Studies
- Party building theory
Department: teaching and research Section for “Ideological & Moral Cultivation and Fundamentals of Law”
E-mail: sxliu@scut.edu.cn
Education
1983.09 – 1987.07 B.Sc. in Plant Protection, Huazhong Agricultural University (Bachelor of Agronomy)
1992.09 – 1995.06 M.A. in Ideological and Political Education, Wuhan University (Master of Laws)
2004.09 – 2009.06 Ph.D. in Ideological and Political Education, Sun Yat-sen University (Doctor of Laws)
Professional Experience
1987.07 – 1995.09 Huazhong Agricultural University – Secretary, CYL (Communist Youth League) Sub-committee
1995.09 – 2003.03 South China University of Technology (SCUT) – Student Affairs Office & School of Humanities
2003.03 – 2004.04 Deputy Director, SCUT Party Committee Publicity Department
2004.04 – 2009.04 Head, Department of Social Sciences & Vice-Dean, School of Politics & Public Administration, SCUT
2009.05 – 2017.06 Dean, School of Ideological and Political Education (later School of Marxism), SCUT
2017 – present Professor & Doctoral Supervisor, School of Marxism, SCUT
Teaching
Undergraduate: “Ideological & Moral Cultivation and Fundamentals of Law”, “Situation and Policy Education”
Master: “Theory and Practice of Ideological and Political Education (IPE)”, “Psychology of IPE”, “Special Topics in Moral and Legal Education”, “Moral Principles in Education & Student Affairs”, “Administrative Culture”
Ph.D.: “Special Topics in Marxist Ideological and Political Education”
Awards:
- Nominee, 1st Annual Influential Teacher of College Ideological and Political Theory Courses (Ministry of Education)
- Guangdong Provincial “Famous Teacher” of Ideological and Political Theory Courses
- Guangdong “Two-Courses” Outstanding Teacher
- SCUT top teaching honor—“Nan-Guang Award”
Research
- More than 80 papers in leading journals such as Philosophical Research, Marxist Studies, Marxism & Reality, Leading Journal of Ideological & Theoretical Education, Academic Research, Studies in Ideological Education, Popular Psychology, and in newspapers including Yangcheng Evening News and Southern Daily.
- Editor/co-editor of 10 books; PI or co-PI of multiple provincial/ministerial-level projects.
Academic service (selected)
1. Council member, 8th Session, Ideological and Political Education Branch, China Higher Education Association
2. Vice-president, Guangdong Higher Education Association for Ideological and Political Education
3. Deputy director, 4th Guangdong Provincial Steering Committee for Ideological and Political Theory Courses
4. Member, 6th Guangdong Provincial Academic Degrees Committee Discipline Evaluation Group
5. Adviser, Moral-Education Committee, Guangdong Primary & Secondary Teacher Development Center
6. Vice-president, Guangzhou Philosophical Association
7. Director, Guangzhou New Lingnan Cultural Center Key Research Base
8. Lecturer, 19th-CPC-National-Congress Spirit Publicity Team
