William Lavely is Director of the East Asia Center and Professor at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and the Department of Sociology. His research and teaching interests are in the SMS field and focus on social demography and Chinese society. University of Michigan, Ph.D. Sociology, 1982 University of California at Berkeley, M.A. Asian Studies, 1977 University of Michigan, B.A. History, 1971 Taiwan Normal University, Chinese, 1973-1975