Barret McCormick is a Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Marquette University. He obtained a PH.D from the University of Wisconsin in 1985. Prof. McCormick specializes in Chinese politics and his current research project is about Media Markets and the Transformation of China's Public Sphere. Previous projects include edited volumes and articles on U.S.-China relations [with Edward Friedman, What If China Doesn’t Democratize?  (ME Sharpe, 2000)] and comparing China to Eastern Europe and East Asia [with Jonathan Unger, The Future of Chinese Socialism (ME Sharpe, 1996)]. McCormick’s publications also include Political Reform in Post-Mao China (California, 1990), and articles in journals such as The China Journal, Journal of Asian Studies, Pacific Affairs, Issues and Studies and Twenty-First Century.