Visiting Lecturer in Global Commerce

• Nov 2019 - Present

Doing Business in China: Navigating the Cross-cultural Challenges - (COMM 4559): Sp20, Sp21, Sp22, Sp23 - course syllabus below Interview: https://experience.mcintire.virginia.edu/news/mark-metcalf-on-doing-business-in-china/ Publications: "Liu Huaqing and the Roots of China’s Oceanic Ambitions" [book chapter] in *Going Global: The Chinese Navy in the New Era* - USNI Press (forthcoming) Presentations - contact me for PDF copy of the slide deck.: "China and the 'Taiwan Question': National reunification or coerced consolidation?" LLM Program, US Army JAG School, Apr 23 "Controlling the Narrative: The subtle and pervasive nature of the CCP's influence operations," Central VA Chapter - Military Officers Association of America (MOAA), Jan 23 “Now What? The PRC After the 20th NPC.” Blue Ridge Mountains Rotary, Dec 22 “Whither the PRC? A rising power or a dynasty in decline,” English Speaking Union Charlottesville, Oct 22 "The PLA Considers The Art of War: Is it still relevant in the 21st Century?" Institute of World Politics, Jul 22 "The PRC Considers Military AI Ethics: Can autonomy be trusted?", 21st Annual McCain Ethics Conference, US Naval Academy, Apr 22 "Whither the PRC? Why the PRC's Historical Narrative Matters", UVA NROTC Battalion - Apr 22 "Whither the People's Republic of China?", CALClub Charlottesville - Mar 22 "The PLA and the Art of War: Still Relevant in the 21st Century?", Network 2020 - Oct 21 "Humiliation as Justification: Why the PRC’s Historical Narrative Matters”, UVA NROTC Battalion - Mar 21 "The Chinese Communist Party's Fear of Religion", University Village - Charlottesville - Dec 20 "The Never-ending story: Analyzing the PRC's ever-changing COVID-19 narrative", Beacon Club Charlottesville - Jun 20 “Humiliation as Justification: Why the PRC’s Historical Narrative Matters”, www.bens.org – Dallas & Austin - Oct 19, Houston & San Antonio - Jan 20 Show less

Advisor

• Apr 2022 - Present

Lecturer in Chinese Literature

• Aug 2014 - Jan 2020

Conference co-organizer: Western-Chinese Ethics of War and Peace, 30Nov-1Dec18; 6-7Dec19 Courses Sunzi and the Art of War (CHTR 3122/5122): F14, Sp16, Sp17, F17, F18, Sp19, F19 Capstone: Sp16, Sp17, F17, F19 Survey of Traditional Chinese Literature (CHTR 3010/5010): F14, Sp18 Philosophical Argumentation & Political Persuasion in Early China (CHTR 3125/5125): Sp18 Presentations "Admiral Liu Huaqing: Great Helmsman of China's Twentieth Century Naval Transformation", Going Global? The People's Navy in a Time of Strategic Transformation conference, US Naval War College (May19) "Moral Warfare: Weaponizing ethics to "weaken, divide, and smash the enemy", Western-Chinese Ethics of War and Peace Conference, U of Virginia (Nov18) "One Translation is Worth 1000 Opinions: The PLA considers the relevance of the Sunzi (Sun Tzu) to modern warfare", US Naval War College (Mar18) "'In the Service of Military Combat Readiness": A Survey of 21st Century PLA Scholarship on the Role of Military Ethics in Warfare". Military Ethics: China and the West In Dialogue conference, Florida State U (Nov16) “'Proactively ponder and audaciously explore': The PLA considers the relevance of the Sunzi (Sun Tzu) to modern warfare". Invited lecture at the US Naval War College (May16) “‘Warfare is a way of deception’: Chinese perspectives on applying Sunzian principles of artifice to modern warfare”. US-UK-PRC Chinese and Western Approaches to Military Ethics conference, U of Edinburgh (Oct15) “New Perspectives on the Sunzi from Contemporary Chinese Military Writings”. AAS-in-Asia, Academia Sinica, Taipei (Jun15) “PLA Navy Warship Construction and Standardization”. China’s Naval Shipbuilding: Progress and Challenges conference, US Naval War College (May15) Show less

Principal

• Aug 2012 - Nov 2015

Senior Principal Technical Analyst

• Nov 2008 - Apr 2013

• The FoCuSeD™ Facilitator Academy [1 week], 2012, MGR Consulting, Evanston, IL • The FoCuSeD™ Facilitator Academy [1 week], 2012, MGR Consulting, Evanston, IL

Engineering Specialist

• Aug 1994 - Oct 2008

• Managing Government Programs [2 weeks], 1995, Center for Systems Management, Warrenton, VA • Managing Government Programs [2 weeks], 1995, Center for Systems Management, Warrenton, VA

US Naval Officer [CDR, Ret.]

• Jun 1976 - Oct 1996

1989-1996: US Navy Reserve 1986-1989: Direct Support Coordinator (N822), CINCUSNAVEUR, London, UK 1985-1986: Commanding Officer, USNFS, Sinop, Turkey 1983-1985: MSEE student, US Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 1980-1983: Direct Support Officer (Subsurface), NSGA, Misawa, Japan; Naval Cryptologist 1979-1980: Russian language student, Defense Language Institute 1977-1979: Division Officer (ASWx2, CIC, A&E), USS Kirk (FF-1087), Yokosuka, Japan; Surface Warfare Officer 1976-1977: Student, FLTASWTRACENPAC & SWOS (Basic), San Diego, CA Show less

Senior Principal Systems Engineer

• Aug 1989 - Jul 1994