GEORGE BAYLON RADICS National University of Singapore · Department of Sociology Block AS1, Level 3, 3 Arts Link, Singapore 117570 http://profile.nus.edu.sg/fass/socrgb/stf_socrgb.htm +65 6516-8072 · radics@nus.edu.sg + 1 (818) 921-7221 (U.S. Cell) ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Lecturer (August 2014 – present) National University of Singapore, Department of Sociology Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow (August 2012 – July 2014) National University of Singapore, Department of Southeast Asian Studies VISITING POSITIONS, AFFILIATIONS, AND FELLOWSHIPS Institute for Global Law and Policy (January 2017) Harvard Law School, Asian Regional Workshop Transnational Law Summer Institute Fellow (June 2016) King’s College London, The Dickson Poon School of Law Visiting Researcher (May 2015 – August 2015) U.C. Berkeley, School of Law, Centre for the Study of Law and Society Academic Fellow (January 2015 – present) National University of Singapore, School of Law, Centre for Asian Legal Studies EDUCATION 2010 University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, Washington Juris Doctor, Asian Law Specialization 2008 National University of Singapore, Singapore Doctor of Philosophy, Sociology Dissertation Title: “Politics from the Heart: Personal Choices, the War in Mindanao and Social Structure.” Committee: Vineeta Sinha (Chair), Reynaldo Ileto, Saroja Dorairajoo, Habib Khondker, Ananda Rajah. 2002 University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Bachelor of Arts, Sociology and Asian American Studies, summa cum laude Radics | Curriculum Vitae 1 PUBLICATIONS Legal Journals and Law Reviews George B. Radics and Poon Yee Suan, “Amos Yee, Free Speech, and Maintaining Religious Harmony in Singapore,” University of Pennsylvania Asian Law Review, 12, no. 2 (2016): 186-242. George B. Radics, “Singapore’s Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act (Chapter 190A) and its Application to Thailand,” Thammasat Law Journal, 43, no. 3 (2014): 444-455. George B. Radics, “Singapore: A ‘Fine’ City—British Colonial Criminal Sentencing Policies and its Lasting Effects on the Singaporean Corporal State,” Santa Clara Journal of International Law, 12, no. 3 (2014): 57-90. George B. Radics, “Decolonizing Singapore’s Sex Laws: Tracing Section 377A of Singapore’s Penal Code,” Columbia Human Rights Law Review, 45, no. 1 (2013): 57-99. George B. Radics, “Bank Privatization in Vietnam: Examining Changes to Management in Vietnam’s New Banking Law, Decree No 59/2009/ND-CP,” Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal, 19, no. 2 (2010): 331-351. Refereed Journals George B. Radics, “Section 377A in Singapore and the (De)Criminalization of Homosexuality,” Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture, 15, no. 2 (2015). Peter Berlinger, George B. Radics, Nadia B. Pulmano, Finn Kjaerulf & Ernesto A. Anasarias, “Community Narratives of Social Trauma: A Case Study on a Sitio in Mindanao,” Psyke og Logos, 30, no. 1 (2009): 153-177. George B. Radics, “Balikatan Exercises in the Philippines and the U.S. War Against Terrorism,” Stanford Journal on East Asian Affairs, 4, no. 2 (2004): 115-127. George B. Radics, “Globalization, Corruption and the Structural Historical Perspective.” Philippine Sociological Review, 49, no. 1-2 (2001): 39-58. Other Articles George B. Radics, Review of the Book Conversations in Postcolonial Thought by Katy Sian (eds.). Ethnic and Racial Studies, 38, no. 8 (2016). George B. Radics, “Writing on Human Rights from Southeast Asia,” American Sociological Association Section on Human Rights Quarterly Newsletter. Spring 2015. Pp. 6-7. George B. Radics, Review of the Book Out of the Shadows: Violent Conflict and the Real Economy of Mindanao by Francisco Lara & Steven Schoofs (eds.). AsiaMindanaw, 1, no. 1 (2014): 229-231. Radics | Curriculum Vitae 2 James Rowlins & George B. Radics, “Introduction,” IAFOR J. Media, Comm. & Film, 1, no. 1 (2013): 5-7. Eric M. Stahl & George B. Radics, “Washington Supreme Court holds teachers accused of sexual misconduct need not be identified in public records if allegations are ‘unsubstantiated,’” Media Law Resource Center: Media Law Letter (2008). George B. Radics, Review of the Book Cultures of Disaster: Society and Natural Hazard in the Philippines by Greg Bankoff. Asian Journal of Social Science, “Special Focus: Violence in Southeast Asia,” 34, no. 3 (2006). Works in Progress BOOKS George B. Radics, Emotional Politics in America’s Colony: The Philippines, Islamic “Terrorism,” and the Post-Colonial Condition (to be submitted for review in June 2017). George B. Radics & Pablo Ciocchini (eds.), Criminal Legalities in the Global South (in progress). BOOK CHAPTERS George B. Radics, “Criminalization of Homosexuality in Singapore” in Contemporary Perspectives on Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals around the World: Law and Culture, ed. Paula Gerber. New York: Praeger Press (expected March 2017). ARTICLES Vineeta Sinha & George B. Radics, “Colonial Continuities in the Regulation of Religion and Public Holidays: The Case of Tai Pucam in Singapore.” In preparation for a special issue of the Asian Journal of Social Science to be published in January 2018 (George B. Radics and Pablo Ciocchini as editors). George B. Radics & Saroja Dorairajoo, “Post-Colonial Legacies, Global Economy, and Local Fissures: Singapore’s Little India Riot and the Public Order (Additional Temporary Measures) Act” (in progress). George B. Radics & Lim Kai Hui, “Singapore’s ‘Night Zone’ Policy and Subsequent Legal Restrictions in a Designated Tourist Zone” (in progress). George B. Radics, “Production of Knowledge from the Margins of the Center: Can Filipino Americans produce “indigenous” scholarship on the Philippines?” (in progress). George Radics & Rastus Chow, “Philippine Nationalism and the Bangsamoro” (in progress). PAPERS PRESENTED Radics | Curriculum Vitae 3 Invited Talks “The Little India Riot: Migrants and Criminal Law in Singapore,” 12th National Symposium of Justice Administration, Thai Ministry of Justice, June 2014. “Singaporean Criminal Law,” GSRS Seminar Series, National University of Singapore, March 2014. “Migrants and Singaporean Criminal Law,” Presentation Delivered to Thammasat University School of Law and Thai Ministry of Justice, February 2014. “Singapore: A ‘Fine’ City -- British Colonial Criminal Sentencing Policies and its Lasting Effects on the Singaporean Corporal State,” University of Liverpool Public Lecture Series, February 2014. “Protest Art in the Philippines,” National University of Singapore, Department of Southeast Asian Studies, February 2014. “Singapore and Section 377A of the Penal Code,” Department of Southeast Asian Studies Seminar, April 2013. Conferences “Law in Southeast Asia,” Forefront Asia Workshop, National University of Singapore, August 2013. “Mobile Banking and Legal Infrastructure in the Philippines,” Southeast Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference, University of Washington, May 2009. “Emotional Art: Capturing the Sentiments of the Disgruntled Masses,” International Symposium on the Arts and Society organized by Common Ground and New York University, February 2007. “Viewing the Islamic Separatist Movements in the Philippines as Responses to the Post-Colonial Nation Building Project,” Ateneo de Manila University, Manila, Philippines, July 2005 “Islam and the Post-Colonial State,” American Sociological Association Discussion Roundtable, San Francisco, August 2004. “Addressing ‘State Failure’: Shifting focus to the Structural and Historical Forces Behind Corruption in the Philippines,” ASEAN Inter-University Conference, Universti Sains Malaysia, Penang, April 2004. “Globalization, Corruption, and the Structural Historical Perspective,” International Sociology Association, National University of Singapore, March 2004. “Balikatan Exercises in the Philippines and the U.S. War Against Terrorism,” Southeast Asian Radics | Curriculum Vitae 4 Conflict Resolution Network, Penang, Malaysia, January 2004. “The Filipino American Community of Los Angeles,” National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development, Washington D.C., March 2001. “Participatory Democracy in the Philippines,” Westwind Undergraduate Research Conference, UCLA, 2001; Alpha Kappa Delta, National Sociology Honors Society, UCLA, November 2000. TEACHING Lecturer, Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore (NUS) SC3215: Law and Society, Fall 2014 SC3101: Classical Sociological Theory, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2017. SC4883: Selected Topics in Law and Justice, Fall and Spring 2015, 2016, 2017. SC2216: Emotions and Social Life, Spring 2016, 2017 SC2212: Sociology of Deviance, Fall 2016. Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow, Dept. of Southeast Asian Studies, NUS SE2880: Law in Southeast Asia, Fall 2012. SE3219: Island Southeast Asia, Spring 2013. SE5244: Country Studies: Philippines (Graduate Level), Fall 2013. Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, NUS SC1101E: Introduction to Sociology, Fall 2003-Spring 2005. SC3101: Social Theory, Fall 2004, Spring 2005. SC2202: Sociology of Work, Fall 2005. SC3219: Sexuality in Comparative Perspective, Spring 2005. SC2101: Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods, Fall 2006. Tutor, Academic Advancement Programs, UCLA SOC10: Classical Sociological Theory, Spring 2001. Supervisor, Independent Study Department of Southeast Asian Studies, NUS SE5660: Independent Study Module: “Narrative Literature Review on Death Penalty and Singapore’s Position,” Fall 2013. University Scholars Program/Dept. of SE Asian Studies, NUS UIS3911: “Law in Southeast Asia: Legal Restrictions on Singapore Nightlife,” Fall 2013. University Scholars Program/Dept. of Political Science, NUS UIS3912: “The Moro Identity: Successes, Failures and its Direction towards Peace and Freedom,” Fall 2014. *Film produced for this seminar won the “Best in Show” group prize at the London School of Economics Research Festival* Supervisor, Honours Thesis Radics | Curriculum Vitae 5 - - Rastus Chow, Political Science. “Secessionism in Southern Philippines: “DoubleConsciousness” in Post-Colonial Identities and Its Effects on Nationhood,” Spring 2015. Rastus won the university-wide “Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Prize” for thesis. Sharifah Nabila binte Syed Omar, Sociology. “The Internal Security Act: A Singaporean Dilemma,” Spring 2016. MeiQi Guo, Sociology. “More Than My Genitalia: Transgender Identities and Politics of Engagement in a Gendered Singapore.” Fall 2016. SERVICE Law and Society Association, International Activities Committee, 2015–2017. American Sociology Assoc., Human Rights Section, Graduate Student Paper Award Comm., 2015. Associate Articles Editor, IAFOR Journal of Media, Communication and Film, 2012–2014. Ethics Committee, Department of Southeast Asian Studies, NUS, 2012–2014. Moot Court Competition Judge, Judiciary of Guam, 2011–2012. National Law Day Essay Contest Organizer, Judiciary of Guam, 2010–2012. Executive Articles Editor, Pacific Rim Law and Policy Journal, 2009–2010. Vietnamese American Bar Association of Washington, Student Representative, 2008–2010. Asian Pacific American Law Student Association, Board Member and President, 2008–2010. LEGAL AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Research Attorney (August 2010 – July 2012) Supreme Court of Guam, Hagatna, Guam Reviewed case documents, researched case law, prepared bench memoranda recommending how the justices should resolve legal issues, and drafted the court’s final opinions. Legal Extern for the Hon. Catherine Shaffer (April 2010 – June 2010) King County Superior Court, Seattle, WA Witnessed trials, violation hearings, and jury selections. Researched various legal topics and produced bench memoranda on summary judgment motions. Summer Associate (June 2008 – September 2008; June 2009 – August 2009) Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, Seattle, WA Conducted legal research, wrote briefs for trial court proceedings, produced memoranda on substantive legal issues, received extensive training in legal writing and research. Researcher of Psychosocial Development (April 2005 – December 2005) BALAY Rehabilitation Center, Manila, Philippines Served as one of the main researchers in a project aimed at researching the effects of “social trauma” in communities of displaced people due to war in Mindanao, Philippines. Conducted training and consultation in advance research methodology. Education Project Coordinator (March 2004 – April 2005) Radics | Curriculum Vitae 6 Archdiocesan Commission for Migrants and Itinerant People, Singapore Worked with community organizations and governmental agencies to assess and upgrade the quality of the skills training program offered by the Catholic Church to transient workers. Russian and Eurasian Studies Intern (September 2001 – December 2001) Center for Strategic International Studies, Washington D.C. Researched Russian economic and foreign policy. Focused on the role of the Russian military in regional security issues. Grant Writer (August 2000 – December 2000) Counterpart International, Hanoi, Vietnam Researched reproductive health and gender issues in contemporary Vietnamese society for the purpose of writing grants. These grants were then submitted for review by agencies of the United Nations and the European Union. Legal Intern (April 2000 – August 2000) Public Interest Law Center, Manila, Philippines Researched cases concerning negligent maintenance of governmental property, discriminatory treatment of minorities, and electoral corruption in the Philippines. Witnessed trials, accompanied attorneys on client interviews, and reviewed case materials. Intern (August 1999 – April 2000) Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Los Angeles, CA Facilitated the recruitment and placement of interns for the Summer Advocacy and Legal Training Program. Also worked on grants management and community education projects. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT U.S. Federal District Court Conference on Appellate Court Practice (2012) Inter-Pacific Bar Association Conference on Innovation in the Law (2011) Pacific Judicial Conference on Technology and the Courts (2010) U.S. Federal District Court Conference on Constitutional Law and Technical Evidence (2010) Advanced Methodological Training in Geographic Information Systems (2000) UCLA Immersion Program in Participant Observation Research Methods (1999) United States Americorps Training in Grant Writing (1999) GRANTS NUS Department of Sociology, Workshop Development Grant (2016) - $1,200SGD NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Conference Grant (2016) $3,349SGD Law and Society Association, IRC Grant (2016, 2017) - $9,800USD University of Liverpool Research Development Fund w/Dr. P. Ciocchini (2016) – £6,000GBP NUS Staff Research Support Scheme (2013, 2015) – $8,500SGD U.S. Dept. of Education, FLAS Fellow in Vietnamese (2008–2010) - $84,000USD Radics | Curriculum Vitae 7 University of Washington School of Law General Scholarship (2008, 2009) - $20,000USD Asia Research Institute, Graduate Research Scholarship, NUS (2003, 2005) - $7,500SGD HONORS London School of Economics Film Festival, “Best in Show” Group Award (2015) Inter-Pacific Bar Association Young Lawyer Award (2011) University of Washington School of Law Gonfaloniere at Commencement Ceremonies (2010) Legal Diversity Scholarship, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP (2008) UCLA Honor’s College Graduate (2002) University of California, President’s Scholarship for Study Abroad (2002) Eric and Marie Scudder Memorial Scholarship (2002) Gates-Cambridge University Trust Scholarship Finalist (2002) UCLA Departmental Honors (2001) Sociology Graduation Speaker (2001) UCLA President’s Undergraduate Fellowship for Research (2001) Morgan and Helen Chu Outstanding Scholar Award (2001) National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development Speaker Award (2001) Frederick R. Waingrow Honors Thesis Scholarship (2000) Wasserman Scholar, UCLA (2000) UCLA Honors College Summer Research Stipend (2000) LANGUAGES Vietnamese (conversant), Tagalog (conversant), Spanish (basic). ASSOCIATION AND MEMBERSHIPS Law & Society Association American Sociology Association Section Membership: Human Rights; Criminal Law. New York State Bar, Registration #5251046 REFERENCES Available upon request. Radics | Curriculum Vitae 8