Dr. Norton Wheeler, a scholar with a background in Asian history, specifically China, will address the JFK Club next Tuesday about North Korea and its impact on the United States’ policy toward that country. In particular, he is expected to address China’s influence pertaining to both countries, especially the history that has preceded the current conflict.
The JFK Club meets every third Tuesday at noon at Mt. Vernon Restaurant. Anyone wishing to eat lunch before the speaker, may notify club secretary Nancy Bibler at biblern@epbfi.com to order their meal, priced at $15.
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Wheeler is an english major graduate of the University of Iowa, and received his master’s and Ph.D degrees in American studies from the University of Kansas. Currently an adjunct instructor in history at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, he brings to a discussion of the subject his background as a faculty member at Missouri Southern State University, Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Talented Youth in Nanjing, China, and instructional roles at other U.S. universities.
He has published a book on China’s modernization, and book chapters and articles on history and Sino-American relations, and presentations at various venues on issues involving China.