About the Author

KALPANA MISRA is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Tulsa (Oklahoma). She is the author of From Post-Maoism to Post Marxism: The Erosion of Official Ideology in Deng's China (1998). MELANIE RICH is a clinical psychologist and served as co-chair of the Women's Conference in Israel, held jointly in Tulsa, Tel Aviv, and Tiberias.