Mosher never attained his academic credentials, but he believes that this has afforded him greater freedom in writing. Some of his works, including Broken Earth: the Rural Chinese, A Journey to the Forbidden China and China Misperceived: American Illusions and Chinese Reality, have in fact had an impact on the academic world.
毛思迪始終沒有拿到他的博士學位，但他認為這給他更多著書的自由，幾本著作如＜破碎的中國＞、＜中國禁地之旅＞、＜被誤解的中國＞，在學術界都相當有影響力。