Scholars
The center is home to the largest cluster of scholars studying contemporary China in the U.S. and hosts a vibrant community of nonresident and visiting scholars who collaborate with our faculty.
Members
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Tai Ming Cheung
Director, UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation
Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego -
Michael Davidson
Assistant Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego -
Harris Doshay
Assistant Director, Research and Writing, 21st Century China Center, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego -
Karl Gerth
Hwei-Chih and Julia Hsiu Professor of History, UC San Diego; Director, Chinese Studies Program -
Lei Guang
So Family Executive Director of the 21st Century China Center, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego -
Ruixue Jia
Professor of Economics; Co-director, China Data Lab, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego -
Ping-hui Liao
Professor of Literary and Critical Studies and Chuan Lyu Endowed Chair in Taiwan Studies, UC San Diego -
Lei Liang
Professor of Music, UC San Diego -
Guoer Liu
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, UC San Diego -
Richard Madsen
Director, Fudan-UC Center on Contemporary China
Distinguished Professor of Sociology, UC San Diego -
David Michael
Professor of Practice, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego -
Micah Muscolino
Professor and Paul G. Pickowicz Endowed Chair in Modern Chinese History, UC San Diego -
Barry Naughton
Professor, and So Kwan Lok Chair of Chinese International Affairs -
Kwai Ng
Professor, Chair of Sociology Department, UC San Diego -
Paul Pickowicz
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History and Chinese Studies, UC San Diego -
Margaret Roberts
Associate Professor of Political Science, UC San Diego -
Kuiyi Shen
Professor of Art History, UC San Diego -
Victor Shih
Director, 21st Century China Center; Professor, and Ho Miu Lam Chair in China and Pacific Relations, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego
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Susan Shirk
Founding Chair, 21st Century China Center
Research Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego -
Yang (Young) Yang
Research Data Analyst, 21st Century China Center and China Data Lab, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego -
Ping Zhu
Professor, Department of Literature, UC San Diego
Affiliated Faculty
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Peter Cowhey
Dean Emeritus and Qualcomm Chair Emeritus, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego -
Joshua Graff Zivin
Professor; Pacific Economic Cooperation Chair in International Economic Relations; Director, Peter F. Cowhey Center on Global Transformation, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego -
Stephan Haggard
Research Professor; Lawrence and Sallye Krause Distinguished Professor Emeritus; Research Director, Global Governance (IGCC); Director Emeritus, Korea-Pacific Program, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego -
Megumi Naoi
Associate Professor of Political Science, UC San Diego -
David Victor
Professor; Peter Cowhey Center on Global Transformation Chair in Innovation and Public Policy; Director, Deep Decarbonization Initiative, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego
Nonresident Scholars
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Erin Baggott Carter
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Southern California
Research areas: Chinese politics, foreign policy, propaganda, and U.S.-China relations -
Mike Chinoy
Nonresident Scholar, 21st Century China Center
Research areas: media, U.S. China relations
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Mark Cohen
Distinguished Senior Fellow, UC Berkeley School of Law
Research areas: intellectual property, trade -
Keith Hand
Professor of Law and Director of the East Asian Legal Studies Program, UC Hastings College of the Law
Research areas: legal reform, constitutional law, criminal justice, law and society -
Thilo Hanemann
Partner, Rhodium Group
Research areas: trade, capital flows, China’s outbound investments and related policies -
Haifeng Huang
Associate Professor of Political Science, UC Merced
Research areas: opinion formation, propaganda, media freedom, political trust -
Xiaojun Li
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of British Columbia
Research areas: globalization, trade, and business & politics -
Steven Liao
Associate Professor of Political Science, UC Riverside
Research areas: international migration, big data in trade, Renminbi internationalization -
Yan Long
Assistant Professor of Sociology, UC Berkeley
Research areas: global and transnational sociology, political sociology, health and medicine, organizations, gender and sexualities -
Peter Lorentzen
Professor of Economics, University of San Francisco
Research areas: economics of information, incentives, and institutions applied to development and governance -
Bailey Marsheck
Bailey Marsheck holds a master’s degree in China Studies from the Yenching Academy of Peking University and a bachelor’s degree in international economics from UC San Diego. He is currently pursuing a Master of Public Policy at Yale University’s Jackson School of Global Affairs. Most recently, he worked as a research analyst in economics and technology at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (part of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government) and previously served as a Chinese Language Fellow at the National Bureau of Asian Research. -
Jennifer Pan
Sir Robert Ho Tung Professor of Chinese Studies, Professor of Communication, Stanford University
Research areas: authoritarian politics, political communication, censorship and propaganda -
Weiyi Shi
Weiyi Shi received her Ph.D. in political science from UC San Diego. She conducted postdoctoral research at Princeton University and has taught at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy. Her research interests include China’s outward direct investment, Chinese multinational firms and foreign policy, and U.S.-China relations, especially in the realm of education. -
Rachel Stern
Professor of Law and Political Science, UC Berkeley School of Law
Research areas: Mainland and Hong Kong law, legal institution building, political space, and professionalization -
Yang Su
Associate Professor of Political Science, UC Irvine
Research areas: social movements and collective action, political sociology, political transition -
Samantha Vortherms
Assistant Professor of Political Science, UC Irvine
Research areas: comparative political economy, local government, and citizenship -
Alex Wang
Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
Research areas: social effects of law, and the interaction of law and institutions -
Feng Wang
Professor of Sociology, UC Irvine
Research areas: comparative demographic processes, social inequality in state socialisms, contemporary Chinese society -
Mark Witzke
Mark Witzke received a master’s degree in international affairs, with a concentration in Chinese politics and business, from the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy. He was a senior analyst at Rhodium Group and served as editor-in-chief of China Focus, an international affairs blog sponsored by the 21st Century China Center at UC San Diego. -
Yang Xie
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, UC Riverside
Research areas: political and comparative economics, environmental and resource economics -
Yiqing Xu
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
Research areas: political science methodology, Chinese politics, and their intersection -
Clair Zhuqing Yang
Assistant Professor, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
Research areas: political economy, development, economic impact of political institutions