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.
Core Faculty
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Tai Ming Cheung
Director, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation
Professor, GPS, UC San Diego -
Michael Davidson
Assistant Professor, GPS, UC San Diego -
Karl Gerth
Hwei-Chih and Julia Hsiu Professor of History, UC San Diego; Director, Chinese Studies Program -
Lei Guang
Director, 21st Century China Center, GPS, UC San Diego
Professor of Political Science, San Diego State University -
Ruixue Jia
Assistant Professor of Economics, GPS, 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 -
Richard Madsen
Director, Fudan-UC Center on Contemporary China
Distinguished Professor of Sociology, UC San Diego -
David Michael
Professor of Practice, GPS, UC San Diego -
Micah Muscolino
Professor and Paul G. Pickowicz Endowed Chair in Modern Chinese History, UC San Diego -
Barry Naughton
Sokwanlok Professor of Chinese International Affairs, GPS, UC San Diego -
Kwai Ng
Associate Professor of Sociology, UC San Diego -
Paul Pickowicz
Distinguished Professor 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
Ho Miu Lam Chair in China and Pacific Relations, Associate Professor of Political Science, GPS, UC San Diego -
Susan Shirk
Chair, 21st Century China Center, GPS, UC San Diego
Research Professor, GPS, UC San Diego -
Weiyi Shi
Assistant Professor, GPS, UC San Diego -
Yingjin Zhang
Distinguished Professor of Modern Chinese Literature and Chair, Department of Literature, UC San Diego
Affiliated Faculty
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Peter Cowhey
Dean and Qualcomm Endowed Chair in Communications and Technology Policy, UC San Diego -
Joshua Graff Zivin
Professor and Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs
School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego -
Stephan Haggard
Lawrence and Sallye Krause Professor of Korea-Pacific Studies; Director, Korea-Pacific Program
School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego -
Gordon Hanson
Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Center on Global Transformation Senior Fellow -
Megumi Naoi
Assistant Professor of Political Science, UC San Diego -
David Victor
Professor; Co-director, Laboratory on International Law and Regulation
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 -
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
Research Director, 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
Assistant Professor of Political Science, UC Riverside
Research areas: international migration, big data in trade, Renminbi internationalization -
Peter Lorentzen
Professor of Economics, University of San Francisco
Research areas: economics of information, incentives, and institutions applied to development and governance -
Jennifer Pan
Assistant Professor of Communication, Stanford University
Research areas: authoritarian politics, political communication, censorship and propaganda -
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 -
Yeling Tan
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Oregon
Research areas: international and comparative political economy, China and the developing world -
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 -
Yanhui Wu
Associate Professor of Economics & Management and Strategy, HKU Business School
Research areas: economics and politics of mass communication, digital economy
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Yang Xie
Assistant Professor 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
