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21st Century China Center China Center

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

  • Tai Ming Cheung

    Tai Ming Cheung

    Director, UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation
    Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego

  • Michael Davidson

    Michael Davidson

    Assistant Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego
  • Harris Doshay

    Harris Doshay

    Assistant Director, Research and Writing, 21st Century China Program, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego
  • Karl Gerth

    Karl Gerth

    Hwei-Chih and Julia Hsiu Professor of History, UC San Diego; Director, Chinese Studies Program
  • Lei Guang

    Lei Guang

    So Family Executive Director of the 21st Century China Center, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego
  • Jade d’Alpoim Guedes

    Jade d’Alpoim Guedes

    Associate Professor of Anthropology, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UC San Diego
  • Ruixue Jia

    Ruixue Jia

    Associate Professor of Economics; ​Co-director, China Data Lab, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego
  • Ping-hui Liao

    Ping-hui Liao

    Professor of Literary and Critical Studies and Chuan Lyu Endowed Chair in Taiwan Studies, UC San Diego
  • Lei Liang

    Lei Liang

    Professor of Music, UC San Diego
  • Guoer Liu

    Guoer Liu

    Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, UC San Diego
  • Richard Madsen

    Richard Madsen

    Director, Fudan-UC Center on Contemporary China
    Distinguished Professor of Sociology, UC San Diego
  • David Michael

    David Michael

    Professor of Practice, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego
  • Micah Muscolino

    Micah Muscolino

    Professor and Paul G. Pickowicz Endowed Chair in Modern Chinese History, UC San Diego
  • Barry Naughton

    Barry Naughton

    So Kwan Lok Professor of Chinese International Affairs, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego
  • Kwai Ng

    Kwai Ng

    Professor, Chair of Sociology Department, UC San Diego
  • Paul Pickowicz

    Paul Pickowicz

    Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History and Chinese Studies, UC San Diego
  • Margaret Roberts

    Margaret Roberts

    Associate Professor of Political Science, UC San Diego
  • Kuiyi Shen

    Kuiyi Shen

    Professor of Art History, UC San Diego
  • Victor Shih

    Victor Shih

    Director, 21st Century China Center
    Ho Miu Lam Chair in China and Pacific Relations, Associate Professor of Political Science, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego

  • Susan Shirk

    Susan Shirk

    Founding Chair, 21st Century China Center
    Research Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego
  • Yang (Young) Yang

    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

    Ping Zhu

    Professor, Department of Literature, UC San Diego

Affiliated Faculty

  • Peter Cowhey

    Peter Cowhey

    Dean Emeritus and Qualcomm Chair Emeritus, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego
  • Joshua Graff Zivin

    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

    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

    Megumi Naoi

    Associate Professor of Political Science, UC San Diego
  • David Victor

    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

  • Erin Baggott Carter

    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

    Mike Chinoy

    Nonresident Scholar, 21st Century China Center

    Research areas: media, U.S. China relations

  • Mark Cohen

    Mark Cohen

    Distinguished Senior Fellow, UC Berkeley School of Law

    Research areas: intellectual property, trade
  • Keith Hand

    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

    Thilo Hanemann

    Partner, Rhodium Group

    Research areas: trade, capital flows, China’s outbound investments and related policies
  • Haifeng Huang

    Haifeng Huang

    Associate Professor of Political Science, UC Merced

    Research areas: opinion formation, propaganda, media freedom, political trust
  • Xiaojun Li

    Xiaojun Li

    Associate Professor of Political Science, University of British Columbia

    Research areas: globalization, trade, and business & politics
  • Steven Liao

    Steven Liao

    Associate Professor of Political Science, UC Riverside

    Research areas: international migration, big data in trade, Renminbi internationalization
  • Yan Long

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    Yang Su

    Associate Professor of Political Science, UC Irvine

    Research areas: social movements and collective action, political sociology, political transition
  •  Samantha Vortherms

    Samantha Vortherms

    Assistant Professor of Political Science, UC Irvine

    Research areas: comparative political economy, local government, and citizenship
  • Alex Wang

    Alex Wang

    Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law

    Research areas: social effects of law, and the interaction of law and institutions
  • Feng Wang

    Feng Wang

    Professor of Sociology, UC Irvine

    Research areas: comparative demographic processes, social inequality in state socialisms, contemporary Chinese society
  • Mark Witzke

    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

    Yang Xie

    Associate Professor, Department of Economics, UC Riverside

    Research areas: political and comparative economics, environmental and resource economics
  • Yiqing Xu

    Yiqing Xu

    Assistant Professor of Political Science, Stanford University

    Research areas: political science methodology, Chinese politics, and their intersection
  • Clair Zhuqing Yang

    Clair Zhuqing Yang

    Assistant Professor, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington

    Research areas: political economy, development, economic impact of political institutions