The 21st Century China Center’s nonresident scholars consist of China scholars based out of West Coast educational and research institutions, as well as experts who are involved in various research projects at the center. They complement the center’s existing strengths, and their contributions increase the depth and scope of its research and analysis.
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
Nonresident Scholar, 21st Century China Center
Research areas: media, U.S. China relations
Distinguished Senior Fellow, UC Berkeley School of Law
Research areas: intellectual property, trade
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
Partner, Rhodium Group
Research areas: trade, capital flows, China’s outbound investments and related policies
Associate Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University
Research areas: propaganda, media freedom, political trust, international information exposure, misinformation
John & Marilyn Long Professor of U.S.-China Business and Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law
Research areas: Chinese law and politics, international business transactions, comparative law, contracts, empirical legal studies
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of British Columbia
Research areas: globalization, trade, and business & politics
Associate Professor of Political Science, UC Riverside
Research areas: international migration, big data in trade, Renminbi internationalization
Assistant Professor of Sociology, UC Berkeley
Research areas: global and transnational sociology, political sociology, health and medicine, organizations, gender and sexualities
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.
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.
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.
Professor of Sociology, UC Irvine
Research areas: social movements and collective action, political sociology, political transition
Assistant Professor of Political Science, UC Irvine
Research areas: comparative political economy, local government, and citizenship
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology at the University of Oregon
Research areas: Chinese media, propaganda, computational social science, politics of information
Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
Research areas: social effects of law, and the interaction of law and institutions
Professor of Sociology, UC Irvine
Research areas: comparative demographic processes, social inequality in state socialisms, contemporary Chinese society
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.
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, UC Riverside
Research areas: political and comparative economics, environmental and resource economics
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
Research areas: political science methodology, Chinese politics, and their intersection
Assistant Professor, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
Research areas: political economy, development, economic impact of political institutions
