The National Committee on United States-China Relations is pleased to have selected the seventh cohort of its Public Intellectuals Program (PIP), generously funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York. The new fellows comprise a wide range of research interests, geographic locations, and types of institutions. Read full announcement.
Lina Benabdallah
Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Wake Forest University
International Relations Theory; Global South; Political Nostalgia
Nicholas Borst
Vice President and Director of China Research, Seafarer Capital Partners
Financial Reform; Shadow Banking; U.S.-China Cross-Border Investment
David Bulman
McGovern-Muller Assistant Professor of China Studies and International Affairs, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Political Economy; Central-Local Relations; Middle Income Traps; Welfare State
Dan Chen
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond
Media Politics; Public Opinion; Local Governance; Cultural Politics
Spencer Cohen
Principal, High Peak Strategy LLC
International Trade; China’s Economy; Local Political Economy; U.S.-China Relations
Abigail Coplin
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Science, Technology and Society, Vassar College
Biotechnology and Agrobiotechnology Development in China; State-Firm Relations; Scientific Expertise; Scientific Controversy; State-Society Relations
Michael Davidson
Assistant Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, University of California San Diego
Energy and Environmental Policy; Electricity Markets; Comparative Politics of Market Transitions
Naima Green-Riley
Ph.D. Candidate and Raymond Vernon Fellow, Government Department, Harvard University
Chinese Foreign Policy; Public Diplomacy; Global Information Space; Political Psychology; Public Opinion
Dimitar Gueorguiev
Associate Professor of Political Science, Syracuse University
Political Control; Institutions; Governance
Kyle Jaros
Associate Professor of Global Affairs, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame
Central-Local Relations; Urban Governance; Regional Development
Jason M. Kelly
Assistant Professor, Strategy and Policy Department, U.S. Naval War College
History; Foreign Relations; Trade; U.S.-China Relations
JD Kristenson
Commander, U.S. Navy
U.S.-China Relations; Chinese Foreign Policy; Indo-Pacific Maritime Security
Wendy Leutert
Assistant Professor and GLP-Ming Z. Mei Chair of Chinese Economics and Trade, East Asian Languages and Cultures Department, School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University
State-Owned Enterprises; State-Business Relations; Economic Reform; Corporate Governance; International Investment
Silvia Lindtner
Associate Professor and Associate Director, School of Information and Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing, University of Michigan
Labor and Transnational Shifts in Tech Industries; Innovation in U.S.-China Global Supply Chains; Race and Gender in Tech Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Daniel Mattingly
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale University
Chinese Politics; Authoritarianism; the Military; Regime Dynamics; Nationalism
Sara Newland
Assistant Professor of Government, Smith College
Taiwan; Local Governance; Chinese Politics; Subnational Diplomacy
Xuefei Ren
Associate Professor of Sociology, Michigan State University
Urban Governance; Urban Planning; Historical Comparison
Suzanne E. Scoggins
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of Asian Studies, Clark University
Policing; State Legitimacy; Authoritarian Resilience
Gina A. Tam
Assistant Professor of History, Trinity University
Modern Chinese History; Nationalism; Construction of Collective Identity; Gender Studies; Chinese Languages
Yeling Tan
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Oregon
Global Economic Governance; Trade; Industrial Policy; Political Economy; Bureaucracy
Emily Wilcox
Associate Professor of Chinese Studies, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, William & Mary
Dance; Performance; History; Inter-Asia; Cultural Studies
The seventh cohort joins an accomplished community of PIP fellows who have formed a strong network of mutual support and academic collaboration.