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 the Andrew Carnegie Foundation, formerly 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.