Faculty Team

Faculty by Subject Areas 

 

History and Social Science 

Prof. Dong Zhang, PhD, Northwestern University

Research Interests: Comparative political economy ; International political economy ; Authoritarian politics ; Corruption and Governance

Prof. Wenkai He, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Interests: The political economy of state formation in Western Europe and East Asia ; Comparative historical analysis in social science ; Political economy of development ; Economic history of early modern and modern China

Prof. Yimin Lin, PhD, Yale University

Research Interests: Political Economy ; Organizations and Institutions ; China

Prof. Barry Sautman, PhD, Columbia University

Research Interests: Communist and post Communist Systems;Chinese Politics (especially Ethnic Politics);China-Africa Relations;China-US Relations;International Law (especially Human Rights)

Prof. James Wong, PhD, London School of Economics

Research Interests: Ethics and public policy ; Politics of science, environment and sustainability ; Democratic governance and citizen participation

Prof. Michelle Yik, University of British Columbia

Research Interests: Architecture of Emotion ; Happiness ; LLM & Mental Health ; Personality & Language

 

 

Quantitative Social Analysis

Dr. Nicolson Siu, PhD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Research Interests: Human cognitive function: Attention, Memory, and Time Perception ; Neurodevelopmental Disorder: Autism Spectrum Disorder ; Neurodegenerative Disorder: Alzheimer’s disease ; Alternative and Complementary Intervention: Horticultural Therapy, Music Therapy

 

 

Humanities and Creative Arts

Prof. Xiaolu Ma, PhD, Harvard University

Research Interests: Literary theory and cultural criticism ; Modern literature ; Modern Chinese literature ; Comparative Chinese and Japanese thought and culture ; Russia

Prof Huan Jin, PhD, Harvard University 

Research interests: Chinese cultural history ; Chinese literary history ; Media, visual and verbal culture ; Narrative and drama

Prof. Jianxiong Ma, PhD, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Research Interests: Ethnicity ; Ecological anthropology ; Ethnic minorities in China and in highland Southeast Asia ; History of ethnic groups in Southwest China ; Anthropology of borderland

Dr. Isaac Droscha, DMA, University of Michigan

Research interests: Creativity ; Music ; Music business ; Performing arts ; Visual arts

 


*Program faculty list is subject to change due to personnel change.