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Wilson China Fellows
The Wilson Center is pleased to host the Wilson China Fellowship, a China-focused non-residential fellowship supporting the next generation of American scholarship on China. It is made possible by the generous support of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Class of 2021

Meir Alkon
Wilson China Fellow;
Assistant Professor at Fordham University
Assistant Professor at Fordham University

Michael Beckley
Wilson China Fellow;
Associate Professor of Political Science, Tufts University and Jeane Kirkpatrick Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
Associate Professor of Political Science, Tufts University and Jeane Kirkpatrick Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute

David Bulman
Wilson China Fellow;
Jill McGovern and Steven Muller Assistant Professor of China Studies and International Affairs and U.S. Director of the Pacific Community Initiative, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
Jill McGovern and Steven Muller Assistant Professor of China Studies and International Affairs and U.S. Director of the Pacific Community Initiative, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

Ling Chen
Wilson China Fellow;
Assistant Professor, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.
Assistant Professor, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.

Darcie DeAngelo
Wilson China Fellow;
Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oklahoma.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oklahoma.

Diana Fu
Wilson China Fellow;
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto, Non-Resident Fellow at Brookings Institution, and a Public Intellectual Fellow at the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto, Non-Resident Fellow at Brookings Institution, and a Public Intellectual Fellow at the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.

Dimitar Gueorguiev
Wilson China Fellow;
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University

Tyler Harlan
Wilson China Fellow;
Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Environmental Studies, Loyola Marymount University.
Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Environmental Studies, Loyola Marymount University.

Kristen Hopewell
Wilson China Fellow;
Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia
Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia

Macabe Keliher
Wilson China Fellow;
Assistant Professor, Clements Department of History, Southern Methodist University.
Assistant Professor, Clements Department of History, Southern Methodist University.

Aynne Kokas
Wilson China Fellow;
Associate Professor of Media Studies, University of Virginia and Senior Faculty Fellow, Miller Center for Public Affairs.
Associate Professor of Media Studies, University of Virginia and Senior Faculty Fellow, Miller Center for Public Affairs.

Juliet Lu
Wilson China Fellow;
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Atkinson Center for Sustainability, Cornell University
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Atkinson Center for Sustainability, Cornell University

Emily Matson
Wilson China Fellow;
Adjunct Professor, College of William and Mary
Adjunct Professor, College of William and Mary

David McCourt
Wilson China Fellow;
Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California-Davis
Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California-Davis

Kacie Miura
Wilson China Fellow;
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations, University of San Diego.
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations, University of San Diego.

Deborah Seligsohn
Wilson China Fellow;
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Villanova University.
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Villanova University.

Renard Sexton
Wilson China Fellow;
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Emory University.
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Emory University.

Tobias Smith
Wilson China Fellow;
Assistant Professor, Administration of Justice, Ohlone College
Assistant Professor, Administration of Justice, Ohlone College

Pon Souvannaseng
Wilson China Fellow;
Assistant Professor, Global Studies Department, Bentley University
Assistant Professor, Global Studies Department, Bentley University

Austin Strange
Wilson China Fellow;
Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Hong Kong.
Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Hong Kong.

Joseph Torigian
Wilson China Fellow;
Assistant Professor, School of International Service, American University
Assistant Professor, School of International Service, American University

Austin Wang
Wilson China Fellow;
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Emily Wilcox
Wilson China Fellow;
Associate Professor of Chinese Studies, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, William & Mary.
Associate Professor of Chinese Studies, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, William & Mary.

Audrye Wong
Wilson China Fellow;
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations, University of Southern California. Former Grand Strategy, Security, and Statecraft Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Security Studies Program and the Harvard Kennedy School.
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations, University of Southern California. Former Grand Strategy, Security, and Statecraft Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Security Studies Program and the Harvard Kennedy School.

Jack Zhang
Wilson China Fellow;
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Kansas and Director of the Kansas University Trade War Lab
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Kansas and Director of the Kansas University Trade War Lab
Class of 2020

Darren Byler
Wilson China Fellow;
Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Center for Asian Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Center for Asian Studies, University of Colorado Boulder

Christopher Colley
Wilson China Fellow;
Assistant Professor of Security Studies at the National Defense College of the United Arab Emirates
Assistant Professor of Security Studies at the National Defense College of the United Arab Emirates

Sara Castro
Wilson China Fellow;
Assistant Professor, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Department of History
Assistant Professor, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Department of History

Rush Doshi
Wilson China Fellow;
Fellow and Director of the Brookings China Strategy Initiative and Fellow at Yale’s Paul Tsai China Center.
Fellow and Director of the Brookings China Strategy Initiative and Fellow at Yale’s Paul Tsai China Center.

Alexander Dukalskis
Wilson China Fellow;
Associate Professor, the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin
Associate Professor, the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin

Julian Gewirtz
Former Wilson China Fellow (March 2020 to August 2020);
Academy Scholar, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.
Academy Scholar, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.

Sheena Chestnut Greitens
Wilson China Fellow;
Associate Professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School at the University of Texas at Austin.
Associate Professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School at the University of Texas at Austin.

Isaac Kardon
Wilson China Fellow;
Assistant Professor, Department of Strategic and Operational Research at the U.S. Naval War College
Assistant Professor, Department of Strategic and Operational Research at the U.S. Naval War College

Lami Kim
Wilson China Fellow;
Assistant Professor at the U.S. Army War College and Adjunct Fellow at Pacific Forum.
Assistant Professor at the U.S. Army War College and Adjunct Fellow at Pacific Forum.

Wendy Leutert
Wilson China Fellow;
GLP-Ming Z. Mei Chair of Chinese Economics and Trade, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies and the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Indiana University.
GLP-Ming Z. Mei Chair of Chinese Economics and Trade, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies and the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Indiana University.

Jessica Liao
Wilson China Fellow;
Assistant Professor of Political Science, North Carolina State University.
Assistant Professor of Political Science, North Carolina State University.

Adam P. Liff
Wilson China Fellow;
Associate Professor of East Asian International Relations, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University and Director of the “21st Century Japan Politics & Society Initiative” (21JPSI).
Associate Professor of East Asian International Relations, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University and Director of the “21st Century Japan Politics & Society Initiative” (21JPSI).

Xiao Liu
Wilson China Fellow;
Assistant Professor at McGill University and Fellow at the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution of the World Economic Forum.
Assistant Professor at McGill University and Fellow at the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution of the World Economic Forum.

Oriana Skylar Mastro
Wilson China Fellow;
Center Fellow at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI)
Center Fellow at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI)

Joshua Shifrinson
Former Fellow;
Assistant Professor of International Relations, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
Assistant Professor of International Relations, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University

Cecilia Han Springer
Assistant Director, Global China Initiative, Boston University's Global China Initiative