Non-Resident Scholars
Mettursun BEYDULLA, United States
Won Yong JANG, United States
Email: jangwy@uwec.edu
Affiliation: University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire
Research Topics: Territorial Disputes, Nationalism, and Propaganda in East Asian Countries
Research Term: August 2022 – August 2024
Kai JIN, China
Affiliation: Global Governance Institution
Research Topics: US-China trade war, Chinese foreign policy, East Asia security issues
Research Term: September 2019 – February 2025
Ronald LEONHARDT, United States
Christine LIN, United States
Email: christine.lin@gwu.edu
Affiliation: University of California Hasting College of Law
Research Topic: A Coalescing Taiwanese American Identity and U.S.-Taiwan Relations
Research Term: November 2022-November 2024
Robert SHEPHERD, United States
Email: rshepher@gwu.edu
Affiliation: George Washington University
Research Topics: Beyond (Il)Liberalism: Rights, Rhetoric, and Reality in a Post-Hegelian World
Research Term: June 2022 – June 2025
Asuka TAKAOKA, Japan
Email: asuka.takaoka@gwu.edu
Affiliation: GLOBIS University
Research Topics: White-collar crime, corporate governance, organizational science, criminology, ESG fraud
Research Term: August 2023 – July 2025
Pinar TEMOCIN, Japan & Turkey
Email: pinartemocin@ifi.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Affiliation: University of Tokyo
Research Topics: Environmental Civil Society Organizations and their Influence in Energy Policies in a Comparative Perspective
Research Term: November 2023 – April 2026
Martin WHYTE, United States
Email: mwhyte@wjh.harvard.edu
Affiliation: John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and Sociology, Emeritus, Harvard University; Asia Scholar, University of Melbourne, 2017-2019
Research Topics: Inequality, Population Trends, Hukou System, and Family Patterns in China
Research Term: October 2018 – October 2025
Resident Scholars
Kengo KIKUYAMA, Japan
Email: kengo.kikuyama@email.gwu.edu
Affiliation: Reporter, Japanese Broadcasting Association (NHK)
Research Topics: Okinawa military issue, U.S.-Japan relations
Research Term: August 2023 – August 2024
Tianxiang LIU, China
Email: tianxiangl@email.gwu.edu
Affiliation: PhD Student, Renmin University of China
Research Topics: Spatial Heterogeneity of Public Opinion in China
Research Term: August 2023 – August 2024
Yuye YAN, China
Email: yuyeyan@fudan.edu.cn
Affiliation: Associate Professor of Marxist School, Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance, China
Research Topics: Chinese humanitarian aid, global humanitarian governance, the Korean peninsula, foreign aid, and Chinese ideological education
Research Term: January 2023 – January 2024
Shabnam YOUSAF, Pakistan
Email: shabnam.yousaf@email.gwu.edu
Affiliation: Ph.D. Scholar, Quad-i-Azam University, Pakistan
Research Topics: The Belt and Road Initiative and American Interests in South Asia
Research Term: September 2023 – March 2024