Current Scholars

Non-Resident Scholars

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Mettursun BEYDULLA, United States

 
Affiliation: Independent Researcher
 
Research Topic: Religion and Ethnicity: Identity and Community Formation in the Uyghur Muslim Community in the United States
 
Research Term: February 2023-February 2024
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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

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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

 
Affiliation: Albany State University
 
Research Topic: Buddhism Confronts the Global Color Line: Cold War Cambodia and Its Involvement in the Global Struggle for Racial Equality
 
Research Term: February 2023-February 2024

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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