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U.S. Scholars

Dr. David Atwill
Home Institution: Pennsylvania State University
Host Institution:
Dali University
Field of Study:
History
Project Title:
The Yunnan Chronicles: A Field Guide to Yunnan’s Past

Dr. Mary Louise Buley-Meissner
Home Institution: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Host Institution:
The University of Hong Kong
Field of Study:
Literature
Project Title:
Multicultural America in the Making: Perspectives from Literature and Life Stories

Dr. Chengri Ding
Home Institution: University of Maryland, College Park
Host Institution:
Zhengzhou University
Field of Study:
Urban Planning
Project Title:
Strategy Study on Sustainable and Climate Friendly Growth on Zhengzhou Megacity Development

Dr. Richard Doubleday
Home Institution: Louisiana State University & Agricultural & Mechanical College
Host Institution: 
Sichuan University
Field of Study: 
Design
Project Title: 
The Revitalization of Chinese Graphic Design Practice and Education Since 1978

Dr. Robert Gurval
Home Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Host Institution:
Shanghai Normal University
Field of Study:
History
Project Title:
Ancient Lives in Modern China: Teaching Greek and Roman Biography in Shanghai

Dr. Ka Man Calvin Hui
Home Institution: College of William and Mary
Host Institution: University of Hong Kong
Field of Study: Chinese Studies
Project Title: The People’s Republic of Copycats: “Shanzhai” Cultures in Globalizing China

Dr. Tina Johnson
Home Institution: Saint Vincent College
Host Institution:
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Field of Study:
History
Project Title:
Women’s Health in Twentieth-Century China

Dr. Xurong Kong
Home Institution: Kean University
Host Institution: Hong Kong Chu Hai College
Field of Study: Chinese Studies
Project Title: Borrowed Sounds: Reading Poetry Along the Silk Road

Dr. Wendy Leutert
Home Institution: Indiana University, Bloomington
Host Institution: Beijing Normal University / Peking University
Field of Study: Political Science
Project Title: The International Origins of China’s National Champions

Dr. Silvia Lindtner
Home Institution: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Host Institution:
New York University, Shanghai
Field of Study:
Social Sciences
Project Title:
From Farm to Dataset: How China’s AI is Changing the Future of Agriculture

Dr. Chan Lu
Home Institution: University of Washington
Host Institution:
Hunan University
Field of Study:
Linguistics
Project Title:
Multilingualism and Biliteracy in Central China

Dr. Bowen McBeath
Home Institution: Portland State University
Host Institution:
University of Science and Technology
Field of Study:
Social Work
Project Title:
Second-stage Analysis of Chinese Nonprofit Human Service Delivery and Coordination During COVID-19

Robert Najlis
Home Institution: Unaffiliated
Host Institution:
China Academy of Art
Field of Study:
Fine Arts
Project Title:
Chinese Painting in a Contemporary and Cross-Cultural Context

Dr. William Nitzky
Home Institution: California State University, Chico
Host Institution: Shandong University
Field of Study: Anthropology
Project Title: Comparative Museology: An Examination of Museum Training and Practice in China

Dr. Xia Shi
Home Institution: New College of Florida
Host Institution:
Fudan University
Field of Study:
History
Project Title:
Concubines in Public: Embodied Subjects and the Politics of the Private in Republican China

Dr. Jon von Kowallis
Home Institution: University of New South Wales
Host Institution:
Fudan University
Field of Study:
Literature
Project Title:
Lai Sheng-chuan and the Emergence of Taiwan Soft-power on Mainland China

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