Harvard University University of California Berkeley University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa University of Michigan University of Southern California New York University University of Oregon Columbia University University of Pennsylvania The University of Chicago Princeton University University of Pittsburgh University of Wisconsin–Madison Indiana University The University of Kansas Michigan State University University of Virginia Duke University The Ohio State University Yale University University of California San Diego University of Illinois Northwestern University Pennsylvania State University University of Minnesota University of Washington Cornell University Rutgers The State University of New Jersey Washington University in St. Louis University of Notre Dame The University of Iowa The University of Utah UCLA University of Massachusetts Amherst Rice University The University of Texas at Austin University of California Santa Barbara Oklahoma State University The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Arizona State University Boston College Boston University Georgetown University Johns Hopkins University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Stanford University The George Washington University Georgia Institute of Technology The University of Arizona University of California Davis University of Colorado Boulder University of Georgia Vanderbilt University Dartmouth College Emory University Purdue University Temple University The University of Oklahoma The University of Tennessee Knoxville Louisiana State University University of Delaware University of Louisville University of Maryland University of South Carolina Stony Brook University SUNY Tulane University University of Rochester North Carolina State University Ohio University Texas A&M University Brown University University of Florida Iowa State University State University of New York at Albany Texas Tech University University of California Riverside University of Kentucky Florida State University Kent State University The University of New Mexico University of California Irvine University of Miami University of Missouri Washington State University Howard University University of Connecticut Auburn University Southern Illinois University Carbondale The University of Alabama University at Buffalo SUNY University of Cincinnati University of Nebraska–Lincoln Wayne State University Smithsonian Libraries State University of New York at Fredonia University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Virginia Commonwealth University Colorado State University

Allen J Clayton-Greene

美国 New York University Research Scholar U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI)


China with Walmart, and research with Beijing-based consulting firm China Policy. Chinese criminal law and procedure, digital and cyber-security, Constitutional law and international human rights law.


LL.M degree from New York University School of Law in 2014 combined B.A./LL.B (Hons) degree from The University of Melbourne in 2007


worked as a litigation attorney with Australian law firm, Allens Arthur Robinson

Alvin Y.H. Cheung

美国 New York University Non-Resident Affiliated Scholar U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI)


the implementation of "One Country, Two Systems" in Hong Kong and Macau, China's approach to international law, and the relationship between trade policy and intellectual property


NYU (LL.M. in International Legal Studies, 2014) Cambridge (M.A. 2011)

Beth Katzoff

美国 New York University Part-Time East Asian Studies Librarian Humanities & Social Sciences


East Asian Studies reference, instruction, and acquisitions for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean materials (in original script and English) in the library

Daniel Guttman

美国 New York University Non-Resident Affiliated Scholar U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI)


Senate investigations of government management, and UNDP China and EU China foreign expert on environmental law.


Executive Director of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Human Radiation Experiments, Commissioner of the U.S. Occupational Safety

Ethan Harkness

美国 New York University Associate Professor Department of East Asian Studies


Early Chinese cultural history and technical traditions (e.g. agriculture, medicine, calendrical science, divination, and structured play and games); history of science; pre-Buddhist history of religion; Chinese paleography and excavated manuscripts


B.A. 1992, Harvard University B.S. 1997, National Taiwan University M.S. 2000, Brandeis University Ph.D. 2011, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago

Eva Pils

美国 New York University Non-Resident Affiliated Scholar U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI)


human rights, authoritarianism, and law in China


studied law, philosophy and sinology in Heidelberg, London and Beijing PhD in law from University College London


Reader in Transnational Law at The Dickson Poon School of Law at King’s College London


human rights, public law, and law and society in China

Hsueh-man Shen

美国 New York University Ehrenkranz Associate Professor in World Art The Institute of Fine Arts


the art and archaeology of medieval China, with a focus on the period from the eighth to the twelfth centuries


National Taiwan University (B.A. and M.A.); University of Oxford (D.Phil.)

Jing Wang

美国 New York University Assistant Research Scholar Department of East Asian Studies


Modern and contemporary Chinese literature and film Chinese classics Chinese and western women writers Representation of the City in Chinese Cinema


B.A. Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing University, 1986

Jonathan Hay

美国 New York University Ailsa Mellon Bruce Professor, The Institute of Fine Arts


Yale University, Department of the History of Art, 1981-1989 Ph. D, 1989. Dissertation: "Shitao's Late Work (1697-1707): A Thematic. Map." Adviser: Richard M. Barnhart. Edinburgh University, Department of Chinese, 1980-1981. M.Phil./Ph.D. program. Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, Department of Art History, 1979-1980. Specialization: Chinese art of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Beijing Lang...


New York University, Institute of Fine Arts: 2012-2015 Deputy Director for Faculty and Administration 2006- Ailsa Mellon Bruce Professor 2003-2006 Professor 1996-2003 Associate Professor New York University, Institute of Fine Arts: 1990-1996 Assistant Professor New York University, Department of Fine Arts: 1989-1990 Assistant Professor 1987-1989 Lecturer École pratique des Hautes Études, Paris ...

Justin Parrott

美国 New York University Librarian for Acquisitions and Middle East Studies NYU Abu Dhabi Library


Arabic and Chinese language, Arab crossroads, Legal studies, Mathematics Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (NYU Abu Dhabi Library) Religion (NYU Abu Dhabi Library) Arabic (NYU Abu Dhabi Library) Language-learning (NYU Abu Dhabi Library) Mathematics (NYU Abu Dhabi Library) Law (NYU Abu Dhabi Library)

Xin Li

美国 New York University Senior Language Lecturer Department of East Asian Studies


Curriculum Development; Translation


B.A. 2010, Chinese Language and Literature, Henan University M.A. 2012, TCSOL, Beijing Foreign Studies University

Yu-Jie Chen

美国 New York University Non-Resident Affiliated Scholar U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI)


Law


J.S.D. and L.L.M. degrees from NYU School of Law LL.M. and LL.B. from National Chengchi University in Taiwan


served as a researcher and advocate for the non-governmental organization Human Rights in China

Thelma K. Thomas

美国 New York University Director Graduate Studies


B.A. 1980, Bryn Mawr College; M.A. 1982, New York University; PhD 1990, New York University

Todd Foley

美国 New York University Faculty Fellow Department of East Asian Studies


Modern Chinese literature & film Translation ideas of humanity and animality in modern and contemporary Chinese literature


B.A. East Asian Studies, Ancient Greek Language & Literature, Oberlin College, 2006 M.A. Comparative Literature, Dartmouth College, 2007 Ph.D. Modern & Contemporary Chinese Literature, East Asian Studies, NYU, 2015

Xiaoxiao Jiao

美国 New York University Senior Language Lecturer Department of East Asian Studies


Chinese fiction, Chinese language pedagogy, comparative literature


B.A. English Language and Literature, Sichuan International Studies University M.A. English and French Literature, Shanghai Teachers University

张旭东Xudong Zhang

美国 New York University Professor Department of Comparative Literature


critical theory; modernism and modernity; theories of representation, narrative, and interpretation; political philosophy; aesthetics; and twentieth century Chinese literature and culture.


1990-95 Ph.D., Duke University (Graduate Program in Literature) 1982-86 BA, Peking University (Department of Chinese Language and Literature)


2005 Professor of Comparative Literature and Professor of East Asian Studies, New York University 2001 Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Chinese, New York University 1999 Assistant Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literature, New York University 1995 Assistant Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literature, Rutgers University

Yue (Angela) Zhuo

美国 New York University Non-Resident Affiliated Scholar U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI)


crime and law, substance abuse and mental health, and intergenerational family dynamics in both Chinese and American societies.


LL.B. as well as B.A. in English from Tianjin University, M.A. in economics from Nankai University Ph.D. in sociology (with concentrations in criminology and demography) from SUNY-Albany.


Associate Professor of Criminology and Sociology at St. John’s University

Carl Minzner

美国 New York University Program Affiliate Scholar School of Law


Chinese law and governance, particularly judicial reform, social unrest, and state-society relations


served as an Associate Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis Senior Counsel for the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.

Chi Yin

美国 New York University Research Scholar U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI)


China's recently revised Criminal Procedure Law


LL.M. from NYU in 2013 LL.B and Master’s of Law from Sichuan University


served as a judge in the Intermediate Court of the greater Chengdu Municipality.

David Ratzan

美国 New York University Head Institute for the Study of the Ancient World Library


Institute for the Study of the Ancient World classics, ancient social history, and papyrology the ancient Mediterranean, across the Near East and Central Asia, to China

Frank K Upham

美国 New York University Faculty Advisor U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI)


Property, Law, and Development, and courses on comparative law and society with an emphasis on East Asia and the developing world

Hanyu Xiao

美国 New York University Language Lecturer Department of East Asian Studies


Chinese language pedagogy Second language assessment Chinese syntax acquisition


B.A. 2010, Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, East China Normal University, International College of Chinese Studies M.A. 2012 Teaching English to Students of Other Languages, Columbia University Teachers College

Jerome A Cohen

美国 New York University Faculty Director Emeritus U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI)


Chinese law and government Asian law, specifically focusing on legal institutions, criminal justice reform, dispute resolution, human rights and the role of international law relating to China and Taiwan

Laurence Coderre

美国 New York University Director of Undergraduate Studies Department of East Asian Studies


Modern Chinese cultural studies Material culture Socialism and postsocialism The Cultural Revolution Third World internationalism Disability studies


A.B. 2007, Music and East Asian Studies, Harvard University A.M. 2009, Regional Studies-East Asia, Harvard University, Ph.D. 2015, Chinese, UC Berkeley

Michele Matteini

美国 New York University Assistant Professor The Institute of Fine Arts


painting and material culture of late imperial China, from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century.


PhD in Chinese Art History at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, with a dissertation titled, “Painting in the Age of Evidential Scholarship (kaozheng): Luo Ping’s Late Years, ca. 1770-1799.” M.A. from the Institute of Fine Arts, and a B.A. in Chinese Language and Literature from the University of Venice, Ca’ Foscari.


taught at Reed College and Oberlin College

Prita Meier

美国 New York University Associate Professor of Art History Department of Art History


Art and architecture of Africa; port cities and visual cultures of the Indian Ocean world; comparative urbanism; the cultural dimension of globalization; modernity in Africa; Islamic arts of Africa; histories of photography in Africa


PhD, Harvard University; MA, University of Iowa; BA, University of Florida

Ren Ito

美国 New York University Senior Fellow U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI)


the strategic implications of the maritime disputes in the South China Sea and the East China Sea, and how Japan, the US and China view sovereignty and international law of the sea


LL.M. from NYU School of Law LL.B. from the University of Tokyo. M.A. in East Asian Studies from Stanford University.

Roderick B. Campbell

美国 New York University Associate Professor East Asian Archaeology and History


Chinese Bronze age, especially the Anyang period (ca. 1250-1050 BCE). theorizing violence and early complex polities to historiography and more recently visual culture and ancient economy


from Harvard with a dual degree in anthropology (archaeology)


Director of Graduate Studies, Spring 2019-Spring 2021

Ruobing Wei

美国 New York University Language Lecturer Department of East Asian Studies


Language assessment and measurement Phonology Pedagogical Grammar


B.A. 2010, Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Nanjing Normal University M.A. 2012, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Teachers College, Columbia University

Sida Liu

美国 New York University Non-Resident Affiliated Scholar U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI)


LL.B. degree from Peking University Law School Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Chicago


Associate Professor of Sociology and Law at the University of Toronto Faculty Fellow at the American Bar Foundation

Wenteng Shao

美国 New York University Language Lecturer Department of East Asian Studies


Chinese Language Pedagogy


B.A. 2002, British and American Literature, Nankai University M.A. 2005, Comparative Literature, Tsinghua University M.A. 2012, Asian Studies, Cornell University

Xiaohong Hou

美国 New York University Acting Chinese Language Coodinator Department of East Asian Studies


Chinese language pedagogy Foreing language assessment and teaching Chinese syntax acquisition


B.A. 2001, Chinese Language and Literature, Henan University M.A. 2004, Linguistics & Applied linguistics, Beijing Normal University M.A. 2014, Foreign Language Education, New York University

Aaron M. Halegua

美国 New York University Program Affiliate Scholar School of Law


labor and employment law, dispute resolution, legal aid and access to justice, labor trafficking, labor issues involving “One Belt, One Road” investments, and corporate social responsibility and supply chains in the United States, China, and internationally.

Catherine Liu

美国 New York University Senior Language Lecturer Department of East Asian Studies


Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.


B.A. 2002, Chinese Language and Literature, Nankai University M.A. 2006, Linguistics & Chinese Pedagogy, Beijing Language and Culture University

Chen Gao

美国 New York University Senior Language Lecturer Department of East Asian Studies


Chinese textbook development, curriculum design, teacher training and Chinese language pedagogy.


B.A. 2002, Chinese Language and Literature, Shanxi University M.A. 2007, Curriculum and Chinese Pedagogy, Beijing Language and Culture University M.A. 2014, Foreign Language Education, New York University

Cong Zhou

美国 New York University Language Lecturer Department of East Asian Studies


Second language assessment, Second language acquisition, Chinese language pedagogy, Teacher training.


M.A. 2010, Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Beijing Language and Culture University B.A. 2007, Chinese Language and Literature, Tsinghua University

Elias Blood-Patterson

美国 New York University Program Manager & Research Scholar U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI)


international maritime disputes and sovereignty in the Antarctic Ocean and South China Sea issues of criminal procedure and legal ethics Chinese criminal procedure, the use of technology to assist judicial decision-making, and international law as a tool for interstate dispute resolution.


J.D. from New York University School of Law in 2014


worked as the Robert L. Bernstein Fellow for International Human Rights at the New York-based NGO, Human Rights in China

Ira Belkin

美国 New York University Senior Research Scholar U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI)


China, Law


J.D. from New York University School of Law, Belkin master’s degree in Chinese studies from Seton Hall University bachelor’s degree from SUNY Albany


served as USALI’s first executive director from September 2012 to July 2019 taught Chinese language at Middlebury College

Jiayi Xu

美国 New York University Language Lecturer Department of East Asian Studies


B.A. 2011, Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, East China Normal University M.A. 2013, Bilingual/Bicultural Education, Columbia University

Katherine Wilhelm

美国 New York University Executive director U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI)


China’s legal system, public interest law organizations and civil society juvenile justice, criminal procedure, women’s rights, media law, and government information disclosure


J.D. from Columbia Law School master’s degree in East Asian studies from Harvard University master’s in journalism from Columbia University bachelor’s degree in history from Niagara University

Lillian Lan-Ying Tseng

美国 New York University Associate Professor East Asian Art and Archaeology


Chinese art and archaeology


B.A. and M.A. in History from National Taiwan University Ph.D. in History of Art and Architecture from Harvard University


served as Associate Professor in the Department of the History of Art at Yale University

Margaret Lewis

美国 New York University Non-Resident Affiliated Scholar U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI)


law in mainland China and Taiwan with an emphasis on criminal justice.


Fulbright Senior Scholar at National Taiwan University

Moss Roberts

美国 New York University Professor Department of East Asian Studies


Chinese philosophy, literature, language, Japanese literature, modern Asian history. Currently working on a study of Asia in the 20th century.


B.A. 1958, Columbia University M.A. 1960, English, Columbia University Ph.D. 1966, Chinese, Columbia University

Peter A Dutton

美国 New York University Adjunct Professor School of Law


Chinese views of sovereignty and international law and how those views are shaped by geostrategic and historical factors.


J.D. from the College of William and Mary Ph.D. from King’s College London


Professor of Strategic Studies at the U.S. Naval War College, where he teaches courses on Chinese conceptions of governance retired Navy Judge Advocate and former Naval Flight Officer.

Qinghua Xu

美国 New York University Head of Access Services and STEM Librarian NYU Shanghai Library


Chemistry (NYU Shanghai Library) Physics (NYU Shanghai Library) Technology & Applied Science (NYU Shanghai Library) Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Neural Science, Physics, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Research Institute, Chinese Program

Shiqi Liao

美国 New York University Senior Language Lecturer Department of East Asian Studies


Chinese language pedagogy Classical and modern Chinese literature translation


B.A. 1986, English Language and Literature, University of International Relations (Formerly know as Institute of International Relations) M.A. 1989, Comparative Literature, Peking University