Political Science
Affiliated Faculty
Honorary Affiliate
Thomas P. Bernstein
Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science
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Faculty
Thomas J. Christensen
James T. Shotwell Professor of International Relations; Director, China and the World Program
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Honorary Affiliate
Gerald Leon Curtis
Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science; Special Research Scholar
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Faculty
Amy L. Freedman
Adjunct Associate Research Scholar; Professor, Pace University
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Associate Member
Shigeo Hirano
Professor of Political Science, Dept of Political Science
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Faculty
Junyan Jiang
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
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Faculty
Seong Uk Kim
Il Hwan and Soonja Cho Associate Professor of Korean Culture and Religion
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Associate Member
Paul Kreitman
Research Scholar; Director, Columbia Summer in Itoshima
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Faculty
Xiaobo Lü
Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Political Science, Barnard College
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Faculty
Yao Lu
Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology
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Adjunct Research Scholar
Ann Marie Murphy
Adjunct Research Scholar; Professor, School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University
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Faculty
Andrew J. Nathan
Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Dept of Political Science
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Faculty
Lien-Hang T. Nguyen
Director, Weatherhead East Asian Institute; Dorothy Borg Associate Professor of the History of American-East Asian Relations, Department of History
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Adjunct Research Scholar
Elizabeth A. Wishnick
Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, WEAI; Senior Research Scientist, CNA
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