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Hopkins-Nanjing Center Professors 2009-2010

American Faculty

Anuj Desai,  Visiting Professor of International Law

William Douglas,  Fei-Yi Ming Visiting Professor of Political Science

Jan Kiely,  American Director of the Hopkins-Nanjing Center  & Associate Professor of History

Jonathan Leightner,  Visiting Professor of International Economics

Lynda Oswald,  Visiting Professor of International Law

Meredith Oyen,  Resident Assistant Professor of American History

Thomas Warke,  Resident Professor of International Economics

Adam Webb,  Resident Assistant  Professor of Political Science

Chinese Faculty

Cai Jiahe is the Deputy Director for Academic Affairs at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center and Professor of International Relations at Nanjing University. He received a Ph.D. in the History of International Relations from NJU in 1992 and was twice a Visiting Scholar in the U.S.: at SAIS from 1985 to 1986 and as a Fulbright Scholar at Ohio University in 1994. Professor Cai’s research and teaching interests include American diplomatic history and post-Cold War relations.

Dong Guoqiang earned a Ph.D. in Modern Chinese History from Nanjing University in 2002. Dong currently serves as Associate Professor of History at NJU, where he teaches graduate courses on Mao Zedong and Chinese history since 1949. His research interests focus on land and peasant policy of the CCP and KMT.

Fan Ke received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Washington University in 2001. He is a Professor of Sociology at Nanjing University and the Director of the Institution of Socio-Cultural Anthropology at NJU. He has taught at the Center since 2006 where past courses include Chinese Society & Culture and Social Science Research Methods. He writes on Muslim identity in China and has published several articles in Dushu.

Feng Chuan is an Assistant Professor in the School of Law of Nanjing University and a lecturer at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center.  He received his Ph.D. from Southeast University, China in 2008.  He is an alumna of the Center and received his masters degree from Nanjing University in 2004.  His teaching interests include comparative legal cultures, Chinese Constitution and the Chinese legal system and its reform.  His research concerns a study on ethics in Hegel's Philosophy of Rights.

Hua Tao, Professor of Sociology at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, earned his Ph.D. in History (with focus on Chinese national minorities) from Nanjing University in 1989. From 1992 to 1993, Hua was a visiting scholar at the Harvard-Yanching Institute at Harvard University. In 2002, Professor Hua organized a workshop on “The Dialogue Between Chinese Muslim and Non-Muslim Scholars” with the support of NJU and the Harvard-Yanching Institute. He has taught at the Center since 1994, mostly focusing on courses such as Ethnic Minorities in Chinese Society.

Liu Houjun earned his M.A. at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany in 1982 and is currently a Professor of International Business and Vice Dean of the Business School at Nanjing University. He has twice studied abroad as a visiting scholar at Missouri-Columbia University in 1986 and again in 1995 at the University of Liverpool in Britain. Professor Liu is Chairman of the Foreign Economics Association of Jiangsu Province and teaches Microeconomics at the Center. In the fall of 2006, he team-taught a Center course entitled Comparative Chinese & American Economies.

Lu Xiaobo completed his Ph.D. in Political Science at East China Normal University in 1993. He was a visiting scholar at Grinnell College in Iowa in 2000. Lu is a Professor of Political Science at NJU and teaches courses on Modern Chinese Politics at the Center. He also writes on contemporary Chinese government and politics.

Ren Donglai, Professor of International Relations at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, earned a Ph.D. in World History from Nankai University. He is a 1987 graduate of the Center and teaches Center courses on Contemporary Sino-U.S. Relations and the History of the Cold War. Professor Ren previously taught at Drake University in Iowa.

Shi Bin is a ’94 graduate of the Center and earned a Ph.D. in International History form Nanjing University in 2000. He serves as Associate Professor of International Studies at Nanjing University and teaches Center classes on Contemporary International Politics, Strategic Studies, and International Security. His most recent research has covered moral and ethical issues in international relations.

Shu Jianzhong earned a Ph.D. in International Relations from Nanjing University in 2004. He previously spent 5 years working in the Nanjing office of Huafa Group Inc. based in Hong Kong. He is a Professor in the History department at Nanjing University and has taught a Center course on International Political Economy.

Wang Changjiang received his M.S. in 2000 from the Masstricht School of Management in the Netherlands and a Ph.D. in Finance from Nanjing University in 2005. He a Professor of Business at Nanjing University and teaches graduate and MBA courses on Investment Banking and Financial Markets & Derivatives. Professor Wang currently teaches Financial Investment at the Center. 

Xiao Zesheng, Associate Professor of Law at Nanjing University, is nearing completion of his Ph.D. in Constitution & Administrative Law at NJU. He is a lawyer at Zhongshan Mingjing Law Firm in Jiangsu Province and a Legislation Consultant for the Nanjing People’s Congress Standing Committee. Professor Xiao teaches a Chinese Constitution course at the Center and currently focuses his research on constitutional and public property law.

Xie Jianguo, Associate Professor of International Economics and Trade at Nanjing University, completed his Ph.D. in International Economics at Nankai University in 2004. He has recently published articles on foreign direct investment, lobbying and trade unions, tariffs and free trade, and game theory analyses of stock market regulation as well as Iraq weapons inspections. Professor Xie currently teaches Game Theory at the Center.

Yang Huizhong, Associate Professor of Criminal Law at Nanjing University, is currently working towards a Ph.D. at Jilin University. He is a lawyer at Zhibang Law Firm in Jiangsu Province and also serves as a researcher at NJU’s Crime Prevention and Control Institute. From 1992 to 1995, Professor Yang served as a Judge in Qitai People’s Court of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. He teaches Chinese Criminal Law at the Center.

Yuan Zhitian, Associate Professor of Economics at Nanjing University, is currently finishing his Ph.D. in International Economy at NJU. He previously worked as a Manager at Yangzhou Foreign Trade Corp. and as a Reporter and Editor at Jiangsu TV Station. Professor Yuan has a strong background in mathematics and teaches courses on Globalization at the Center.

Yu Jinping completed a Ph.D. in International Economics at Osaka Prefecture University in Japan in 1999. He is a Professor of Business at Nanjing University and a member of the Council of Chinese Association of World Economics. Professor Yu’s research has previously focused on Japanese investment in China and bilateral trade between the two countries. He teaches Econometrics at the Center.

Zhai Xuewei received his Ph.D. in History from Nanjing University in 2002. He is a Professor of Sociology at NJU and teaches Chinese Interpersonal Relationships at the Center as well as social psychology courses at NJU.

Zhao Shudong, Professor of Economics at Nanjing University, earned his B.A. in Economics from NJU in 1982. From 1992 to 1993, he was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Sothern Illinois University and Boston College. Professor Zhao has published two books on futures options and markets and has taught at the Center for over 10 years. He most recently offered a course on East Asian Economies. 

Zhang Renshan earned his Ph.D. with a focus on the History of Chinese Law from Nanjing University in 1996 and is currently a Professor of Law and Head of Faculty at NJU. His published works include a book on legal transition and social change in the Qing dynasty and, more recently, a book on judicial corruption in China. Professor Zhang teaches History & Philosophy of Law in China at the Center.

Zheng Anguang, a Professor of History at Nanjing University, earned his Ph.D. in International Relations from Nanjing University in 2004. In 2005, he spent three months doing research on the role of NGO’s in conflict resolution at Bristol University in Britain. He has organized and guided student simulations of the U.N. Security Council conference and of negotiations in the Korean Peninsula. Professor Zheng teaches a Center course on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution.

Zhou Changzheng, Associate Professor of Law at Nanjing University, earned his Ph.D. in Labor Law from Peking University in 2001. In 2004, he studied as a visiting scholar at the Norwegian Center for Human Rights at Oslo University. Professor Zhou has published articles on labor standards, worker’s rights, and the difficulty of invoking labor laws in enterprises that receive foreign investment. His research on Chinese labor issues has taken him inside factories and workshops to interview workers and help assess potential options for legal recourse.

Zhou Guiyin completed his Ph.D. in International Relations at Nanjing University in 1999. While working on his doctorate, he spent six months as a visiting scholar at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. From 2001 to 2002, Professor Zhou served as a Military Observer for the U.N. Mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC). He is currently a Professor of International Relations at Nanjing International Studies University and teaches Strategic Studies at the Center.