Non-Resident Scholars
Mettursun BEYDULLA, United States
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Reiko NISHIDA, Japan
Email: nishida.reiko@gwu.edu
Affiliation: The Institution of Comparative Law, Waseda University
Research Topic: Employment and Labor Law, Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law, Disability Law
Research Term: October 2024 – April 2025
Ömer ASLAN, Turkey
Email: omer.aslan@aybu.edu.tr
Affiliation: Associate Professor, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University
Research Topic:Turkey’s South Asia Policies during the Cold War
Research Term: September 2024 – August 2025
Shao XIAO, China
Email: shaoxiao3517@vip.163.com
Affiliation: Associate Professor, Jinan University
Research Topic: The Relationship between South Vietnam and the United States
Research Term: September 2024 – August 2025
Emily UPSON, United Kingdom
Email: emily.upson@email.gwu.edu
Affiliation: PhD Candidate, Newcastle University
Research Topic: Transnational Advocacy Networks for Uyghur Human Rights
Research Term: October – December 2024
Abdul Wahid GULRANI, Afghanistan
Email: abdul.gulrani@email.gwu.edu
Affiliation: Affiliate/Visiting Scholar, George Mason University
Research Topic: Scrutinizing the Violence Experienced by the Afghan Women During the Taliban Reign (2021-2024)
Research Term: May 2024 – July 2025
Win Myo THU, Myanmar and the United Kingdom
Email: win.thu@email.gwu.edu
Affiliation: Executive Director, Association of Advancing Life and Regenerating Motherland
Research Topics: Environmental Justice Movement and Armed Conflict in Myanmar
Research Term: April 2024 – April 2025
