Faculty and Staff

China Center Director-Kristen Parris

Kristen Parris, Academic Director, (Ph.D.,1992, Indiana University, Department of Political Science.) I have been teaching East Asian and comparative politics for about eighteen years, mostly at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA. My teaching interests include the following: Chinese politics, East Asian Politics, International Relations of East Asia, Democratization, US- China Relations; Citizenship and Nationalism, Politics of Development and Social Transformation. I have been associated with the China Center intermittently since 1996 and will look forward to citing as the academic director and teaching the yearly seminar each semester this year (2009-2010).  Read more...

Academic Director - Liu Wei 刘为

Professor Liu Wei began serving the China Center in 1996 as a regular guest speaker, and in 1997 he became an adjunct faculty member and student Faculty Adviser. Professor Liu Wei, a Chinese intellectual renowned locally and nationally for his forward—thinking and uncompromising individualism, teaches a cultural studies seminar on modern Chinese history in the fall and on Chinese nationalism in the spring. Professor Liu is currently the Academic Director and Advisor for students interested in contemporary Chinese politics.  Read more...

Faculty Advisor - Greg Livingston

Greg A. Livingston, M.Sc., L.Ac., is a licensed Chinese Medicine physician specializing in Chinese Internal Medicine. Dr. Livingston received his Master of Science degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from the Five Branches Institute, College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, in Santa Cruz, California, in 1997. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Zhejiang University of Chinese Medicine in Hangzhou, where he specializes in Chinese Internal Medicine and clinical application of the Shang han lun, one of the most important classical texts of Chinese Medicine. He also has a clinical practice at the North American International Hospital in Hangzhou.  Read more...

Professor Emeritus - Zhan Tianxiang 詹天祥

Professor Zhan Tianxiang joined the Friends World community soon after the Center moved to Hangzhou in 1989. Professor Zhan first began his employment with us as an adjunct lecturer and from 1991-2004 he was a Faculty Adviser. Currently, as Professor Emeritus he continues to teach courses on traditional Chinese philosophy, the city of Hangzhou as a text for understanding traditional Chinese culture and history, and an engaging seminar on the legacy of Chairman Mao during the Chinese Revolution and the Cultural Revolution, landmark periods in modern Chinese history that he experienced firsthand.  Read more...

Administratrative Coordinator - Shentu Yujing 申屠宇静

Shentu Yujing graduated from the Institute of International Relations, Nanjing, in 2001. She has been working as the China Center Administrator since fall semester, 2005.




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