Faculty & Staff

As a faculty, we aim to train our students to not only be proficient in the Chinese language, but to give our students a thorough understanding of the culture, history, politics, and religions of one of the largest and most ancient countries in the world. 

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Faculty

Huai Bao

  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Chinese Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Chinese and East Asian Gender and Sexuality Studies
  • Chinese Performance and Indigenous Musical Theatre
  • Chinese Diasporic Literature and Cinema
  • Inter-Asia Communications and Asian Transnational Studies
  • Chinese and East Asian Folklore
Huai Bao

Jonathan Berkey

  • James B. Duke Professor of History | Chair of Chinese Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • The Middle East
  • The Islamic World
Jonathan Berkey

Graham Bullock

  • Associate Professor of Political Science | Faculty Director of the Deliberative Citizenship Initiative | Director of Davidson in China | Director of the Sustainability Information Lab

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • U.S. Politics
  • Environmental Politics and Policy
  • Citizenship and Deliberative Policymaking
  • Eco-Labels and Sustainability Ratings
  • China / East Asia
Graham Bullock

Fuji Lozada

  • Senior Associate Dean of the Faculty | Professor of Anthropology

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • China/East Asia
  • Food Studies
  • Science and Technology Studies
  • Environmental Policy
  • Digital Media
Fuji Lozada

Dasa Mortensen

  • Assistant Professor of History
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Rachel Pang

  • Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Tibetan Buddhism
  • Buddhist life writing, song, poetry
  • Non-Sectarianism
  • Shabkar
  • Buddhist nationalism
Rachel Pang

Shelley Rigger

  • Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty | Brown Professor of Asian Politics

shrigger@davidson.edu

704-894-2505

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Shelley Rigger

Ping Shao

  • Associate Professor of Chinese Studies
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Vivian Shen

  • Professor of Chinese Studies
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Yiting Tsai

  • Senior Lecturer of Chinese Studies | Chinese Language Coordinator

mitsai@davidson.edu

704-894-3086

Pronouns: ²õ³ó±ð/她

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Yiting Tsai

Yukina Zhang

  • Assistant Professor of Art and Chinese Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Art of East Asia
  • Art of Central Asia

yuzhang1@davidson.edu

704-894-2663

Pronouns: she/her/hers

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Staff

Debbie Booth

  • Departmental Coordinator

debooth@davidson.edu

704-894-2073

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Pronouns: she/her/hers

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