Our Faculty


Center Associates


Kaiyuan (Bill) Wang

Kaiyuan (Bill) Wang
Center Associate, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies

Ellen Widmer

Ellen Widmer
Center Associate; Mayling Soong Professor Emerita of Chinese Studies and Professor Emerita of East Asian Studies, Wellesley College

Robert Weller

Robert Weller
Center Associate; Professor of Anthropology, Boston University

Robert S. Ross

Robert S. Ross
Center Associate; Professor of Political Science, Boston College

Nancy Hearst

Nancy Hearst
Center Associate; Former Librarian, Fairbank Center Collection at the H.C. Fung Library, Harvard University

Our Staff


Mark Wu

Mark Wu
Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University

Mark Grady

Mark Grady
Events Coordinator, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University

Harriet Wong

Harriet Wong
Program Administrator, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University

Sam Maclean

Sam Maclean
Communications Manager, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University

Rory O’Connor

Rory O’Connor
Program Assistant, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University

Marian Stacey

Marian Stacey
Student Outreach, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University
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Our Affiliates


Bowen Sun

Bowen Sun
2025-26 Visiting Scholar; Lecturer, Department of Environmental Design, Shanghai Business School.

Rui Guo

Rui Guo
2024-25 Visiting Scholar, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar, East Asian Legal Studies, Harvard Law School

Our Fellows


Wendy Wan-ting Wang

Wendy Wan-ting Wang
2025-26 Hou Family Postdoctoral Fellow in Taiwan Studies

Graduate Student Associates



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