Staff

Julia Cai currently oversees programs and activities for the Harvard China Fund and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies.

Karen Christopher has worked in the Asia Center’s financial office since 2000, assisting staff, affiliates, faculty, and students with financial and administrative issues. While the Fairbank Center is her first priority she also supports the other Asia-related research centers.

Charlotte Cotter is the Library Assistant for the Fairbank Center Collection at the H.C. Fung Library, where she works under the supervision of Librarian Nancy Hearst. 

Charlotte graduated from Yale University in 2018 with a B.A. in East Asian Studies focusingRead More

Nick Drake received his BA from Hendrix College and his MA through Harvard's Regional Studies - East Asia program. As a student intern and administrative assistant, Nick helped develop new technical initiatives and programs for the Harvard China Fund andRead More

James Evans manages digital communications, media relations, publicity outreach and graphic design at the Fairbank Center. Previously, James worked in public affairs for Weber Shandwick in Beijing and London and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and has aRead More

Sarah manages the budgets and general administration for the Asia Center, South Asia Institute, Fairbank Center, Korea Institute, and Harvard China Fund.

Mark Grady joined the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies as its events coordinator in December 2013. Previously, he worked as a government contractor managing events for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in domestic and international locations, including Beijing and Guangzhou,Read More

Nancy Hearst is the librarian in the Fairbank Collection of the H.C. Fung Library, where she has worked for many years. She makes periodic trips to China and Hong Kong to select new acquisitions. She also does freelance editing andRead More

Dan Murphy is Executive Director of Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and the Harvard China Fund.

The Fairbank Center’s mission is advance scholarship in all fields of China Studies at Harvard. This mission is achieved by 1) facilitating collaborative research byRead More

Michael Szonyi is Director of the Fairbank Center at Harvard University and Frank Wen-Hsiung Wu Memorial Professor of Chinese History in Harvard’s Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and Department of History.