Eric Eberly

His research interests focus on the intersection of second language pedagogy and peacebuilding, peace education, and trauma symptoms and healing. Eberly has an M.A. in teaching English to speakers of other languages from Azuza Pacific University and is finishing an M.A. in conflict transformation from the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). He has taught at EMU and several universities in China.

Richard Davis

He is a film and media scholar who works on cinematic crossings between Japan, East Asia, and the United States. His first monograph, Sing Your Way to Heaven, describes the collisions between aesthetics, ideology, and pleasure in musical films produced in Imperial Japan during the so-called Fifteen Years' War (1931-45). Two articles from this project have been published: Imaginary Conquests: Folktales, Film, and the Japanese Empire in Asia (Ex-Position 42), and Whose Blue Heaven? Musicality in the Early Japanese Talkies (The Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema 10/1).

Laura Davies

Her research interests include employability in the English-language curriculum, socio-pragmatics and assessment. She currently completing the Cambridge DELTA qualification, specializing in ELT management in higher education. She has been based in China for more than 10 years and has extensive intercultural management experience. Previously, she led a team of over 30 faculty to deliver business English degree programs in Shanghai. She has been based in China for more than 10 years and has extensive intercultural management experience.

Joseph Davies

His current research focuses on socio-pragmatics, learner needs and classroom assessment. He has extensive experience designing, managing and teaching academic and professional English-language courses throughout China. Davies has a First Class B.Sc. (honors) in forensic science and an M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages with Applied Linguistics (distinction) from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). He also holds a Cambridge University DELTA qualification and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).

Jingbo Cui

His research centers on environmental economics, economics of innovation, and international trade. His research has appeared in top academic journals in the fields of environmental and resource economics, agricultural economics and energy economics. Recent projects include economic analysis of climate change, welfare impacts of biofuel policies, and effects of environmental policies on environmental innovation.

Kaley Clements

His research focuses on the intersection of social conflict, climate change and the loss of diversification under the power structures of the globalizing economy. His expertise is in documentary, filmmaking, photography, visual narratives, aural storytelling and soundscape design. He has produced work in Saudi Arabia, Cuba, Mexico, Vietnam and the U.S. His work has been screened internationally and he has curated film exhibitions in Shanghai. Clements has an M.F.A. in experimental and documentary arts from Duke University.

Claudia Nisa

Claudia's scientific agenda is centered around identifying what works to helps us lead healthier and more sustainable lives. Her research program focuses on the effectiveness of behavioral interventions to promote healthy and sustainable living - eg. how to best promote energy savings, reduce food waste, increase cancer screening or blood donation. She translates behavioral science into practice to tackle these critical challenges, and to respond to calls for better informed policies.

HwaYoung Chun

Hwa Young Chun's teaching and research, which are grounded in supporting underserved communities and underrepresented groups, focus on multicultural education/culturally responsive pedagogy (focusing on language teaching and pre-service teacher education) within the diverse classroom in international contexts. She has a varied range of teaching experiences in formal and informal schooling with diverse groups in multiples levels. Previously she has taught Korean language and educational courses in the US. She has a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction at Purdue University.

Nellie Chu

Her research focuses on global supply chains in fashion and the transnational role of migrant entrepreneurs. She has a project on West African and Korean religious communities related to the doctrine of prosperity based in Guangzhou, China.

Jung Choi

Her research focuses on interactions between art and technology, and contemporary visual and media culture, especially on the ways in which artistic and creative practices provide constructive criticism on our contemporary media environments. Her teaching interests at Duke Kunshan include contemporary art and visual culture, media studies and aesthetics. She is a cross-disciplinary theorist and curator who has worked at renowned institutions including Art Center Nabi and the ZKM Karlsruhe. She experiments with different creative methods in digital humanities and arts. Choi has an M.A.