Her research focus is the intersection among religion, gender, urbanization, public good, ethnicity, and charisma. She is especially interested in how people cross religious, ethnic, rural-urban and other boundaries. Her teaching interests at Duke Kunshan include ethnography of China, ethnicity and diversity, and urbanization and changing religious landscapes. She is the editor (with Robert Weller) of "It Happens Among People: Resonances and Extensions of the Work of Fredrik Barth" (Berghahn 2019) and the co-author (with Robert Weller, C.

His research focus is in plant physiological and ecological responses to environmental change. His teaching interests at Duke Kunshan include integrated science, biology and environmental science, especially lifecycle analysis and systems thinking. He has directed environmental science research centers and academic programs at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Oregon State University and North Carolina State University. He also worked in research administration at the U.S. National Science Foundation. Winner has B.A. and M.A.

His research is in mathematical physics, at the intersection of geometry and astrophysics. In particular, he is interested in general relativity, its modifications and applications, such as mathematical properties of gravitational lensing.

His teaching interests center on growth mindset, intrinsic/extrinsic motivation, curriculum development and design, and learner assessment in the classroom. He believes the classroom is a place where students should be encouraged to be risk-takers, develop strategies that lead to autonomous learning and become empowered in their individual pursuits toward achieving success. He started his teaching career in schools in Canada and Japan, and spent nearly 20 years in South Korea, where he lectured at Korea University, Masan University and Changwon University.

Weng's research focus includes language teacher education, second language writing, culturally responsive pedagogy and technology use in educating multilingual students. In particular, she is interested in exploring the intersection among language teacher expertise, agency and identity. Her publications include journal articles, book chapters, book reviews and newsletters.

His work focuses on the intersection of philosophy, the cognitive sciences and emerging technologies. He has two major projects: Improving our understanding of cognition and the mind, and developing policies' ethical outcomes in health, science and technology. His past work includes papers on mental representation, cognitive architecture and reactivity, health ethics, AI ethics and game/media studies. His teaching interests include the philosophy of mind, cognitive/behavioral sciences, artificial intelligence and applied ethics, particularly in global health. Weissglass has a B.A.

Yuan Wang's research interests cover global China, African politics and comparative political economy of development. She is especially interested in African state effectiveness and China's economic and political engagement with Africa. Her teaching interests at Duke Kunshan include China and the world, Sino-African relations, and African politics and development. Her book project investigates why Chinese-financed and Chinese-constructed projects follow starkly contrasting trajectories in different African countries.

Her research focuses on the role of intermarriage and individual achievement as pathways to social mobility in China during a period of rapid economic, social and demographic change. Her current project is about the interaction between demographic changes and assortative mating in contemporary China. Her articles have appeared in journals including Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, American Journal of Public Health, and Contraception. Wang has a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in sociology from Renmin University of China, and an M.Sc. and Ph.D.

Her research merges material science and electromagnetism by tailoring the emission spectra of high temperature emitters with micro-to-nano structures. She worked on those devices and systems for use in the next generation radioisotope batteries to power spacecraft flying beyond Jupiter and into deep space where solar energy is not sufficient to provide any power. She is also interested in silicon photonics, semiconductor devices, and micro-to-nano fabrication process.