Her research is at the intersection of epistemology and moral philosophy with connections to psychology. In particular, she investigates how social and political factors, like social power and authority, can impact the way that people reason, and asks what we can do about it. Her teaching interests at Duke Kunshan include ethics and leadership, U.S. studies, philosophy and psychology. McWilliams has a B.A. (summa cum laude) in philosophy, linguistics and psychology from Tulane University and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard University.

His research interests include distributive justice, environmental ethics, children's rights, and the philosophy of welfare economics. At Duke Kunshan, he teaches courses in ethics and at the intersection of economics and political philosophy. He has published papers in leading philosophy journals including Philosophy & Public Affairs, Journal of Medical Ethics, and the Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy. Before joining Duke Kunshan, he was a visiting assistant professor of philosophy and political science at the London School of Economics (LSE).

Her research encompasses the intersection of language learning and teaching, intercultural competence development, and perspective transformation, with a particular focus on international education. She is also investigating the effects of curriculum ideologies on glottophobia and epilinguistic behaviors, as well as Native American language revitalization. Mauldin-Chiocca has B.A.s in history and English and an M.A. in history from the University of Bordeaux Montaigne, France, and a Ph.D.

His archaeological work focuses on the southern Lake Chad Basin of Central Africa. His main research interests are in state formation processes in Africa, international cultural heritage management issues, the archaeological study of ethnicity and social boundaries, and African and global archaeogenetics. His most recent book is "Searching for Boko Haram: A History of Violence in Central Africa." His teaching interests at Duke Kunshan include cultures and movements, anthropology and archaeology, and courses that connect to global health and environmental science. MacEachern has a B.A.

His research focuses on service provision in authoritarian regimes and the incentive structure of developing nations in providing social welfare benefits, as well as how individuals are impacted by and react to state narratives and ideology. His primary interest is in finding new ways of unlocking data to better understand individual-level outcomes in China. His teaching interests at Duke Kunshan include political economy, institutions and governance, and political science. MacDonald has a B.A. in history and an M.A. in East Asian studies from Stanford University, and an M.Phil and Ph.D.

His broad research interests are climate variability, weather extremes, and atmospheric dynamics. The essential motivation for his research is to better understand and predict the behavior of the climate system, which has led to his focus on the variability of the large-scale atmospheric circulation and the related weather extremes. His teaching interests at Duke Kunshan include environmental science and physics. He has had papers published in leading academic journals including Nature Communications, Journal of Climate, and Journal of Atmospheric Sciences.

Her research interest centers on population aging, social change, and welfare policies within a global context. Her current research examines elder care (long-term care) experiences, practices, and policies in the Global South (China and other developing countries) and the Global North (the United States and other developed countries). Her teaching interests at Duke Kunshan include China in the world, global aging, and elder care related health policies.

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Her research focuses on bilingual Chinese culture communication. Previously, she taught in the Chinese Conversation Club at Duke University, tutored Chinese one-on-one at a Chinese school in Durham, U.S., and served as publicity officer for the North Carolina Chinese Scholars Sino-U.S. Exchange Association. Liu has a master's degree in teaching Chinese as a foreign language from the Communication University of China.