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).

崔静波

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.

Jaehee Choi

Her core research agenda centers on understanding how social policies can address labor market inequality and how they can be provided. As a member of the University of Texas Inequality Project (UTIP), she also studies the measurement and movement of global income inequality as well as its political implications. Her teaching fields include policy analysis, U.S. and international social policy, income inequality, and program evaluation. Choi has a B.A. in economics from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in public policy from the University of Texas, Austin.

Chi-Yeung (Jimmy) Choi

Chi-Yeung Choi is an applied ecologist with expertise in animal ecology, conservation biology, wetland ecology and environmental management. He studies the relationship between animals and their environment. Current study systems include the ecology of migratory birds, with a focus on their foraging and movement ecology within and between coastal intertidal wetlands. This requires extensive fieldwork in many places ranging from Alaska and East Asia to Australia and New Zealand.