Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Christina Chen is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Academia Sinica in Taiwan. Her fields of interest include trade union development, labor rights protecton, civil socity, accountability in authoritarian systems and China/East Asia. She has a book in progress called "The Politics of Labor Protection in Authoritarian Systems: Evidence from Post-Reform China".
Dissertation:
- "The Politic of Labor Protection in Authoritarian System: Evidence from Labor Law and Enforcement in Post-Reform China"
Conference Presentations:
- “The Politics of Labor Protection in Post-Reform China,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, August 29-September 1, 2013
- “Trade Union Development and Labor Protection in China: The Case of Collective Wage Consultations and Negotiations,” Conference on Chinese Public Governance and State-Society Relations, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, October 12-13, 2012
- “Trade Union Development and Labor Protection in China: The Case of Collective Wage Consultations and Negotiations,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, August 30-September 2, 2012
- “Trade Union Development and Labor Protection in China: The Case of Collective Wage Consultations and Negotiations,” Research Conference on the Chinese Labor Market, NYU Center for Labor and Employment Law and U.S.-Asia Law Institute, New York, NY, May 11-12, 2012
- “The Politics of Labor Protection in Post-Reform China,” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 12-15, 2012
- “The Politics of Labor Protection in Post-Reform China,” Graduate Seminar on China, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, January 4-7, 2012
Fellowships and Honors:
- Postdoctral Fellowship, Academia Sinica 2013-2015
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Southern California 2011-2012
- Mark Twain Teaching Assistantship, UCSD Department of Political Science 2005-2009
- Graduate Fellowship, UCSD International Relations and Pacific Studies 2003-2005
- National Society of Collegiate Scholars, UC Berkeley Chapter 2000-2003
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October 20, 2024
October 20, 2024
Please join us for the Grad Mixer! Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, Enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow students across USC Annenberg. Graduate students from any field are welcome to join, so it is a great opportunity to meet fellow students with IR/foreign policy-related research topics and interests.
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Events
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 3:00pm
Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow international students.
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 4:00pm
Join us for an in-person conversation on Thursday, November 7th at 4pm with author David M. Lampton as he discusses his new book, Living U.S.-China Relations: From Cold War to Cold War. The book examines the history of U.S.-China relations across eight U.S. presidential administrations.