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Yuan-kang Wang |
Dr. Yuan-kang Wang holds a joint appointment in the Department Sociology and the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Western Michigan University. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Chicago. Before joining WMU, Dr. Wang was an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Northern Illinois University, a Visiting Fellow in the Brookings Institution’s Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, an Assistant Professor of Diplomacy at National Chengchi University in Taiwan, and an International Security Fellow in the Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
Dr. Wang specializes in international relations, East Asian security, and Chinese foreign policy. He is the author of Harmony and War: Confucian Culture and Chinese Power Politics (Columbia University Press, 2011). He has also published a variety of journal articles related to China, Taiwan, and the United States. Dr. Wang has received fellowships and grants from various sources, including Andrew Mellon Foundation and Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation.
Dr. Wang’s teaching interests include international relations, international conflict, East Asian security, Chinese foreign policy, and research methods.