Dr. Andrew Mertha

Biography

Andrew Mertha is the George Sadie Hyman Professor of China Studies and Director of the SAIS China Global Research Center at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. He has held several academic positions, including Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs and International Research Cooperation at SAIS and professor at Cornell University and Washington University in St. Louis. Mertha has published multiple scholarly works, including 'Politics of Piracy: Intellectual Property in Contemporary China' (2005) and 'China’s Water Warriors: Citizen Action and Policy Change' (2008). His expertise encompasses regions such as China and Cambodia, with a focus on topics including Bureaucracy, Institutions, Leninist Party Systems, and US-China Relations. In addition to his academic contributions, Mertha has provided public testimony before the US-China Economic Security Review Commission and has been featured in major media outlets like National Public Radio, BBC, and The Wall Street Journal. He received his PhD from the University of Michigan and is originally from New York City.

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