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Iza Ding (Ph.D. Harvard, 2016) is an Associate Professor of Political Science. Her research explores the paradoxes and pushbacks associated with modernization in economic, political, and cultural contexts, emphasizing creative resistance to institutional rigidities and the enduring effects of historical memories amidst rapid socioeconomic transformations. She examines humans' simultaneous degradation of nature while maintaining an attachment to it. Ding is the author of 'Performative State: Public Scrutiny Environmental Governance in China' (Cornell University Press, 2022) and is currently working on a monograph focused on global historical waves of environmentalism. Her work engages with complex themes such as environmental politics, climate change, political regimes, and comparative historical analysis.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science