Professor Dr. Kimberley Manning

Biography

Former Principal of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute and Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies, Kimberley Manning specializes in gender politics in the People's Republic of China. Her work also focuses on equity-seeking research projects in Canada, including efforts to support transgender young people and their families. In her work as a university leader and community organizer, Dr. Manning has co-founded a non-profit organization, supported student-directed projects in institutional equity, and presented before three different committees in the Canadian Senate. She is a 2021 recipient of the Concordia Academic Leadership Award. Dr. Manning received a PhD in Political Science from the University of Washington in 2003, focusing on the informal and institutional dimensions of gender politics in revolutionary China. After a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford University’s Center for East Asian Studies, Dr. Manning co-edited Eating Bitterness and is the author of “The Party Family: Revolutionary Attachments and the Gendered Origins of Chinese State Power.” Dr. Manning has published extensively on topics related to gender and social policy reform, and she currently sits on the Editorial Board of Pacific Affairs.

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