Welcome! My name is Jack Zhang. I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Kansas (KU). I received my Ph.D. from the University of California San Diego (UCSD). I am a Public Intellectual Fellow with the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. I was a Wilson China Fellow at the Wilson Center in 2021-2022 and a postdoctoral research fellow at the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton University in 2018-2019. My research explores the political economy of trade and conflict in East Asia.
My research and teaching interests include international political economy, international security, foreign policy analysis, Chinese foreign policy, and U.S.-China relations. My research has been supported by the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the Minerva Research Initiative, the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, and the Smith Richardson Foundation. I have also received the KUIA Advisory Board International Teaching Award, Grant Goodman Undergraduate Mentor Award, and other awards for my teaching and mentoring.