Dr. Ann Thurston

Independent Scholar and China Specialist

Courses Taught: Johns Hopkins University
China in the 21st Century: Challenges to State and Society
Grass-Roots China: Social Change in Contemporary China
Modern Chinese History: Its Relevance for the Present
Research Seminar on China

Education:
Ph.D., University of California, BerkeleyChina's economic reforms and democratization

Expertise:
China's economic reforms and democratization

Publications:
A Chinese Odyssey: The Life and Times of a Chinese Dissident
Enemies of the People: The Ordeal of China's Intellectuals during the Great Cultural Revolution
The Private Life of Chairman Mao  

Current Project:
Social consequences of China's economic reforms and problems of grassroots democratization

Background:
Writes for journals and newspapers including Atlantic Monthly, China Business Review, Wilson Quarterly, China Journal, Washington, Post, Boston Globe, and Christian Science Monitor; served as consultant to the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations; Researcher at the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research at Harvard University; Staff director for China programs at the Social Science Research Council.