Kellee Tsai
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Kellee S. Tsai is an assistant professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University. She wrote her dissertation as an Academy Scholar at the Harvard Academy of International and Area Studies and received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University. She is author of Back-Alley Banking: Private Entrepreneurs in China (2002); Nongyehua yu minjian jinrong: Wenzhou de jingyan [Rural industrialization and informal finance: Insights from Wenzhou] (co-authored with Wang Xiaoyi and Li Renqing, 2004); Japan and China in the World Political Economy (co-edited with Saadia Pekkanen, 2005); and articles in China Journal, China Quarterly, Comparative Political Studies, Journal of Chinese Political Science, Journal of International Affairs, and World Development.
Dr. Tsai is currently finishing a book manuscript entitled, Capitalism without Democracy: The Political Disorientation of Private Entrepreneurs in China, which is based on a 2001-2004 national survey of private entrepreneurs funded by the National Science Foundation. Her professional experience includes employment at Morgan Stanley, Women’s World Banking, and the World Bank. Personal interests include playing classical piano and entertaining her son Felix.
October-11-2008