Dr. Ross Terrill
Historian
Harvard University Fairbank Center for Asian Studies
Dr. Ross Terrill is a historian and Research Associate with Harvard University’s Fairbank Center for Asian Studies. As a regular visitor to China from the 1970s, his articles have been published in the Atlantic Monthly, Foreign Affairs, the New Republic, National Geographic, and other national magazines. He has appeared on CBS News, the Today Show, and Nightline as a commentator on Chinese politics. Dr. Terrill also taught modern Chinese history and foreign policy at the University of Texas-Austin.
Dr. Terrill authored the New Chinese Empire (2004), which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He is also the author of Mao: A Biography (2000), and Madame Mao: The White Boned Demon (1992), among others. Terrill is the recipient of the National Magazine Award and the George Polk Award.
In 1965, Terrill won a Frank Knox Scholarship to Harvard University. A native of Australia, he graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1964.