Carla P. Freeman
Associate Research Professor Carla Freeman is Associate Director and Associate Research Professor in the China Studies program at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). At SAIS, she teaches Chinese environmental policy and the international relations of Asia. A second generation “China hand,” she has lived and worked between Asia and the United States for her entire life. Before coming to SAIS, she served as Program Officer for civil society and community development with a focus on sustainability at The Johnson Foundation. Prior to that, she was a political risk consultant with a portfolio that included China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam. In addition, she held several academic positions, including directing the global studies and international affairs program at Alverno College while concurrently a visiting scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She completed her B.A. in Southeast Asia and History at Yale University, a certificate in Chinese language studies in Beijing Foreign Languages University, and a certificate in political science from Sciences Po in Paris. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. from SAIS, writing her dissertation on the political economy of reform in China focused on its heavily industrialized Northeast region. Her current project is book-length study of China's efforts toward developing sustainably. She is also continuing her research and writing on China’s policies toward North Korea and other territorial neighbors, examining the role of local-level actors, and following developments in Northeast China. Recent Publications: China on the Edge: China's Border Provinces and Chinese Security Policy, with Drew Thompson, Center for the National Interest and SAIS (April 2011) Managing Fragile Regions: Method and Application, Rongxing Guo and Carla Freeman, eds. (Springer, 2010) "Neighborly Relations: The Tumen Development Project and China's Security Policy," Journal of Contemporary China, Volume 19, Issue 63, (2010)
"Can China Grow Green in a Tough Climate?" International Affairs Forum Winter 2009-2010 Report. “The Real Bridge to Nowhere: China’s North Korea Policy,” with Drew Thompson, United States Institute of Peace, (2009)
Flood Across the Border: China's Disaster Relief Operations and Potential. Response to a North Korean Refugee Crisis, with Drew Thompson, USKI (2009).
“Urban Revolution and Social Change in Contemporary China,” SAIS Review (2009). Contact Information:
Room: Rome 608
Phone: 202-663-5890
cfreeman5@jhu.edu | 
