Carla Freeman
Associate Director of the China Studies Program; Professorial Lecturer

Expertise by Geographic Area:
China; Asia

Expertise by Issue:
International Political Economy

Background and Education:
Has held various academic positions, including director of the program in global studies and international affairs at Alverno College in Milwaukee and visiting scholar at the University of Wisconsin; served as program officer for civil community, leading programs on community development and international civil society at Wingspread of The Johnson Foundation; served as political risk analyst on China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam; current projects include work on the external relations of China's provinces, ongoing research on China's northeast region and China's environmental policy; Ph.D., China studies, SAIS

Publications:
Numerous journal articles, papers and reviews, including "The Real Bridge to Nowhere: China's North Korea Policy," for United States Institutes of Peace (2009); "Urban Revolution and Social Change in Contemporary China," in SAIS Review (2009)