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Zhimin
Lin
Zhimin
Lin, Associate Professor of Political
Science, Department of Political Science, and Chair of Chinese
and Japanese Studies Program
Professor
Zhimin Lin joined VU’s faculty in 1990 and has served as the
chair of the Chinese and Japanese Studies Program since 1998.
Professor Lin earned a M.P.A. from Princeton University and
a Ph.D. from the University of Washington. He is the co-author
of two books, State Capacity and Reform in China (Westview,
1995), and Provincial Strategies of Economic Reform in Post-Mao
China (M. E. Sharpe, 1999), and the author of a dozen articles
and book chapters. His current research projects include a book
on the institutionalization of reform in Shanghai and a comparative
study of public perceptions of US-China relations (funded in
part by the Freeman Faculty-Student Fellowship Program). Professor
Lin has served as the director of VU’s Hangzhou Programs for
three years (1994-1996) and the group leader of three faculty
seminars in China. He has extensive experience in conducting
research in China and coordinating cultural exchanges between
the US and China. He has played a vital role in establishing
VU’s strong presence in the Hangzhou region of China.
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