Zhimin Lin, Associate Professor of Political Science, Chair of Chinese and Japanese Studies Program, Program Director of Master of Arts of Chinese Studies Program, and director of China Center of Valparaiso University BA in Law, Fudan University MA in Public Affairs, Princeton University Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Washington

Professor Zhimin Lin joined VU's faculty in 1990 and has served as the chair of the Chinese and Japanese Studies Program since 1998. Dr. Lin earned a M.P.A. from Princeton University and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington. He is the author or co-author of three books, State Capacity and Reform in China (Westview, 1995), Provincial Strategies of Economic Reform in Post-Mao China (M. E. Sharpe, 1999), and China under Reform (Mason Crest, 2005) and the author of a dozen articles and book chapters. His current research projects include book projects on the institutionalization of reform in Zhejiang, reforms in China and India, and a comparative study of public perceptions of US-China relations (funded in part by the Freeman Faculty-Student Fellowship Program). Professor Lin has extensive experience in developing and managing programs focusing on China studies. He has played a vital role in establishing VU's strong presence in the Hangzhou region of China.