Research Associate, Freeman Chair in China Studies
Melissa Murphy is a research associate for the CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies, where she works on issues related to China’s domestic political and socioeconomic developments. Prior to joining CSIS, she was a China specialist with the international law firm Dewey Ballantine, focusing on U.S.-China economic and trade relations as well as political risk. Before attending graduate school, Ms. Murphy spent seven years working in Hong Kong and Okinawa, Japan, for FBIS; here, she monitored political and economic developments in Asia for U.S. government officials. Ms. Murphy is from the UK and received an M.A. and B.A. with honors in history and political science from Cambridge University. She graduated from Harvard University with an M.A. in East Asian studies, concentrating on China’s political and economic transformation.
