Sheena Chestnut Greitens

Adjunct Fellow (Non-resident), Korea Chair
Sheena Chestnut Greitens

Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Missouri, a non-resident senior fellow at the Center for East Asian Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution, and an associate in research at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University. Dr. Greitens holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University, an M.Phil. from Oxford University, where she studied as a Marshall scholar, and a B.A. from Stanford University. Her research focuses on East Asia, security studies, and the politics of democracy and dictatorship. Her work on China and North Korea has appeared in academic journals and edited volumes in English, Chinese, and Korean, and in major media outlets. Her first book is Dictators and their Secret Police: Coercive Institutions and State Violence (Cambridge University Press, 2016).

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Self-Censorship Among China Hands: Myth & Reality

This debate has occurred with only anecdotal evidence and personal testimonials—until now. They have interpreted the survey results as well had a discussion on the implications for the American academic community and U.S.-China relations.

Event by Scott Kennedy , Sheena Chestnut Greitens , Sheena Chestnut Greitens , Rory Truex , Sophie Richardson , Isaac Stone Fish , and Yun Sun — October 26, 2018