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EALS Visiting Scholars and Fellows


2024-2025 Visiting Scholars


Naoko AKIMOTO (Japan)

Associate Professor, Rikkyo University, Faculty of Law and Politics
Research Topic: Torts and Administrative Compensation Systems as Legal Responses to Scientific Uncertainty and Risks: U.S., New Zealand, Japan, and Taiwan

Ling CHEN (Canada)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Research Topic: Transnational Climate and Technology Governance, Regulation, and Lawmaking

Rui GUO (People’s Republic of China) (HLS S.J.D. 2013)
Research Topic: Chinese law; corporate law; disability law; AI ethics

Yuan He (People’s Republic of China)
Ph.D. Candidate, Tsinghua University School of Law
Research Topic: Struggling between Legal Uniformity and Dispute Resolution: A Comparative Study on Administrative Case Appellate Systems in the U.S. and China

Daseul KIM (South Korea)
Judge, Gongju Branch Court of Daejeon District / Family Court
Research Topic: Establishing a Labor Court in Korea

Kye Joung LEE (South Korea) (Spring)
Research Topic: Extending the Fiduciary Regime from Common Law to Civil Law System
Professor, Seoul National University

Zhicheng LIANG (People’s Republic of China)
Ph.D. Candidate, Peking University Law School
Research Topic: Standards of Constitutional Review in China

Hye Won MOK (South Korea) (Fall)
Judge, Cheonan Branch Court of Daejeon District / Family Court
Research Topic: A Study on the Distinction between Procedural and Substantive Issues in International Commercial Cases and Determination of Applicable Law on Litigation, Arbitration, and Mediation

Yuichiro MORI MATSUMURA (Japan)
Associate Professor of Law, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Law
Research Topic: A Legal-Philosophical Inquiry into Affirmative Action in Healthcare Allocation and Its Implications for Anti-discrimination Laws in the U.S. and Japan

2024-2025 Affiliates

Senior Visiting Fellow:

Lobsang SANGAY (HLS SJD ‘04), Lecturer: Tibet & China (Spring 2025)

Visiting Fellows:

Kevin KELLER (HLS JD ’19), Ernest May Fellow in History & Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Steven WANG (HLS JD ‘21), Lecturer: Engaging China (Fall 2024)

Research Fellows:

Leia Castañeda ANASTACIO (HLS LLM ‘96, SJD ‘09)

Kibrom TEWELDEBIRHAN (HLS SJD ’22), Visiting Assistant Professor, Villanova Law

Karen TURNER, Distinguished Professor of Humanities, College of the Holy Cross

Margaret WOO, Professor of Law, Northeastern University, School of Law

Guanchi ZHANG (HLS SJD ‘23), Assistant Professor, Vermont Law & Graduate School

 

2023-2024 Academic Year Visiting Scholars

Naoko AKIMOTO
Associate Professor, Rikkyo University, Faculty of Law and Politics
Research Topic: Torts and Administrative Compensation Systems as Legal Responses to Scientific Uncertainty and Risks: U.S., New Zealand, Japan, and Taiwan

Ling CHEN
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Topic: Transnational Climate Cooperation and Lawmaking: Case Studies of Cities and Corporations in Canada, China, and the U.S.

Gal FORER
J.S.D. Candidate, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
Research Topic: AI regulation and policy in China and the U.S.

Rui GUO (HLS S.J.D. 2013)
Research Topics: Chinese law; corporate law; disability law, AI ethics

Hui JING -- Spring 2024
Professor, University of Hong Kong
Research Topic: Regulating Donation-Based Crowdfunding Platforms in Hong Kong: A Trust Law Framework

Bokgi KIM -- Spring 2024
Professor, Seoul National University School of Law
Research Topic: Remedies against Discrimination Based on Disability: U.S. and South Korea

Yuichiro MORI MATSUMURA
Associate Professor of Law, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Law
Research Topic: A Legal-Philosophical Inquiry into Affirmative Action in Healthcare Allocation and Its Implications for Anti-discrimination Laws in the U.S. and Japan

Lyuye MOU (HLS LL.M. 2015) -- Fall 2023
Associate Professor of Law, Zhejiang University Guanghua Law School Faculty
Research Topic: Exclusionary Discretion and Procedural Integrity: A Comparative Analysis of Excluding Illegally or Improperly Obtained Evidence in China, England and the U.S.

Ha Ngoc NGUYEN -- Fall 2023
Ph.D. Candidate, Monash University
Research Topic: Transplanting Cybersecurity Principles to Vietnam: Theorising Law in Asian Societies

Lili SONG -- Spring 2024
Senior Lecturer, University of Otago, Faculty of Law
Research Topic: Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Legal Status of Hong Kong Asylum Seekers in Taiwan 2019-2023

Mengyi WANG (HLS J.D. 2015)
Ph.D. candidate, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Research Topic: The Federal Reserve as The International Lender of the Last Resort

Hyunsik YOO
Judge, Daejeon District Court
Research Topic: Artificial Intelligence and Medical Malpractice Litigation in the U.S. and South Korea

2023-2024 Academic Year Affiliates

Senior Visiting Fellow

Lobsang SANGAY (HLS S.J.D. 2004)
Teaching: Tibet and China (Fall 2023 Reading Group)

Research Fellows

Rayhan ASAT (HLS LL.M. 2017) (Spring 2024)

Leia Castaneda ANASTACIO (HLS LL.M. 1996, S.J.D. 2009)

Mark Z. JIA (HLS J.D. 2016)
Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Karen TURNER
Distinguished Professor of Humanities, College of the Holy Cross

Margaret WOO
Professor of Law, Northeastern University, School of Law

Guanchi ZHANG (HLS S.J.D. 2023)
Assistant Professor, Vermont Law and Graduate School



2022-2023 Academic Year Visiting Scholars

Ling CHEN (Spring 2023)
Gal FORER
Rui GUO
Hana HASEGAWA
Jie Jeanne HUANG (Spring 2023)
Seungkee KIM
Ha Ngoc NGUYEN (Spring 2023)
Raphael PANGALANGAN (Fall 2022)
Philipp RENNINGER
Samuli SEPPANEN (Fall 2022)

2022-2023 Academic Year Affiliates

Visiting Scholar Coordinator: Kibrom Teweldebirhan

Visiting Fellow: Lobsang SANGAY

Research Fellows

Leia Castaneda ANASTACIO
Mark Z. JIA
Karen TURNER
Margaret WOO



2021-2022 Academic Year Visiting Scholars

Chen, Jingtian (Fall 2021)
Cheung, Ting
Hong, Dae Un
Hsieh, Chang-Chiang
Lee, Tahirih (Spring 2022)
Liu, Boning
Pangalangan, Raphael (Spring 2022)

2022-2023 Academic Year Affiliates

Visiting Scholar Coordinator: Teweldebirhan, Kibrom

Visiting Fellows

Jia, Mark Z.
Sangay, Lobsang

Research Fellows

Anastacio, Leia Castaneda
Turner, Karen
Woo, Margaret



2020-2021 Academic Year Visiting Scholars

Cheung, Ting
Jang, Hyun Gyung (Fall 2020)
Lee, Seung-il (Fall 2020)
Ma, Xiao
Wei, Changhao (Fall 2020)
Xu, Meijun (Fall 2020)

Visiting Scholar Coordinator: Kibrom Teweldebirhan

Research Fellows

Anastacio, Leia Castaneda
Turner, Karen
Woo, Margaret



2019-2020 Academic Year Visiting Scholars

CHEN, Weidong 
CHI, Cheng 
HAN, Liyu (Spring 2020)  
HONG, Sylvia Sujung
JANG, Hyejin
JANG, Hyun Gyung
KANEKO, Toshiya
KIM, Francis D. (Fall 2019)
KIM, Gye Jeong  

KIM, Kyungrok
KINOSHITA, Masahiko
KOGAN, Eugene B. (Spring 2020)
LIAO, Huiqing
LIU, Ying
PHAM,
Quynh Lan
TRETYAKOV, Konstantin (Fall 2019)
WEN, Xiaotong
XU, Meijun
YUAN, Hui
ZHU, Guobin (Spring 2020)

Visiting Scholar Coordinator: Kibrom TEWELDEBIRHAN

Research Fellows

ANASTACIO, Leia Castaneda
STEIN, Michael
STEIN, Penelope
TURNER, Karen
WOO, Margaret



2018-2019 Academic Year Visiting Scholars

CHEN, Jianling (Fall 2018)
DUAN, Junshang
GOTO, Gen (Summer 2018)
GU, Dandan
HAN, Dayuan (Spring 2019)
HE, Jun (Fall 2018)
ITO, Keiko
KANEKO, Toshiya
KINOSHITA, Masahiko (Spring 2019)
KUDO, Satoru
LEE, Jungho
LI, Jianfei (Fall 2018)
LI, Xueyao
LI, Yisi
LIN, Fred Chao-Chun (Fall 2018)
LIN, Yu-teng
MOK, Seung-Ho
NAGATO, Takayuki
SONG, Chang Sung
TRETYAKOV, Konstantin
TSAI, Ellen Ying-Hsin (Fall 2018)
WEN, Xiaotong
XU, Meijun (Spring 2019)
YANG, Ken
ZUO, Zhenbin

Visiting Scholar Coordinator: Kibrom TEWELDEBIRHAN

Research Associate: Itoyama, Shannon

Research Fellows

ANASTACIO, Leia Castaneda
STEIN, Michael
STEIN, Penelope
TURNER, Karen
WOO, Margaret



2017-2018 Academic Year Visiting Scholars

CHEN, Jianling (Spring 2018)
GU, Dandan (Spring 2018)
HUANG, Sieh-chuen (Fall 2017)
JIANG, Zhengyang
KANEKO, Toshiya (Spring 2018)
KIM, Suejeong
KIM, Ye Hyung
LEE, Yi-Li (Fall 2017)
LI, Jing (Fall 2017)
MATE, Manoj
SUN, Xiaoyue
TEO, Victor
TIAN, Hongjie
TRETYAKOV, Konstantin (Spring 2018)
TU, Xinyun
WANG, Kaiyuan (Bill) (Fall 2017)
YANG, Guang (Gloria)
ZHANG, Xiaohan

Visiting Scholar Coordinator: Kibrom TEWELDEBIRHAN

Research Fellows

ANASTACIO, Leia Castaneda
STEIN, Michael
STEIN, Penelope
TURNER, Karen
WOO, Margaret



2016-2017 Academic Year Visiting Scholars

BEBENROTH, Ralf (Summer 2016)
CHOI, HyeWon
HE, Haibo
JIANG, GuangWen
KIM, Youngsin
KUOK, Lynn
LEE, Jaehak
LI, Ren
MA, Rongwei
MIZUTANI, Tomio
PARK, Jong Bo
SONG, Juhee
SUGITA, Takahiro
TAMARUYA, Masayuki
VAN DEN DOOL, Annemieke
WANG, Kaiyuan (Bill)
XU, Duoqi
YANG, Guang (Gloria)
YANG, Xin (Daisy)
ZHANG, Qiang

Visiting Scholar Coordinator: Kibrom TEWELDEBIRHAN

Research Fellows

ANASTACIO, Leia Castaneda
STEIN, Michael
STEIN, Penelope
TURNER, Karen
WOO, Margaret



2015-2016 Academic Year Visiting Scholars

CUI, Hanbing
GUO, Yan Jun
JIN, Xiaowen (Vivienne)
KAWASHIMA, Yusuke
LI, Ren
LI, Xiang
LIN, Chao-Chun (Fred)
LO, Chih-Chiang (Brian)
PARK, Ka Hyun
PARK, Sang Yong
ROOSE, Josh
SATO, Hiroaki
SOLIMAN, Adam [incomplete]
SUGITA, Takahiro
TONG, Zhiwei
TSAI, Ying-Hsin (Ellen)
WU Liangjian
YANG Guang (Gloria)
YANG Liu

Visiting Scholar Coordinator: Kibrom TEWELDEBIRHAN

Research Fellows

ANASTACIO, Leia Castaneda
STEIN, Michael
STEIN, Penelope
TA, Tai Van
TURNER, Karen
WOO, Margaret



2014-2015 Academic Year Visiting Scholars

DING, Ru (PRC), State-owned enterprises, WTO
GOTO, Gen (Japan), Corporate law, corporate re-organization
GUAN, Chenghua (PRC), Constitutional law, digital governance (Fall 2014)
HAN, Shiyuan (PRC), Contract law
KAWAI, Mai (Japan), Trade law
LEE, Joon-Hyong (Korea), Condominium law
LEE, Seong Yeob (Korea), IT law and policy
LIU, Ziping (PRC), Financial regulation
NA, Sang Hoon (Korea), Civil procedure
PAIK, Seung Yi (Korea), Franchise law
ROOSE, Joshua (Australia), Islamic law in Indonesia (Fall 2014)
SHEN, Yunyu (PRC), Competition policy
SUGITA, Takahiro (Japan), Corporate law (April 2015)
WANG, Ruobing (PRC), Disgorgement damages
XU, Sanqiao (PRC), Discovery, dispute resolution

Visiting Scholar Coordinator: Kibrom TEWELDEBIRHAN

Research Fellows

CUI, Fengming
TA, Tai Van
TURNER, Karen
WOO, Margaret



2013-2014 Academic Year Visiting Scholars

ARAKI, Takashi (Japan)
BANG, Seung-Ju (S. Korea)
CHEN, Chun-Han (Taiwan ROC)
CHEN, Yun-Ru (Taiwan ROC)
DING, Xiangshun (PRC) [Fall]
GOTO, Gen (Japan)
GUAN, Chenghua (PRC)
HINCHLIFFE, Sarah (Australia) (Fall 2013, Winter 2014)
KAMIYA, Takayasu (Japan)
KIM, Jun Seop (S. Korea)
LEE, Sang Won (S. Korea)
LIM, Sung He (S. Korea) [Fall]
MOU, Luye (PRC)
NGUYEN, Hue (Vietnam)
OKAMATSU, Akiko (Japan)
PARK, Marie (S. Korea)
SON, Chul (S. Korea)
WANG, Xinmeng (PRC)
ZHANG, Haoqing (PRC)
ZHANG, Jingjing (PRC)
ZHANG, Qi (PRC) (Winter 2014, Spring 2014)
ZHU, Qing (PRC)

Visiting Scholar Coordinator: LIN, Ching-Fu

Research Fellows

CUI, Fengming
TA, Tai Van
TURNER, Karen
WOO, Margaret



2012-2013 Academic Year Visiting Scholars

CAI, Kemeng (PRC)
DING, Xiangshun (PRC)
GUAN, Chenghua (PRC)
HINCHLIFFE, Sarah (Australia)
LEE, Hosan (S. Korea)
LEE, Sung Wook (S. Korea)
LIM, Sung He (S. Korea)
LIU, Wenjing (PRC)
MIYASHITA, Hiroshi (Japan)
OKAMATSU, Akiko (Japan)
PARK, Jun-Seok (S. Korea)
SANTO, Pedro Nicolas Rosenblum (Uruguay)
WATANABE, Ayako (Japan)
XU, Qiaoxian (PRC)
ZHANG, Lei (PRC)
ZHENG, Xiaomin (PRC)
ZHU, Xiaoqin (PRC)

Visiting Scholar Coordinator: GUO, Rui

Senior Research Scholar: KRONCKE, Jedidiah

Research Associate: CASTANEDA, Leia

Research Fellows

DIMITROV, Martin
TA, Tai Van
TURNER, Karen
WOO, Margaret



2011-2012 Academic Year Visiting Scholars

Sean AUGHEY (UK)
Yong Won BAE (Korea)
BAI Jiang (PRC)
Vivienne BATH (Australia)
Te En (Dan) CHAN (Taiwan)
Seung Wha CHANG (Korea)
DENG Song (PRC)
FAN Hua (PRC)
Paolo FARAH (Italy)
Insung HWANG (Korea)
Jasper KIM (Korea)
Jisoo LEE (Korea)
LU Yaping (PRC)
Hiroshi MIYASHITA (Japan)
QI Fei (PRC)
Lung-Kuan WANG (Taiwan)
WANG Yi (PRC)
Xiang YAN (PRC)
XIONG Hao (PRC)
YAN Wenqiang (PRC)
ZHANG Baosheng (PRC)
ZHANG Chenying (PRC)
Yilu ZHAO (PRC)



Visiting Scholar Coordinator: GUO Rui

Research Associates

Leia CASTANEDA
Jedidiah KRONCKE

Research Fellows

Martin DIMITROV
Tai Van TA
Karen TURNER
Margaret WOO



2010-2011 Academic Year Visiting Scholars

Seong Jun ANH (Korea) (Fall 2010)
Yong Won BAE (Korea)
Donggyun CHIN (Korea)
FAN Hua (PRC)
GU Bin (PRC)
HUANG Zhixiong (PRC)
JaeWon KIM (Korea)
Kie Yoon KIM (Korea)
Takahide KOBAYASHI (Japan)
LIN Feng (PRC)
LIU Jinjing (PRC)
LIU Renwen (PRC)
Qui Binh NGUYEN (Vietnam)
Jaewan PARK (Korea)
Chang Beom RYU (Korea)
Jing-Huey SHAO (Taiwan)
XIONG Bingwan (PRC)
XU Meijun (PRC)
Nobuko YAMAGISHI (Japan)
ZHANG Qi (PRC)
ZHU Yunyang (PRC)

Research Fellows

Martin DIMITROV
Tai Van TA
Karen TURNER
Margaret WOO