Frances Wang

Professor Frances Wang’s research interests include international security, authoritarian media and public opinion during interstate conflicts, and Chinese foreign policy. Her book, The Art of State Persuasion: China’s Strategic Use of Media in Interstate Disputes (Oxford University Press), investigates how China uses state media as a tool of foreign policy during international conflicts. The book received the International Studies Association (ISA) Asia-Pacific Best Book Award and an Honorable Mention for the ISA International Security Studies Section (ISSS) Best Book Award. Her research has also been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Security Studies, International Studies Quarterly, The International Journal of Press/Politics, and the Journal of Contemporary China, and in public outlets including The Diplomat, South China Morning Post, and The Independent.

Professor Wang received her Ph.D. in Politics from the University of Virginia. She was previously an Assistant Professor at the Singapore Management University, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Notre Dame’s International Security Center, a Minerva-United State Institute of Peace (USIP) Peace Scholar, a predoctoral fellow at the Institute for Security and Conflict Studies of the George Washington University, and an editor/analyst at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Learn more about her research and teaching on her personal website.