People
Program Director
Micah Muscolino
Director of Chinese Studies Program
Professor, History
Micah Muscolino is a historian of modern China with a focus on environmental history. He earned his B.A. from UC Berkeley and Ph.D. from Harvard University. His research examines how warfare, state-building, and natural resource use have shaped China’s environment from the late imperial period to the present.
His first book, Fishing Wars and Environmental Change in Late Imperial and Modern China (2009), explored marine resource struggles in the Zhoushan Islands. His second, The Ecology of War in China (2015), analyzed environmental devastation in Henan Province during World War II. His current project investigates water and soil conservation in Northwest China’s Loess Plateau.
Muscolino has published extensively on topics including global environmental history, energy, and territorial disputes. He also edits the “Historical Perspectives on China’s Environment” series for China Dialogue. His work has been supported by the NEH, Mellon Foundation, British Academy, and Fulbright Program.
Before joining UC San Diego in 2018, he taught at St. Mary’s College, Georgetown University, and the University of Oxford. He advises Ph.D. students and teaches courses on modern China and environmental history.
Staff
Cristina Guerrero
Program Coordinator and Academic Advisor
Arts and Humanities Building, 6th Floor
Email: chinesestudies@ucsd.edu
Language Faculty
Anderson, Qin-Hong
Email: qinhong@ucsd.edu
Office: Arts and Humanities Building, 6th floor room 628
Liu, Mingming
Email: mil068@ucsd.edu
Office: Arts and Humanities Building, 6th floor room 627
Chen, Pei-Chia
Email: peichiachen@ucsd.edu
Office: Arts and Humanities Building, 6th floor room 631
Wang, Xiao
Email: xiw004@ucsd.edu
Office: Arts and Humanities Building, 6th floor room 629
Xu, Li
Email: lixu29@ucsd.edu
Office: Arts and Humanities Building, 6th floor room 630
Affiliated Faculty
Eddy Keming Chen, Philosophy
Tai Ming Cheung, School of Global Policy and Strategy
Géraldine Fiss, Literature
Karl Gerth, History
Nancy Guy, Music
Germain Hoston, Political Science
Ruixue Jia, School of Global Policy and Strategy
Huai Li (Lee Pickowicz), Visual Arts
Lei Liang, Music
Ping-hui Liao, Literature
Guoer Liu, Political Science
Weijing Lu, History
Micah Muscolino, History
Barry Naughton, School of Global Policy and Strategy
Kwai Ng, Sociology
Molly Roberts, Political Science
Kuiyi Shen, Visual Arts
Victor Shih, School of Global Policy and Strategy
Alex Stewart, Anthropology
Ping Zhu, Literature
Librarian
Xi Chen
Sally T. WongAvery Librarian of Chinese Studies & East Asia Collection Strategist
Geisel Library
University of California San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive MC 0699
La Jolla, California 92093-0175R
Email: xic031@ucsd.edu