Stephanie Char

In 2025-26, I will be a postdoctoral fellow at the Columbia-Harvard China and the World Program. I received my Ph.D. in Political Science at Columbia University. My research interests span economic and military coercion, international institutions, and human rights. I study China’s foreign relations, with regional expertise in East and Southeast Asia. My dissertation examines the causes and consequences of countercriticism coercion by China.

My research has been funded by Columbia University’s Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, and Columbia Experimental Laboratory in the Social Sciences. I was previously a Hans J. Morgenthau Fellow at the Notre Dame International Security Center. I graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton University, where I received a B.A. from the School of Public and International Affairs and a certificate in East Asian Studies.

You can view my CV here and reach me at [email protected].

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