Elizabeth Reynolds

Elizabeth Reynolds is Lecturer in Global Studies at Washington University, currently on leave for Spring 2025. She holds a PhD from Columbia University and studies economic systems in Tibetan-Chinese borderlands.

Research examines monastic economies, currency systems, and trans-Himalayan trade networks during the 19th-20th centuries. Reynolds co-directs the Global Citizenship Program and teaches courses on Chinese political economy, global capitalism, and Silk Road legacies.

Fellowships from Luce/ACLS, Mellon/ACLS, and SSRC support archival work analyzing Qing administrative records and monastic ledgers. Current projects investigate labor systems in pre-1950s Kham region.