Kevin Luo

Kevin Luo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Minnesota, with affiliations in Asian & Middle Eastern Studies. His research examines state capacity, authoritarianism, and political development in China and East Asia.

Education includes:

• Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Toronto (2022)
• M.A. in Regional Studies: East Asia, Harvard University (2015)
• B.A. (honors) in Political Science, University of Chicago (2012)

Research focuses on historical and contemporary state-building processes, particularly grassroots governance transformations during Cold War-era land reforms in China and Taiwan. His work appears in Comparative Political Studies and Studies in Comparative International Development.

Awards include the Kathryn Davis Projects for Peace Fellowship for co-founding a cross-strait student research initiative. He has held research positions at UCLA, Harvard, and Tsinghua University.