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Hanzhang Liu serves as an Assistant Professor of Political Studies at Pitzer College, where she is affiliated with the Political Studies Field Group. She is currently on sabbatical for the 2025-2026 academic year.
Her educational background includes:
- BA in Government and Economics, Smith College
- PhD in Political Science, Columbia University
Dr. Liu's research centers on comparative authoritarian politics and the political economy of development, with a geographic focus on China. She investigates how authoritarian regimes utilize institutions to manage state-society relations, particularly through merit-based elite recruitment systems that foster regime stability by co-opting citizens. Additional research interests include authoritarian misinformation and the role of women in Chinese politics.
Her scholarly work, exemplified by a 2019 publication in Political Science Research and Methods, employs experimental methods to analyze political selection processes in authoritarian contexts.
