Joseph Yingnan Zhou

Joseph Yingnan Zhou serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration within the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). His office is located in Benedict Hall 305, with contact details including phone (915) 747-6216 and email yzhou5@utep.edu.

Dr. Zhou specializes in comparative politics with a regional focus on China, conducting research on Chinese politics, authoritarian regimes, public opinion dynamics, policy analysis, and political economy. His scholarly contributions have been published in leading journals such as The China Quarterly, Political Studies, Social Science Quarterly, Democratization, Asian Survey, and the Journal of Chinese Political Science.

He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses covering Chinese politics, Asian politics, comparative political systems, and research methodologies, shaping student understanding of global political structures and analytical frameworks.