Kang Liu

Professor Kang Liu holds a faculty position at Duke University within the Department of Asian and African Languages and Literature, affiliated with the Asian & Middle Eastern Studies division under Trinity College of Arts & Sciences. With a Ph.D. and M.A. from University of Wisconsin, Madison and a B.A. from Nanjing University, his academic career has focused on Sino-Western intellectual intersections.

• Research spans Marxism, globalization, cultural politics, and media theory
• Grants include Jiangsu Summer Camp (2019, 2017) and Televising China (2004-2005)
• Email: liukang@duke.edu

His publications analyze theoretical hybridization (poststructuralism, postcolonialism) in Chinese contexts, media's role in ideological construction, and global public opinion dynamics. Notably, he commented on China-U.S. media relations in the 2014 New York Times coverage.