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Steven W. Lewis is a Professor in the Practice at Rice University's Department of Transnational Asian Studies and Associate Director of the Chao Center for Asian Studies (founded in 2008). He holds the C.V. Starr Transnational China Fellowship at the Baker Institute for Public Policy and advises the Jesse Jones Leadership Center's D.C. Policy Internship Program. His work focuses on transnational Chinese middle class dynamics, urban advertising's societal impact, energy policy reforms, and Sino-U.S.-Middle East energy relations. Lewis co-directs the Rice Ephemera Archive project and has collaborated with institutions like the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and the Korea Energy Economics Institute.
Education: PhD in Political Science from Washington University in St. Louis (2004), B.S.J. & Asian Studies Certificate from Ohio University (Cum Laude). Research interests include privatization experiments in China's localities, energy market transitions, and cultural security in global cities. He advises international initiatives like the Science Collaboration Across Borders program and serves as an editorial board member for Asia Policy.
Notable projects include organizing Northeast Asia Energy Cooperation Workshops, Coastal Cities Summit surveys, and U.S.-China-Middle East energy conferences. Lewis regularly briefs governments and international organizations on Asian energy geopolitics and urban transformation trends.
