Dan Chen is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Richmond. Her current research examines the versatile role of the media in authoritarian politics and governance. Focusing on China, she studies how local media participate in governance and how authoritarian rhetoric shapes political attitudes and opinions. Dan’s work has been published or is forthcoming in Journal of Experimental Political Science, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Political Research Quarterly, The China Quarterly, Modern China, Journal of East Asian Studies, Journal of Contemporary China, and edited volumes.
Sydney China Fellowship, University of Sydney, 2018
Research Travel Grant, Association for Asian Studies, 2017
Faculty Research Grant, Elizabethtown College, 2016, 2017
Curriculum Enhancement Grant, Elizabethtown College, 2014
John A. Garcia Scholarship, Society for Political Methodology, 2012
Walter Thompson Scholarship, University of Kansas, 2010-2012
2020. Convenient Criticism: Local Media and Governance in Urban China. SUNY Press.
2023. “The Public Opinion Effects of Crisis Propaganda in China.” Asian Studies Review, forthcoming.
2022. “Chinese Celebrities’ Political Signaling on Sina Weibo.” The China Quarterly, first published online. (with Gengsong Gao)
2022. “Policy Stringency, Political Conditions, and Public Performances of Pandemic Control: An International Comparison.” Public Performance & Management Review, first published online. (with Yong Li and Jiebing Wu)
2021. “The Transgressive Rhetoric of Standup Comedy in China.” Critical Discourse Studies, first published online. (with Gengsong Gao)
2019. “Bread and Circuses: Sports and Public Opinion in China.” Journal of Experimental Political Science 7 (1): 41-55. (with Andrew MacDonald)
2018. “Political Context and Citizen Information: Propaganda Effects in China.” International Journal of Public Opinion Research 31 (3): 463-484.
2018. “State Capacity and Cadre Mobilization in China: The Elasticity of Policy Implementation.” Journal of Contemporary China 27 (111):393-405. (with John James Kennedy)
2017. “‘Supervision by Public Opinion’ or by Government Officials? Media Criticism and Central-Local Government Relations in China.” Modern China 43 (6): 620-645.
2017. “Local Distrust and Regime Support: Sources and Effects of Political Trust in China.” Political Research Quarterly 70 (2): 314-326.
2017. “Facilitating Public Service Provision: The Emerging Role of Municipal Television News in China.” The China Quarterly 229: 130-149.
2016. “Review Essay: The Safety Valve Analogy in Chinese Politics.” Journal of East Asian Studies 16 (2): 281-294.
2018. “Local and Grassroots Governance.” In Sage Handbook on Contemporary China, eds. Weiping Wu and Mark Frazier. Sage Publications, 388-405. (with John James Kennedy)
2015. “Urbanization and Urban Villages: Institutional Factors and Social Identity in Urban China.” In New Approaches to Area Studies, eds. Shelly Bromberg and Edith Clowes. Northern Illinois University Press, 88-107. (with John James Kennedy)
2014. “Election Reform from the Middle and at the Margins.” In Local Governance Innovation in China: Experimentation, Diffusion, and Defiance, eds. Jessica C. Teets and William Hurst. Routledge, 154-173. (with John James Kennedy)
