Regional Director, Mainland China and Hong Kong SAR
Andrew Junker (Yale PhD) joined Yale-China as the Hong Kong Director in 2018 and brings extensive experience both in academia and the NGO sector. He has strong ties to Yale and wide-ranging work experience in China, Hong Kong and other parts of Asia. Prior to his current role as Hong Kong Director, Andy worked for Yale-China in the New Haven office, serving as Director of Teaching Programs and Exchanges from 2000 to 2005. In addition to his PhD (2012) in sociology from Yale University, Andy also has an MA in religious studies from Indiana University and BA in East Asian studies from Wesleyan University. Prior to returning to Yale-China in January 2018, Andy taught sociology for more than five years, including four years at the University of Chicago. Andy is the author of Becoming Activists in Global China: Social Movements in the Chinese Diaspora (Cambridge University Press, 2019). His articles have appeared in Mobilization, Sociology of Religion, the American Journal of Cultural Sociology, and elsewhere.
Andy’s work at Yale-China includes leading our collaborations with New Asia College at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), teaching in the CUHK sociology department, overseeing the Yale-China Fellowship in Hong Kong and China, and developing Yale-China’s partnerships and programmatic opportunities in western Hunan, especially Yuanling County.
