August 2023
We are pleased to announce the EALS academic visitors for the 2023-2024 academic year. Five of the Visiting Scholars will be joining us for the first time, and six are returning colleagues and alumni. Lobsang Sangay will also continue on with us as a Senior Visiting Fellow this year. A warm welcome – and welcome back – to all!
Visiting Scholars
Akimoto, Naoko
Fulbright Scholar
Associate Professor, Rikkyo University, Faculty of Law and Politics
Research Topic: Torts and Administrative Compensation Systems as Legal Responses to Scientific Uncertainty and Risks: U.S., New Zealand, Japan, and Taiwan
Chen, Ling
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Topic: Transnational Climate Cooperation and Lawmaking: Case Studies of Cities and Corporations in Canada, China, and the U.S.
Forer, Gal (Fall 2023)
J.S.D. Candidate, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
Research Topic: AI regulation and policy in China and the U.S.
Guo, Rui (S.J.D. 2013)
Research Topics: Chinese law; corporate law; disability law, AI ethics
Kim, Bokgi (Spring 2024)
Professor, Seoul National University School of Law
Research Topic: Remedies against Discrimination Based on Disability: U.S. and South Korea
Mori Matsumura, Yuichiro
Fulbright Scholar
Associate Professor of Law, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Law
Research Topic: A Legal-Philosophical Inquiry into Affirmative Action in Healthcare Allocation and Its Implications for Anti-discrimination Laws in the U.S. and Japan
Mou, Luye (LL.M. 2015)
Associate Professor of Law, Zhejiang University Guanghua Law School
Research Topic: Exclusionary Discretion and Procedural Integrity: A Comparative Analysis of Excluding Illegally or Improperly Obtained Evidence in China, England and the U.S.
Nguyen, Ha Ngoc (Fall 2023)
Ph.D. Candidate, Monash University
Research Topic: Transplanting Cybersecurity Principles to Vietnam: Theorising Law in Asian Societies
Song, Lili (Spring 2024)
Senior Lecturer, University of Otago, Faculty of Law
Research Topic: Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Legal Status of Hong Kong Asylum Seekers in Taiwan 2019-2023
Wang, Mengyi (J.D. 2015)
Ph.D. candidate, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Research Topic: The Federal Reserve as The International Lender of the Last Resort
Yoo, Hyunsik
Judge, Daejeon District Court
Research Topic: consumer bankruptcy law in the U.S. and South Korea
Senior Visiting Fellow
Sangay, Lobsang (S.J.D. 2004)
Dr. Sangay will once again teach a Reading Group on Tibet and China during the fall 2023 semester.