July 25, 2025
We are very glad to welcome three new S.J.D. candidates with research interests in law and legal history in East Asia.
Biyuan Hu, LL.M. 2024-2025 (requirements fulfilled, degree waived)
Dissertation: Beyond Neutrality: How Legal Institutions Mediate Scientific Authority in Environmental Governance—A Comparative Study of Forest Law and Policy in China and the United States (1950s-2010s)
Yuanyuan Cassandra Jin, LL.M. 2024-2025 (requirements fulfilled, degree waived)
Dissertation: Rights Without Redistribution
Fengyang Zhao, LL.M. 2024-2025 (requirements fulfilled, degree waived)
Dissertation: The Law and Political Economy of Chemical Health Risk Regulation
Please visit the Graduate Program’s website to learn more about their research and about other current S.J.D. candidates.