Dan Wei
Dr. Dan Wei is a professor and senior researcher of the Institute of Procuratorial Theory of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate. He is also the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the journal Chinese Criminal Science. Professor Dan’s research subjects include criminal law, criminal procedure law, criminology ,and human rights protection. He holds a Ph.D. from Wuhan University and was a postdoctoral researcher from June 2000 to June 2003 at Renmin University. During his stay at Yale from January to May, he will conduct comparative research on arrest and detention procedures and standards for the pre-trial release of criminal suspects. Professor Dan is currently working on a series of empirical studies and pilot projects related to the pre-trial criminal process in China.
Dr. He is an Associate Professor of Tsinghua University Law School. He earned a Master of Jurisprudence degree from the University of Durham, UK, a Ph.D. degree and a Master's Degree from Peking University. He was a Lecturer and then an Associate Professor at the Law Department of China National School of Administration before he joined Tsinghua. While at Yale Law School from August 2007 to July 2008, Professor He will conduct research on the legitimate foundation of judicial review.
Li Ping
Ms. Li Ping is a principal staff member of the Municipal Construction Law and Regulation Division of the Legislative Affairs Office of Shanghai Municipal People's Government, where she is responsible for drafting regulations, handling legal affairs and researching and writing. Ms. Li received a Masters degree in law from the Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing. While at Yale Law School from April to mid-June, she will conduct research on determining the "public interest” and appropriate procedures for the use of eminent domain in the United States.
Sun Zhongxin
Dr. Sun Zhongxin (Cindy Sun) is associate professor of sociology at Fudan University, and research fellow for the Nordic Center, the Human Rights Center, and the Center for Gender Studies of Fudan University. She graduated from East China Normal University in 1997 with a Ph.D. in Sociology and then began teaching at Fudan University. Her research and teaching interests include: Women's/Gender Studies, Sexuality, Lesbian and Gay Studies, Feminist Research Methods, Urban Middle Class Culture, Youth Studies, Globalization, and Contemporary Chinese Society . In addition to her teaching duties at Fudan University, she has been co-teaching an Internet-based master's degree course, "Gender and the Globalization/Transformation Process," hosted by Lund University, Sweden. She offered the first LGBT course for undergraduate students at Fudan University in Fall 2005. Dr. Sun was a guest professor at the Centre for East and Southeast Asian Studies, Lund University, from February to June 2006. While at Yale Law School, she will conduct research on gender equality and the law.