Search Underway for Executive Vice Chancellor of Duke Kunshan University

Student walks on the new Duke Kunshan University campus.

Interim Provost Jennifer Francis, who also serves as chair of the Duke Kunshan University Board of Trustees, has appointed a search committee for the next executive vice chancellor of Duke Kunshan University in Kunshan, China. The executive vice chancellor will succeed Mary Frances Luce, who currently serves as interim executive vice chancellor.

John Willis, professor of biology at Duke, will chair the search committee of faculty, students and administrators from both Duke and Duke Kunshan universities.

The committee members are:

  • Zach Fredman, Assistant Professor of History, Duke Kunshan University
  • Valerie Hausman, Associate Vice Provost for DKU and Duke University Programming and Strategy, Duke University
  • Dracine Hodges, Associate University Librarian, Duke University 
  • Kai Huang, Associate Professor of Physics, Duke Kunshan University
  • Bin Bin Li, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, Duke Kunshan University
  • Pauline Liu, Senior Director of Human Resources, Duke Kunshan University
  • Shitong Qiao, Professor of Law, Duke University
  • Lynn Smith-Lovin, Robert L. Wilson Professor of Arts and Sciences, Duke University 
  • Don Snow, Professor of Language and Writing, Duke Kunshan University
  • Feng Tian, Professor of Data Science, Duke Kunshan University
  • Leiyuan Tian, Undergraduate Student, Duke Kunshan University, Duke Kunshan University
  • John Willis, Professor of Biology, Duke University (chair)

Additional information about the search is available on the provost’s website.

Correspondence related to the search, including nominations, applications, comments, and questions, should be sent to DKUEVC@SpencerStuart.com