Melanie Manion


Melanie Manion is an American political scientist. She is currently the Vor Broker Family Distinguished Professor at Duke University.

Education

Manion holds a BA in East Asian studies from McGill University, a MA in Far Eastern studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and a PhD in political science from the University of Michigan.

Academic career

Prior to joining Duke in 2015, Manion was a Vilas-Jordan Distinguished Achievement professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She served on the political science faculty of the University of Rochester from 1989 to 2000.

Publications

Articles

  • Authoritarian Parochialism: Local Congressional Representation in China, China Quarterly, June 17, 2014
  • When Communist Party Candidates Can Lose, Who Wins? Assessing the Role of Local People's Congresses in the Selection of Leaders in China, China Quarterly, September 22, 2008