Position: Associate Professor
Field: Modern China, PRC History, History of Communism, Gender and Sexuality
Region: East Asia
Office: 215 Old Horticulture
Email: amsmith@msu.edu
Phone: (517) 884-4919
I am a historian specializing in modern Chinese history with a particular interest in the social and cultural history of Chinese Communism.
I serve as co-director of the PRC History Group, an international scholarly organization dedicated to increasing research and knowledge on the People’s Republic of China.
I have written widely on the global histories of the Chinese Communist Party and Maoism.
At MSU, I teach classes about Chinese history, gender and sexuality, and the history of the global left.