WEI-TING YEN

Hello, I am an assistant professor of the Government department and the Mellon High Impact Emerging Scholar at Franklin and Marshall College. I am also a Public Intellectuals Program Fellow at the National Committee on US-China Relations. 

I am a political economist, with a focus on governance and welfare state development in Asia. The first research theme (based on my dissertation) studies the micro-level foundation of welfare states in nascent democracies and pays close attention to the role of economic insecurity. My dissertation received an Honorable Mention for the John Heinz Dissertation Award from the National Academy of Social Insurance. The second research theme studies the political economy (at both macro- and micro-level) of COVID-19 governance in Asia.

I hold a Ph.D. in Political Science from The Ohio State Universit.