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Harvard-Yenching Institute Board of Trustees

The Harvard-Yenching Institute Board of Trustees consists of 9 trustees, three of whom are from the United Board, three from Harvard University, and three at-large members.

  • At Large
    • Ms. Yvonne Y.F. Chan (Chair of the Board)
    • Mr. Jonathan Hecht
    • Ms. Sarah Reed
  • Harvard University
    • Prof. Nicholas Harkness
    • Prof. Shigehisa Kuriyama
    • Prof. Ya-Wen Lei
  • United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia
    • Dr. Pareena Lawrence 
    • Dr. Christian Murck
    • Dr. Robert Murowchick 

Harvard-Yenching Institute Faculty Advisory Committee (2025-26)

  • David Atherton (Thorley D. Briggs 1953 Associate Professor of the Humanities, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University)
  • Ian Miller (Reischauer Institute Professor of Environmental History, Department of History, Harvard University)
  • Rana Mitter (S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations, Harvard Kennedy School)
  • Meg Rithmire (James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School)
  • Yoon Sun Yang (Associate Professor of Korean & Comparative Literature, Boston University)

Harvard-Yenching Library Advisory Committee (2025-26)

  • Harvard-Yenching Institute representatives:
    • Nicholas Harkness
    • Ruohong Li
    • James Robson
  • Harvard faculty representatives:
    • Jie Li (Chair)
    • Melissa McCormick
    • Meg Rithmire
    • Yuhua Wang (on leave 2025-26)
  • Harvard Library representatives:
    • Ardys Kozbial
    • Martha Whitehead
    • Jidong Yang

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