DKU Faculty

Hwa Yeong Wang’s research interests include Asian and comparative philosophy, feminist philosophy and Confucian philosophy with a special focus on women, gender and ritual. Her recent publication includes “Chastity as a Virtue: Song Siyeol and Hume” (Religions, 2020) and “Women Who Know Ritual” (Journal of Chinese Philosophy, 2022). Her first translation of and commentary on the writings of two Korean women philosophers is in press with Oxford University Press with the title Korean Women Philosophers and the Ideal of a Female Sage: The Essential Writings of Im Yunjidang and Gang Jeongildang. She is the PI of the Harmony Lab at DKU.

James Miller is the inaugural Professor of Humanities at Duke Kunshan University and Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Initiatives. He served as Chair of the Faculty Assembly from 2022 to 2024, and as co-director of the DKU Humanities Research Center from 2018 to 2024. Dr. Miller’s research is based in the study of Chinese philosophy, theology, and religion, with an emphasis on philosophy of nature, environmental ethics, and the intersection of religion and ecology in China. He is known worldwide as a scholar of Daoism, China’s indigenous religion, and especially its relation to ecology. He has published seven books including, most notably, China’s Green Religion: Daoism and the Quest for a Sustainable Future (Columbia 2017). For the Harmony lab, he has been researching comparative philosophical and religious approaches to the problem of the family. He is a lead researcher in the Harmony Lab at DKU.

DKU Student RAs

Sue Wang is a senior majoring in Ethics and Leadership / Philosophy. She is a student researcher in the Harmony Lab at DKU.

Effy Bat-Erdene is a senior majoring in Institutions and Governance / Public Policy. She is a student researcher in the Harmony Lab at DKU.