Sophie Richardson
| Sophie Richardson | |
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| Born | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🏫 Education | Oberlin College (BA), University of Virginia (PhD) |
| 💼 Occupation | Political scientist, human rights advocate, sinologist |
| 👔 Employer | Stanford University |
| Known for | Advocacy (human rights in China) |
Sophie Richardson is an American political scientist and human rights advocate. Currently she is a visiting scholar at Stanford University Freeman Spogli Institute's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, where she researches global democratic responses to rising PRC authoritarian influence.[1] She is also a senior advisor at the University of Pennsylvania's Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations[2] and a senior China advisor at Climate Rights International.[3] Previously she served for 17 years as the China Director at Human Rights Watch.[4][5]
Education[edit]
Richardson holds a BA in East Asian studies from Oberlin College and a PhD in political science and government from the University of Virginia (UVA).[1] She also holds a graduate certificate from the Hopkins-Nanjing Center. She speaks Mandarin Chinese.[6]
Career[edit]
Richardson joined Human Rights Watch (HRW) as its Washington, D.C.-based China Director in 2006 after completing her PhD at UVA. Between then and 2023, she led HRW's China-related research and advocacy work. She was named one of the "U.S.-China 50" by Foreign Policy in 2017.[5] She has testified in front of the U.S. Congress, the Canadian Parliament, and the European Parliament.[4]
In July 2023, Richardson was disinvited from a U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing titled "Exposing the Dangers of the Influence of Foreign Adversaries on College Campuses," after she refused to remove "the Trump administration’s fanning of anti-Chinese racism" from her written testimony, at the request of committee staff members.[7][8] PEN America criticized the move, noting the committee's decision to disinvite Richardson "due to her criticism of an American president is deeply disappointing and contrary to the Committee’s legitimate interests." PEN continued: "Eliminating the voice of Ms. Richardson as a witness on the basis of her expert analysis while Committee members simultaneously condemn China’s system of political and academic censorship sends precisely the wrong message."[9]
Publications[edit]
- China, Cambodia, and the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, Columbia University Press, December 2009[10]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sophie Richardson". cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
- ↑ "SENIOR ADVISORS – THE PENN PROJECT ON THE FUTURE OF US-CHINA RELATIONS". web.sas.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
- ↑ "Sophie Richardson". Climate Rights International. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Sophie Richardson". Human Rights Watch. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "SOPHIE RICHARDSON – The Washington, D.C. watchdog who won't let policymakers forget Chinese human rights". uschina50.foreignpolicy.com. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
- ↑ Staff, The SAIS Observer (2018-11-14). "China's royal obsession: How Chinese leaders utilize their royal connections". saisobserver.org. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
- ↑ "Testimony to US House Committee on Education and the Workforce | Human Rights Watch". 2023-07-13. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
- ↑ Richardson, Sophie (2023-07-14). "I was disinvited from a congressional hearing about China's threats to free speech". The Hill. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
- ↑ "PEN America: House Committee's Decision to Disinvite Human Rights Expert from Testifying Runs Contrary to "Legitimate Interests"". PEN America. 2023-07-14. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
- ↑ Richardson, Sophie (December 2009). China, Cambodia, and the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-14386-8. Search this book on
External links[edit]
- An Interview with Sophie Richardson, Columbia University Press [1]
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- American women political scientists
- Women human rights activists
- Oberlin College alumni
- University of Virginia alumni
- Human Rights Watch people
- 21st-century American women writers
- American foreign policy writers
- American sinologists
- American international relations scholars
- China–United States relations
- Stanford University fellows
