Melanie Manion

Melanie Manion is an American political scientist. She is currently the Vor Broker Family Distinguished Professor at Duke University.^[1][2][3]

Melanie Manion
Other names	墨宁
Citizenship	American
Education	McGill University (BA), SOAS University of London (MA), University of Michigan (PhD)
Occupation	Political scientist
Employer	Duke University

Education

Manion holds a BA in East Asian studies from McGill University, a MA in Far Eastern studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and a PhD in political science (1989) from the University of Michigan.^[4][5]

Academic career

Prior to joining Duke in 2015, Manion was a Vilas-Jordan Distinguished Achievement professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.^[4] She served on the political science faculty of the University of Rochester from 1989 to 2000.^[6][7]

Publications

Articles

• Authoritarian Parochialism: Local Congressional Representation in China, China Quarterly, June 17, 2014^[8]
• When Communist Party Candidates Can Lose, Who Wins? Assessing the Role of Local People's Congresses in the Selection of Leaders in China, China Quarterly, September 22, 2008^[9]