About me
I am a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution and program manager of the Project on Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific, as well as a lecturer in the Center for East Asian Studies at Stanford University. A political scientist by training, I write and speak frequently about cross-Strait relations and Taiwan politics and policy issues.
I have edited three book volumes: Taiwan’s Democracy Challenged: The Chen Shui-bian Years and Dynamics of Democracy in Taiwan: The Ma Ying-jeou Years (both with Larry Diamond and Yun-han Chu), and Electoral Malpractice in Asia: Bending the Rules (with Netina Tan). My other research has been published in Comparative Political Studies, Electoral Studies, Ethnopolitics, Journal of Democracy, International Journal of Taiwan Studies, and Taiwan Journal of Democracy, along with several book chapters. I have also written on Taiwan policy issues for the Brookings Institution, Atlantic Council, Foreign Affairs, Taiwan Insight, War on the Rocks, and The Diplomat.
Outside of Stanford, I am a member of the U.S.-Taiwan Next Generation Working Group and a country coordinator for the Varieties of Democracy project. I hold a B.A. from the University of Rochester and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan.
My current contact email is: kharis [at] stanford.edu.
I have edited three book volumes: Taiwan’s Democracy Challenged: The Chen Shui-bian Years and Dynamics of Democracy in Taiwan: The Ma Ying-jeou Years (both with Larry Diamond and Yun-han Chu), and Electoral Malpractice in Asia: Bending the Rules (with Netina Tan). My other research has been published in Comparative Political Studies, Electoral Studies, Ethnopolitics, Journal of Democracy, International Journal of Taiwan Studies, and Taiwan Journal of Democracy, along with several book chapters. I have also written on Taiwan policy issues for the Brookings Institution, Atlantic Council, Foreign Affairs, Taiwan Insight, War on the Rocks, and The Diplomat.
Outside of Stanford, I am a member of the U.S.-Taiwan Next Generation Working Group and a country coordinator for the Varieties of Democracy project. I hold a B.A. from the University of Rochester and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan.
My current contact email is: kharis [at] stanford.edu.
