Susan L. Shirk
Susan L. Shirk | |
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Shirk in 2025 | |
| Other names | 谢淑丽 |
| Alma mater | Mount Holyoke College (BA) University of California, Berkeley (MA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Political scientist; sinologist |
| Employer | UCSD |
| Spouse | Samuel L. Popkin |
Susan L. Shirk is an American political scientist and China specialist currently serving as a research professor at University of California, San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy. She was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs at the U.S. State Department from 1997 to 2000 during the Clinton administration.