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Denis Fred Simon | |
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| 2nd Executive Vice Chancellor of Duke Kunshan University | |
| In office August 1, 2015 –July 1, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Mary Brown Bullock |
| Succeeded by | Alfred Bloom |
| Personal details | |
| Education | State University of New York at New Paltz (BA) UC Berkeley (MA,PhD) |
Denis Simon is an American professor and academic administrator who is currently a distinguished fellow at the Institute for China-America Studies (ICAS),a Chinese Communist Party entity,and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. [1]
He received the People's Republic of China Friendship Award from the Communist Party in 2008,an award given to "foreign experts" with "outstanding contributions" to China's economic and social progress. [2] [3] [4]
Simon was previously the Executive Vice Chancellor of Duke Kunshan University in China from 2015-2020,replacing Mary Brown Bullock. [5] [6] He was a professor at the Duke Fuqua School of Business,and a senior adviser to the president for China affairs. [7] At Duke Kunshan University,Simon oversaw the recruitment of the inaugural undergraduate class,campus construction,and faculty development. [8] [9] [10]
In 2021,Simon was named executive director of the Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law School. [7] In August 2023,Simon resigned from his position at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,citing the increasingly challenging environment surrounding academic engagement with China. [11] [12]