Suzanne E. Scoggins

Suzanne E. Scoggins researches policing in reform-era China. Her first book, Policing China: Street-Level Cops in the Shadow of Protest (Cornell University Press and Columbia Weatherhead Series, 2021) examines the paradox of China’s self-projection of a strong security state that prioritizes protest control and stability maintenance to the detriment of other areas of policing. Her work on policing and Chinese politics has also appeared in The Economist, The Diplomat, South China Morning Post, Bloomberg Businessweek, The New York Times, Business Insider, and East Asia Forum, among others.

Dr. Scoggins is an assistant professor of political science and director of Asian studies at Clark University. She holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley, a master of international and public affairs from the University of Hong Kong, and B.A.s in political science and women’s studies from the University of Georgia. Prior to joining the faculty at Clark in 2016, she was a predoctoral fellow at Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law.