Baozhen M. Luo-Hermanson is Professor of Global Health at Duke Kunshan University and the Co-Director for the Center for the Study of Contemporary China. Her research interest centers on population aging, social change, and welfare policies within a global context. Her current research examines long-term care experiences, practices, and policies in China. Her teaching interests at Duke Kunshan include global aging and care, social inequalities, and contemporary China. Her work has been published in The Gerontologist, Journal of Aging Studies, Journal of Chinese Governance, Aging and Society, Foreign Affairs, and other venues. She was elected a fellow of Gerontological Society of America in 2017. Luo-Hermanson has a B.A. in journalism from Nanjing University, China, an M.A., and a PhD in sociology from Georgia State University. Before joining Duke Kunshan, she was professor of sociology at Western Washington University, the U.S.
