Patricia M Thornton

Patricia M. Thornton is an associate professor at the University of Oxford whose research interests span the political, socio-economic, and cultural history of modern China. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and went on to an An Wang Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Harvard University, Massachusetts. Also a tutor in the politics of China at Merton College, Oxford, she has lectured on the politics of China at the University of Oxford's...See more

Patricia M. Thornton is an associate professor at the University of Oxford whose research interests span the political, socio-economic, and cultural history of modern China. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and went on to an An Wang Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Harvard University, Massachusetts. Also a tutor in the politics of China at Merton College, Oxford, she has lectured on the politics of China at the University of Oxford's Department of Politics and International Relations, and at the Oxford University China Centre, since 2008. See less