Denis Simon
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UC Berkeley (MA, PhD)
Denis Fred Simon | |
|---|---|
| 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 and a Senior Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.[1]
He received the People's Republic of China Friendship Award in 2006, 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]