Kristen Parris, PhD
Associate Professor Emerita (1990-2023)
About
Kristen Parris earned her MA in East Asian Studies and her PhD in Political Science from Indiana University. In 1991, Professor Parris joined the Political Science Department at Western Washington University where she taught courses in comparative politics and East Asian politics, lead study abroad programs and conducted her own research in China, and was an active member of the WWU Center for East Asian Studies interdisciplinary program. Professor Parris is a past President of the Association of Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast (ASPAC). Now in retirement, besides keeping an eye on China, she enjoys doing whatever she wants whenever she wants to, including hiking, biking, swimming and reading fiction.