Rate My Professor Xiaoye She

Xiaoye She is an Associate Professor of Political Science at California State University, San Marcos (CSUSM), having joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor in 2018 and promoted in 2024. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University at Albany, State University of New York (2018), where her dissertation examined “From State Monopolies to Welfare Mix with Chinese Characteristics: The Political Economy of Social Policy Reform in China.” She also earned an M.A. in Economics from Shanghai International Studies University (2009) and a B.A. in Southeast Asian Studies and Economics from Beijing Foreign Studies University (2005). Prior to CSUSM, she served as Visiting Professor at the University of Hartford (2017–2018) and Instructor at the University at Albany (2014–2016, 2010–2012). Earlier professional experience includes Editorial Assistant at Routledge Taylor & Francis Group (2013–2014) and positions in Malaysia.

Dr. She’s research interests encompass the political economy of development, comparative public policy, and international political economy, with particular emphasis on China, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Asia-Pacific region. Her scholarship explores local agency in policy reforms, affordable housing regimes, social policy, welfare states, urban governance, and development cooperation via initiatives like the Belt and Road. Notable publications include her book Understanding Local Agency in China’s Policy Reform (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021); “Global City Formation, Authoritarian Politics, and Transnational Policy Transfer: The Case of Affordable Housing in China” (Asian Politics & Policy, 2023); “Development Cooperation through Maritime Silk Road: China’s Big Ambitions and Mixed Responses from Southeast Asia” in New Nationalism and China’s Belt and Road Initiative (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022); “Political Economy of State-led Urban Entrepreneurialism: The Case of Affordable Housing Regimes in China” in Confronting the Challenges of Urbanization in China (Routledge, 2016); and “Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Malaysia: Juggling Economic Imperatives and Political Reality” in Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Malaysia (2015). She received the Women and Public Policy Fellowship from the University at Albany and New York State Government (2013), along with various research grants. At CSUSM, she teaches courses such as PSCI 301: Practice of Political Research, PSCI 340: Asian Politics, and PSCI 431: Global Development. She serves as Faculty Fellow for the Committee for International Research (2025–2027) and associate editor for the csuglobal journal, contributing an article titled “Economic Globalization and Local Transformations in California.”