Assistant Professor, Politics
B.Soc.Sc. The Chinese University of Hong Kong; M.Sc. The London School of Economics and Political Science; M.A., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Appointed In
2025
Office
Johnson Hall 309
Hours
Tuesdays, 3:00-4:30 in person Wednesdays, 2:00-3:30 on Zoom
Kai Yui Samuel Chan teaches classes on political theory, democratic theory, trans-national politics. Having earned his PhD from UC Berkeley in Political Science with a specialization in Political Theory, his research concerns individuals and communities traversing state borders. Samuel鈥檚 current book project, Entangled Peoplehood, re-interprets self-determination in light of the challenges confronting colonized, indigenous, and exiled peoples as they navigate an existing global order of nation states. His previous research on systemic and interpretive approaches to deliberative democracy has appeared in journals such as Political Studies and the European Journal of Political Theory. To learn more about his research, .