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Stetson Professor Joins Fellowship To Become A U.S.-China Relations Specialist (Stetson Today)

During a trip to San Francisco, the fellows visited the Angel Island Immigration Station to learn about the history of Chinese immigration to the United States.

July 24. 2024

Elizabeth Plantan, PhD, assistant professor of Political Science, became the first faculty member at Stetson to be selected for the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations Public Intellectuals Program (PIP). She is one of 20 fellows to participate in the 2023-2025 cohort.

“As a Public Intellectuals Program fellow, I will participate in several United States-based workshops and one international trip — all focused on U.S.-China relations,” Plantan said. 

“Our second workshop in San Francisco focused on a subnational perspective of the U.S.-China relationship,” Plantan said. “One of the highlights of that trip, for me, was a guided tour of the Angel Island Immigration Station, where we learned about the history of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and Chinese immigration to the United States.” 

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